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In the name of All\u0101h,
\n<\/span>the Beneficent, the Merciful.
\n<\/span>Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad
\n<\/span>DEDICATED TO<\/span><\/span>
\nAll\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High
\n<\/span>Lord of the worlds<\/span><\/span>
\nAND TO
\n<\/span>Mohammad\u2013who brought the world
\n<\/span>to our feet and eternity to our arms.
\n<\/span>*<\/span><\/p>\n

ISHMAEL
\n<\/span>\u2013LEGITIMATE BIRTH & HEIR\u2013
\n<\/span>& PAUL
\n<\/span>(See also <\/span><\/span>Ishmael-wild ass of a man or fruitful?<\/span>)<\/a><\/p>\n

Was Ishmael of illegitimate birth? Are Hagar\u2019s children, Ishmael and Arabs, born in slavery?<\/span><\/p>\n

(Notably, Sarah, Abraham\u2019s wife, was also his sister, from his father\u2019s side\u2013(Gen. 20:11-12). Biblically, such a union is unacceptable: The Bible says,<\/span> \u201cif a man shall take his sister, his father\u2019s daughter\u2026.and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people\u201d\u2013(Lev. 20:17). Isaac came from such a union\u2013Abraham and Sarah. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Also, Bilhah and Zilpah who bore Jacob sons were handmaids of his wives Rachel and Leah, respectively\u2013(Gen. 30:1-13). Thus these four sons, Dan and Naphtali, and, Gad and Asher, borne by the handmaids Bilhah and Zilpah, respectively, could all said to be of illegitimate birth if Ishmael is said to be of illegitimate birth because he was born of a handmaid. And three of these four sons of Jacob\u2013Naphtali, Gad, and Asher\u2013each became a founder of a tribe (of the twelve tribes of Israel<\/i> \u2013Rev. 7: 5-8.<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

And Judah, who was also a founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel, is said to have committed adultery with his daughter-in-law, Tamarr, thinking she was \u201can harlot\u201d\u2013(Gen. 38:11-18). And Judah was the grandfather of Jesus, the Christian\u2019s son of God and even God to some. Jesus was of the \u201cseed of David\u201d who committed adultery with Bathsheba, Uriah\u2019s wife\u2013(2 Samuel 11:2-5).<\/span><\/p>\n

