JESUS-ZEALOT, The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth-Reza Aslan

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In the name of Allāh,

the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Peace and Blessings of Allāh on Mohammad.

DEDICATED TO

Allāh–the Glorious and the High,

Lord of the worlds

AND TO

Mohammad–who brought the world

to our feet and eternity to our arms.

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ZEALOT–THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JESUS OF NAZARETH

While we have shown on our website, based on teachings of the Bible and Christian’s scientific examination of the Shroud of Turn (the linen in which Jesus is said to have been placed after the “crucifixion”) that CHRISTIANITY IS A FAKE, Reza Aslan –a Muslim who converted to Christianity and reverted to Islam after studying the Bible and the life of Jesus– has added another dimension to the falsity of Christianity

   Reza Aslan has shown in his scholarly presentation Zealot, The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, that the Gospelic Jesus is NOT the historical Jesus; that “the gospels are not about a man known as Jesus of Nazareth who lived two thousand years ago; they are about a messiah whom the gospel writers viewed as an eternal being sitting at the right hand of God;” that “Despite two millennia of Christian apologetics, the fact is that belief in a dying and rising messiah simply did not exist in Judaism.” And

“In the entire history of Jewish thought there is not a single line of scripture that says the messiah is to suffer, die, and rise again on the third day….To the Jews, a crucified messiah was nothing less than a contradiction in terms. The very fact of Jesus’s crucifixion annulled his messianic claims.”(pp. 133-134; 165; 177-178. Reza Aslan’s book is published by Random House. This book is a must read for those interested in Jesus Christ. Even if you have to beg, borrow, or chisel it).

Christianity is not only a fake, CHRISTIANITY IS A COLOSSAL FAKE. Christians tailored Jesus to fit into the suit in which they want him. In believing that Trinity/Divinity of Jesus, inherited sin and vicarious atonement will take them to heaven Christians are living on Fantasy Island. Every one who wants to go to heaven has to bend his/her knees to Allāh and the Messengership of Mohammad: "There is no God but Allāh; Mohammad is the Messenger of Allāh!"

no man cometh to God but by Mohammad

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(Christians can reject Mohammad, Christians cannot refute Mohammad’s claim to Divine Messengership. In fact, of all the claimants to Divine Dispensation, Jesus included, Mohammad is the only one who can substantiate his claim.

   Miracles, which can also be performed by false Christs and false prophets, as Jesus declared–(Matt. 24:24), and a few sermons, which can perhaps be delivered by any wise person having oratory skills, are not proofs of prophethood–much less are they proof of Divinity.

That false Christs and false prophets shall show signs and to beware of false prophets who are wolves disguised as sheep–(Mark 13:22; Matt. 7:15), this could easily apply to Jesus. Not only did Jesus left no written work, even his “miracles” could arguably be that of a “false” prophet. Moreso, in his ministry which lasted only three years, according to the Gospel(s), he wanted to slaughter all his enemies who did not want him to rule–(Luke 19:27, Jesus advocates murder); compared to Mohammad who faced death for two decades of his twenty-three year ministry; and who yet forgave his horrid enemies –Jesus had no captives to forgive; and he prayed for “God” to forgive his “crucifiers;” though it is senseless to “forgive” “crucifiers” if they were fulfilling Scripture by crucifying” him.

   Also, it may be argued that if Jesus’ birth was miraculous and his miracles were factual or literal, it is doubtful that Jews would dishonor him and want to crucify him considering that the Jewish landscape is multi-colored with miracles, so much so that even Balaam’s ass spoke to Balaam–(Num. 22:28, 30)

After recording the birth of Jesus, the next Biblical account we hear of Jesus, after his circumcision at eight days old, is at the age of twelve at Jerusalem. Then he disappeared from the Gospels and appeared eighteen years later, at the age of thirty, at the river Jordan. For some twenty-nine of his alleged thirty-three years of his living there is no Biblical account of Jesus. Considering the manner in which the Gospels have reached us –with its “improbabilities and contradictions”– they can hardly be an adequate guide on the personality of Jesus Christ.

Coupled with the fact that there are disagreements between Christians as to the true identity and mission of Christ –whereas some hold that Christ is Trinity/God (putting God into the belly of Mary for nine months and bringing Him out her vagina and calling Mary “Mother of God” and making God son of a woman He created) some say that there is no Trinity (that Trinity could only have come from the “Devil”) and that Christ is only son of God (Jesus is only “CALLED” son of God, and the Bible shows that God has a legion of sons and daughters); whereas some Christians say Christ died for inherited sin others say he died for committed sin; whereas some say Jesus was of virgin birth Paul taught Jesus had a father– and also whereas some Christians believe Jesus was killed on the cross, was buried and risen, “some of the early Christian sects did not believe that Christ was killed on the cross. The Basilidans believed that some one else was substituted for him. The Docetae held that Christ never had a real physical or natural body, but only an apparent or phantom body, and that his Crucifixion was only apparent, not real. The Marcionite Gospel (about A.D. 138) denied that Jesus was born, and merely said that he appeared in human form.” (Yusuf Ali, Qur’anic comm. 663).

Such varied and dubious expositions can hardly be sources of genuine inspiration. But for Mohammad Jesus Christ may have long since been relegated to the bin of myths and legends. It was Mohammad who, through the Divine Revelation of the infallible Qur’an, removed the shroud of calumny wrapped around Jesus and his mother, Mary –that Mary was an “adulteress” and Jesus was of illegitimate birth– and appareled them in rubious robes or righteousness; and cleared away the cumulous clouds of conjectures shrouding Jesus and sat him elegantly in the celestial spotlight of Divine Truth–of him being human and a prophet of God–and has secured for him today the unflagging allegiance of more than one billion Muslims. And counting. As Islam spirits on. Inexorably. Invincibly. Impregnably. As Divinely decreed to prevail over all religions–(Qur’an 9:33; 48:28; 61:9).

Mohammad was no anti-Christ!

Mohammad “testify” of Christ! (John 15:26).

(It would be a gross error to view Muslims as “enemies” of Jesus. In fact, considering that Jesus taught the Unity of God, sinless birth, eternal life through obedience to the Commandments of God and to love him requires following the Comforter, (Mohammad), Muslims, who observe these teachings of Jesus, are the true followers of Jesus).

 

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