If someone came up to you TODAY and told you they were Jesus come back to Earth after 2000 years would you believe him, or think he was crazy?
Would you believe him if he turned water into wine right before your eyes, or would you think he was just using cheap magic tricks and illusions?
If you looked around and saw other people following this sandal wearing hippy-haired illusionist would you think they were good Christians or just plain crazy?
Point made.
2007-03-03 11:44:56
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answer #1
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answered by dmlk2 4
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Jesus wasn't the only one claiming to be a messiah; there were many before and after him, including Mohammad, the main Muslim prophet, who seems to have spread his word as well as Jesus ever did. Buddha and Confucus also had and still have followers. Arguing who had the better press is worthless since there are no decent statistics for comparison purposes.
Jesus did not have a huge following in his time, but his followers were dedicated and it eventually took off. His followers during his time were far less than other mainstream Roman cults of the time. Some think that Jesus was not actually the son of god, just someone with radical ideas.
2007-03-03 19:49:49
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answer #2
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answered by scrabblemaven 5
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Sorry I have to disagree. The Jews were never given a mandate to "spread the word" and they didn't (and don't today) proselythize people to their belief. In fact, in orthodox judaism, one who wants to convert is turned away a minimum of 3 times before being allowed to do so.
Jews reject Jesus as messiah because he did not fulfill the messianic prophecies.
2007-03-03 19:49:44
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answer #3
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answered by Kallan 7
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mostly right... in the end, during the time of Tribulation, 144,000 of The Nation of Israel(the Jews) will become evangilists and will carry The Salvation Message of Christ around the world... and many will be saved from their work. almost all of them, and those they save, will be martered before the Tribulation ends......almost all of the Jews and all most all of the rest of mankind will be lost.
2007-03-03 19:50:09
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answered by idahomike2 6
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yes, its was the Jews the job but they denied their job so Paul after his little turnabout...told the Gentiles the news who gladly accepted the job...so yes Jesus did show them thru work of the ppl rond them!
2007-03-03 19:49:45
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answer #5
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answered by Shmily P 3
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It isn't their job to spread the word of God. It is their job to live it.
2007-03-03 19:45:24
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answer #6
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answered by Fool on the Hill 4
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I don't know much about the Jewish faith, but I think they are still waiting for Jesus to come. They didn't believe He was who He said He was.
2007-03-03 19:53:33
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answered by the pink baker 6
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Of what merit is it to spread a fictitious word?
2007-03-03 19:45:52
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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yes okay i agree
2007-03-03 19:44:22
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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The fundamental teachings of Moses, Jesus and Mohammed (pbut) are the same. The first commandment given to Moses (pbuh) was the Shama or Kalima, as Muslims would have it.
That Shama is:
De 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is One LORD”
Same thing was repeated by Jesus (pbuh), when a scribe came to him and asks him which is the first commandment of all? Jesus replied:
MARK 12:29 And Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is One Lord:
In the Medina some Christians came to Mohammed (pbuh) and asked him, what is your concept of God? At this moment God sent a revelation:
112:1 Say: He, God, is One.
If we read these verses in Hebrew or Arabic, the root word ‘One’ in Hebrew is “Ikhad” and in Arabic it is “Ahad”. Aramaic, Arabic and Hebrew are sister languages. Therefore, Moses said “Ikhad”, Jesus said “Ikhad” and Mohammed said “Ahad”. Meaning “One”.
If we are to believe in “ONE” God, than why God sent Moses (pbuh) with ‘Judaism’, Jesus (pbuh) with ‘Christianity’ and Mohammed (pbuh) with ‘Islam’?
Judaism:
If we are to follow the religion known as “Judaism” than this religion is not mentioned anywhere in the Law (Torah) (Old Testament) or Talmud or any other scriptures claimed by Jews to be the word of God. Nor did Moses (pbuh) in their sacred scriptures told his followers that their religion is “Judaism”. Where does this word “Judaism” comes from? Palestine was divided into tribes, one of them known as “Judea”. Therefore, the religion followed by the children of Juda in the land of Judea is known as “Judaism”.
Christianity:
If we are to follow the religion known as “Christianity” than this religion is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible. Nor did Jesus (pbuh) told his followers that your religion is known as “Christianity”. There are 73 books in the Catholic Bible and 66 Books in the Protestant Bible, But no word such as Christianity is found in them. The word “Christianity” is actually a derivation of people who after the ascension of Jesus (pbuh), accepted him as their Messiah. It was first used in Antioch.
Acts 11: 25-26 “Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
If Christians believe that Jesus (pbuh) was their Messiah and the Bible is the word of God, than they must realize that no where does God says in the Bible to be Christians or no where does Jesus say in the Bible to be Christians.
Islam:
The Arabic word Islam is derived from the root word Salam or Shalom in Hebrew, meaning peace. The word “Islam” means Submission to God. Therefore, Muslims are those who submit themselves to God. This word is not only found in the sacred scripture of Muslims known as Koran, It is also found there in the Bible.
JAMES 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
PSALMS 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. {(The Pagan Arabs were also enemies of God, but later on they submitted themselves to God (Became Muslims)}
Of course, the word Islam or Muslim is mentioned many times in the Koran. Like in this verse:
3:20 But if they dispute with you, say: I have submitted myself entirely to God and (so) every one who follows me; and say to those who have been given the Book and the unlearned people: Do you submit yourselves? So if they submit then indeed they follow the right way; and if they turn back, then upon you is only the delivery of the message and God sees the servants.
Therefore if we had the chance of meeting Moses (pbuh) and would ask him, what is your religion (way of life)? He would say my religion is Submission to God (Islam). If we would be alive till the second coming of Jesus (pbuh) and would ask him, what is your religion? He would say my religion is Submission to God (Islam).
MATTHEW 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
If he would say I am a Christian, we will ask him, which church do you belong to? Or do you accept the extra 7 books in Roman Catholic Bible or not?
Now the difference between Torah, Gospel and Quran is of Law. God gives Laws according to the situation. For example:
Mathew 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Now the disciples of Jesus (pbuh) couldn’t follow An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth because they were very few and weak in force. Not even faithful as Jesus (pbuh) use to say:
MATTHEW 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
But still Jesus (pbuh) said:
MATTHEW 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
If we ask a man of any religion that How many Gods do you believe in? His answer will be that God is One. For example a Hindu will also answer that God is One, but on the other hand he believes in God Incarnation! That God came to earth as Rama, Krishna, Seeva etc. The Christians would also say that we believe in One God, but they’ll say that God came on earth only as Jesus (pbuh) to live among us and understand us better. If that is so, why don’t you ask yourself a question? If God became a man to understand us better, why He didn’t became a Tree or a plant to understand it better? Why He didn’t became Sun to understand the Sun better? Why He didn’t became a Rabbit, to understand it better?
If we create a camera, to understand camera do we have to become camera ourselves! Or do we as camera’s creators would already know how to make the camera work better. Just like that God is the Creator of everything that exists. To understand us, God doesn’t have to come in a form of human, But he sends a man, a Prophet to His people, so that they may believe in him with their God gifted brains and would live a life as God wants them to live.
JOHN 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.
Let us discuss the 2 major parts of Christianity:
http://www.thetruecall.com/home/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=270
2007-03-03 19:48:03
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answer #10
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answered by A2Z 4
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