If Hagar was not Abraham’s wife, the implication would be that Abraham, a prophet of God, having \u201cwent in unto Hagar\u201d out of wedlock, committed adultery. But this was a \u201cblessed<\/span>\u201d<\/i><\/strong> union, as the Bible testifies: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the angel of the Lord said unto her (Hagar),
\n<\/span>I will multiply thy seed exceedingly,
\n<\/span>that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
\n<\/span>And the angel of the Lord said unto her,
\n<\/span>Behold, thou art with child, and shall bear a son,
\n<\/span>and shall call his name Ishmael;
\n<\/span>because thy Lord hath heard thy affliction\u201d
\n<\/span>\u201cAnd as for Ishmael\u2026.Behold, I have blessed<\/span><\/i><\/strong> him,
\n<\/span>\u2026twelve princes shall he beget,
\n<\/span>and I will make him a great nation\u201d
\n<\/span>(Gen. 16:10-11; 17:20).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Clearly, Ishmael came through Divine artistry and not through illegitimate union. In fact, when Abraham despaired of having an heir, and wanted Eliezer to succeed him, God said to him: \u201che that shall come forth of thine own bowels shall be thine heir\u201d\u2013(Gen. 15:1-4). And Ishmael was the \u201cheir\u201d that came out of the \u201cbowels\u201d of Abraham, in fulfillment of this Divine decree. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Abraham was eighty-six years old when he was given his son Ishmael; and he was one hundred years old when he was given his son Isaac\u2013(Gen. 16:16; 21:5). Since Ishmael was already about fourteen years old when his brother Isaac was born, Isaac could not<\/span><\/i> have been Abraham’s \u201conly son\u201d as stated in Genesis 22:2.<\/i> (As shown later Isaac\u2019s name here is a forgery).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That Ishmael was not of illegitimate birth is made clear by the Word of God that He will give Abraham a son \u201calso\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/strong> of Sarah\u2013(Gen. 17:16); which shows that the first son, Ishmael, was \u201calso\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/strong> a promised son. It also shows that not only did Abraham already had a son (Ishmael), but that God recognized Ishmael as the legitimate offspring of Abraham. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That Ishmael the firstborn, and not<\/i> Isaac, is the foremost inheritor of Abraham is made clear from the Bible, which says:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, <\/strong><\/span>WHICH IS INDEED THE FIRSTBORN<\/span><\/i>:<\/span><\/i> But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; <\/span>THE RIGHT OF THE FIRSTBORN IS HIS<\/span><\/i>“<\/span> \u2013(Deut; 21:15-17).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Ishmael was the beginning of Abraham\u2019s strength; and the right of the firstborn is his. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is Ishmael\u2019s inheritance? After God\u2019s promise to Abraham to make him a father of nations, and the establishing of the covenant of circumcision, \u201cThe next important event in the history of Abraham as recorded in Genesis (xxii),\u201d \u201cis the offering of \u201chis only son\u201d a sacrifice to God,\u201d says Professor \u2018Abdul Ahad Dawud (the former Rev. David Benjamin Keldani).<\/span> The Professor then proceeds to explain:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are three distinct points which every true believer in God must accept as truths. The first point is that Ishmael is the legitimate son of Abraham, his firstborn, and therefore his claim to birthright is quite just and legal. The second point is that the Covenant was made between God and Abraham as well as his only son Ishmael before Isaac was born. The Covenant and the institution of the Circumcision would have no value or signification unless the repeated promise contained in the divine words, \u201cThroughout thee all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,\u201d and especially the expression, the Seed \u201cthat shall come out from the bowels, he<\/i> will inherit thee\u201d (Gen. xv. 4). This promise was fulfilled when Ishmael was born<\/span> (Gen. xvi.), and Abraham had the consolation that his chief servant Eliezer would no longer be his heir. Consequently we must admit that Ishmael was the real and legitimate heir of Abraham\u2019s spiritual dignity and privileges.<\/span> The prerogative that \u201cby Abraham all the generations of the earth shall be blessed,\u201d so often repeated\u2013though in different forms\u2013was the heritage by birthright, and was the patrimony of Ishmael.<\/span> The inheritance to which Ishmael was entitled by birthright was not the tent in which Abraham lived or a certain camel upon which he used to ride, but to subjugate and occupy forever all the territories extending from the Nile to the Euphrates,<\/span> which were inhabited by some ten different nations (Gen. xvii. 18-21). These lands have never been subdued by the descendants of Isaac, but by those of Ishmael.<\/span> This is an actual and literal fulfilment of one of the conditions contained in the Covenant.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The third point is that Isaac was also born miraculously and specially blessed by the Almighty, that for his people the land of Canaan was promised and actually occupied under Joshua.\u2026\u2026
\n\u2026\u2026 there is a fundamental point of dispute between the two nations now existing for nearly four thousand years; and that point is the question of the Messiah and Muhammad. The Jews do not see the fulfilment of the so-called Messianic prophecies either in the person of Christ or in that of Muhammad<\/span>. <\/span>The Jews have always been jealous of Ishmael because they know very well that in him<\/i> the Covenant was made and with his circumcision it was concluded and sealed,<\/span> and it is out of this rancour that their scribes or doctors of law have corrupted and interpolated many passages in their Scriptures. To <\/span>efface the name \u201cIshmael\u201d from the second, sixth, and seventh verses of the twenty-second chapter of the Book of Genesis and to insert in its place \u201cIsaac,\u201d<\/span> and to leave the descriptive epithet \u201cthy only begotten son\u201d is to deny the existence of the former and to violate the Covenant made between God and Ishmael. It is expressly said in this chapter by God: \u201cBecause thou didst not spare thy only begotten son, I will increase and multiply thy posterity like the stars and the sands on the seashore,\u201d which word \u201cmultiply\u201d was used by the Angel to Hagar in the wilderness: I will multiply thy off-spring to an innumerable multitude, and that Ishmael \u201cshall become a fruitful man\u201d(Gen. xvi. 12. <\/span>It is Muslims who are numbered like \u201cthe stars and the sands on the seashore\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u2013(Gen. 22:17).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Now the Christians have translated the same Hebrew word, which means \u201cfruitful\u201d or \u201cplentiful\u201d from the verb <\/span>para <\/i>\u2013identical with the Arabic <\/span>wefera\u2013 <\/i>in their versions \u201ca wild ass\u201d! Is it not <\/span>a shame and impiety<\/span> to call Ishmael \u201ca wild ass\u201d whom God styles \u201cFruitful\u201d or \u201cPlentiful\u201d?\u201d(<\/span>Muhammad in the Bible<\/i>, pp. 30, 31, 32. Emphasis added).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Man can alter Scripture(s),
\n<\/span>man cannot alter the decree of God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGod\u2019s anger is revealed from heaven against
\n<\/span>all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways
\n<\/span>prevent the truth from being known\u201d
\n<\/span>(Romans 1:18).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That Ishmael, and not Isaac, was the son Abraham offered in his intended sacrifice is also borne out by All\u0101h, God, in His Qur\u2019an: Abraham prayed for an heir and is given a son; then he had a vision about him sacrificing this son\u2013(Qur\u2019an 37:100-111), and AFTERWARDS <\/i><\/strong>Abraham was promised Isaac as stated in verses 112-113: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd We gave him the good news of <\/span>ISAAC<\/span><\/i>, a prophet, a righteous one. And We blessed him (Abraham) and Isaac.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 All\u0101h blessing Abraham as Muhammad Ali explains: \u201cAbraham and Isaac are spoken of distinctly to show that by blessing Abraham is here meant blessing his descendants through Ishmael.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Muslims who say that the Qur\u2019an is not clear about which son was the intended sacrifice are to study the Qur\u2019an carefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>(Whereas, clearly Ishmael was the intended son of sacrifice, one Christian quarter on the Internet <\/i>in trying\u00a0to glorify the Isaac branch of Abraham tried to explain\u00a0that the Biblical epithet \u201cthine only <\/i><\/strong>son\u201d refers to Isaac\u00a0and not Ishmael arguing that \u201cson\u201d here is a figurative\u00a0expression; citing the story of Noah in which Noah\u00a0called out to his rebellious \u201cson\u201d to join them on the\u00a0Ark, and cried out to All\u0101h to save him saying \u201csurely\u00a0my son is of my family,\u201d <\/span>but All\u0101h replied, \u201che is not of\u00a0thy family, he is (an embodiment of) unrighteous\u00a0conduct\u201d \u2013(Qur\u2019an 11:41-46). <\/span>Clearly, Noah\u2019s son being\u00a0referred here as being \u201cnot of thy family, he is (an\u00a0embodiment of) unrighteous conduct\u201d<\/i> refers to his\u00a0spirituality and not the lineage of his birth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Also \u2013putting aside All\u0101h\u2019s Word that it was Ishmael who was the intended sacrifice and AFTERWARDS <\/span>Isaac was promised to Abraham\u2013 as Prof. Dawud points out above, Jews <\/span>\u201cefface(d) the name \u201cIshmael\u201d from the second, sixth, and seventh verses of the twenty-second chapter of the Book of Genesis and\u201d \u201cinsert(ed) in its place \u201cIsaac.\u201d In any event, even if Isaac was the intended sacrifice, Muslims believe in all the prophets of God. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Strangely, whereas Jews commemorate their freedom from Pharaoh they do not commemorate this most Holy covenant of sacrifice in which God decreed to \u201cmultiply\u201d them \u201cas the stars\u201d and as the \u201csand\u201d upon the seashore and give them as possession the \u201cgate\u201d of their enemies\u2013(Gen. 22:17). The only reasonable answer to this Jewish failure to\u00a0commemorate the sacrifice of \u201cIsaac\u201d would be, Jews knowing that Ishmael was the intended sacrifice and not Isaac, commemorating this sacrifice in the name of Isaac would be a mockery of themselves).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/p>\n

ISHMAEL AND PAUL<\/span><\/p>\n

Are Hagar\u2019s children, Ishmael and Arabs, born in slavery? <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul not only \u201cshanghaied\u201d Jesus\u2019 teaching and created his own gospel (and has Christians following him and his \u201cpagan\u201d Son of God into Hell); he also dabbled in the lives of Abraham, his wife, Hagar, and their son, Ishmael. <\/span><\/p>\n

In his letter to the Galatians, trying to convince them to follow him rather than follow others, he wrote that Ishmael was born of the \u201cflesh\u201d whereas Isaac was born of the \u201cSpirit\u201d (a Divine promise); and that \u201che that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now (meaning that Arabs were persecuting Jews\/Christians of his time).\u201d Here is his statement (Galatians 4:21-31):
\n\u201cLet me ask those of you who want to be subject to the Law: do you not hear what the Law says? It says that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman (Hagar, Ishmael\u2019s mother), the other by a free woman (Sarah, Isaac\u2019s mother). His son by the slave woman was born in the usual way, but his son by the free woman was born as a result of God\u2019s promise. These two things can be understood as a figure: the two women represent two covenants. The one whose children are born in slavery is Hagar<\/span>, and she represents the covenant made at Mount Sinai. Hagar, who stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia, is a figure of the present city of Jerusalem, in slavery with all its people. But the heavenly Jerusalem is free, and she is our mother.<\/span> For the scripture says, \u201cBe happy, you childless woman!<\/span> Shout and cry with joy, you who never felt the pains of childbirth! For the woman who was deserted will have more children than the woman whose husband never left her.\u201d<\/span> Now, you my brothers, are God\u2019s children as a result of the promise, just as Isaac was. At that time the son who was born in the usual way persecuted the one who was born because of God\u2019s Spirit; and it is the same now.<\/span> But what does the scripture say? It says, \u201cSend the slave woman and her son away; for the son of the slave woman will not have a part of the father\u2019s property along with the son of the free woman.<\/span>\u201d So then, my brothers, we are not the children of a slave woman but of a free woman\u201d\u2013(Good News<\/i>, Canadian Bible Society).
\n<\/span><\/span>(Note well: <\/span>These are NOT the words of God or Jesus;<\/span> these are the words of Paul who \u201c<\/span>was considered to be a traitor to Jesus\u2019s thought by the latter\u2019s family and by the apostles who had stayed in Jerusalem in the circle around James;\u201d and who forged his own gospel; and was a self-admitted liar).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 (1)<\/span> That \u201cThe two women represent two covenants. The one whose children are born in slavery is Hagar.\u201d
\n<\/span>Wonder what kind of \u201cslavery\u201d Paul is speaking about, physical or mental? I have no knowledge of early Arabs born into \u201cslavery.\u201d Though Jews were, under Pharaoh.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0If Paul meant physical \u201cslavery,\u201d into whose \u201cslavery\u201d were\/are the children of Hagar born? Later Arabs have dictatorship but not slavery.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 If Paul meant the early Arabs had the mental slavery of \u201cIdolatry,\u201d his \u201cpagan\u201d Son of God doctrine is no better. In fact, his doctrine is worse, for whereas the idolatrous Arabs worshipped things fashioned by their own hands they did not attribute to His Holy Highness the injustice of putting one person\u2019s sin onto others and make Him complicit in murder; moreover the murder of an innocent man.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0Whether physical or mental \u201cslavery\u201d it must be blasphemy of the highest order to submit that God covenanted one sector of his creation into \u201cslavery.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(2)<\/span> \u201cBut the heavenly Jerusalem is free, and she is our mother.\u201d <\/span>(But the \u201cheavenly Jerusalem\u201d is no longer free; in fact \u201cour mother\u201d is now obsolete, replaced with \u201cMother\u201d Makkah\u2013Qur\u2019an 6:92; 42:7\u2013 as his Son of God says:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore I say unto you, the kingdom of God shall be <\/span>TAKEN FROM YOU<\/span>, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof;\u201d \u201cWoman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, <\/span>NOR YET AT JERUSALEM,<\/span> worship the Father\u201d\u2013(Matt. 21:43; John 4:21); <\/span>\u201cAll the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee \u2026and I will glorify the house of my glory\u2013(Isaiah 60:7. <\/span><\/span>The flocks of Kedar have NEVER come to the House of Israel or of Christ, but to the House of MOHAMMAD);<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by <\/span>ANOTHER NAME<\/span>\u201d\u2013(Isaiah 65:15; 62:2.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The only \u201cother name\u201d God has called His servants is \u201cMUSLIMS!\u201d\u2013Qur\u2019an 22:78. While prior to the Qur\u2019an\/Islam those who submitted to All\u0101h were also \u201cMuslims\u201d the term was not then revealed);<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe glory of this <\/span>LATTER<\/span> house shall be <\/span>GREATER<\/span> than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give <\/span>PEACE<\/span>, saith the Lord of hosts\u201d \u2013(Haggai 2:9.<\/span> <\/span>All\u0101h has designated the Ka\u2019bah a place of \u201cpeace\u201d\/security\u2013Qur\u2019an 2:125; 2:191; 5:97-99; 29:67). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 (3)<\/span> \u201cFor the scripture says, \u201cBe happy, you childless woman! Shout and cry with joy, you who never felt the pains of childbirth! For the woman who was deserted will have more children than the woman whose husband never left her.\u201d
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Paul here refers to Isaiah 54:1. But Isaiah 54:1 seems to be a general reference to \u201cchildless\u201d women \u201cwho never felt the pains of childbirth!\u201d It is strange that Paul should consider Sarah \u201cchildless,\u201d seeing that Sarah conceived and gave birth to Isaac. And while modern women, due to anesthetic, may escape \u201cpains of childbirth\u201d it is doubtful that Sarah escaped this pain, as decreed by God\u2013Gen. 3:16).
\n<\/span>That Abraham \u201cdeserted\u201d Hagar. Was Moses \u201cdeserted\u201d when his mother put him in a basket in the water?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0God instructed Abraham to do as Sarah bid him\u2013Gen. 21:12. Abraham obeying the instructions of God is not \u201cdesertion.\u201d Abraham was instructed by God to sacrifice his \u201conly son,\u201d Ishmael, if Abraham had done so would God have hold him guilty of murder?
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Clearly, in asking Abraham to send Hagar away, God was advancing His purpose of sending to the Arabs and world Mohammad, the Comforter, who guided us into \u201call truth,\u201d and would abide \u201cforever\u201d through the Qur\u2019an.<\/span><\/p>\n

Again, when Hagar\u2019s \u201cwater was spent\u201d \u201cGod opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water\u201d\u2013Gen.21:15, 20.<\/span> A person is never \u201cdeserted\u201d when God is with her or him. Conversely, she or he is \u201cdeserted\u201d when God is not with her or him even though she or he has the entire world at her or his feet. According to Islamic tradition, Abraham was with Ishmael in Arabia on at least two occasions; after Ishmael\u2019s marriage and at their building of the Ka\u2019ba\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 4, # 583, 584). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 (4)<\/span> That \u201cthe son who was born in the usual way persecuted the one who was born because of God\u2019s Spirit.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Where and when and how did Ishmael \u201cpersecute\u201d Isaac? All Ishmael did was \u201cmock,\u201d though it is not clear if Ishmael was \u201cmocking\u201d Isaac or Sarah\u2013Genesis 21:9. Notably, whereas the Bible shows that Ishmael was about thirteen years old when Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away \u2013Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born, and when Ishmael \u201cmocked\u201d Isaac (Genesis 21:5, 10)\u2013<\/span> according to Islamic tradition, unless women nursed their thirteen-year olds, Ishmael was yet a baby\u2013Bokhari Vol. 4, #583, 584. It is amusing to entertain that a baby can \u201cmock\u201d another baby.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>That Isaac was born of a \u201cpromise\u201d and Ishmael was not, this also is claptrap! As noted above, when Abraham despaired of having an heir, and wanted Eliezer to succeed him, God said to him [and this was way before he had relations with Hagar]: \u201che that shall come forth of thine own bowels shall be thine heir\u201d\u2013Gen. 15:1-4.<\/span> And Ishmael<\/span> was the \u201cheir\u201d that came out of the \u201cbowels\u201d of Abraham, in fulfillment of this Divine promise. How then it is claimed that Ishmael was not born of \u201cGod\u2019s Spirit\u201d? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Again, as noted above, God said He will give Abraham a son \u201calso<\/span>\u201d<\/i> of Sarah; which shows that the first son, Ishmael, was \u201calso<\/span>\u201d<\/i> a promised son. It also shows that not only did Abraham already had a son (Ishmael), but that God recognized Ishmael<\/span> as the legitimate offspring of Abraham. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Seemed that Isaac and Ishmael kept in contact with each other, for when Abraham, died \u201chis sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah\u201d\u2013Gen. 25:8-9.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Significantly, Arabs cannot be charged with anti-Semitism; Arabs also are Shemites\/Semites, descendants of Shem, one of the three sons of Noah. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 (5)<\/span> And \u201cit is the same now\u201d (i.e.,<\/i> as Ishmael \u201cpersecuted\u201d Isaac, Arabs were persecuting Jews\/Christians in Paul\u2019s time).
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Paul lived in the first century, in the time of Jesus. Jerusalem was destroyed in the year 70 A.C. by the Romans [it was also destroyed by the Babylonians in 6th.century B.C.] This destruction in 70 AD. was not by Arabs so that Ishmael\/Arabs should be cited; moreover, rather than being destruction from \u201cpersecution\u201d it may have been one of the destruction(s) prophesied by Jesus\u2013Matt. 23:38; Luke 21:20-24. <\/span>[Paul needed to blame the Romans and\/or his Son of God instead of spewing hate at Ishmael\/Arabs].<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The current Muslim-Christian\/West divide can be traced back to Christians\/West meddling in Muslims\u2019 affairs. More than a century ago Thomas Arnold noted in his book The Preaching of Islam<\/i> [what may very well be true today also]:\u201cMany of the persecutions of the Christians in Muslim countries can be traced\u00a0<\/span>either to distrust of their loyalty, excited by the intrigues and interference of Christian foreigners and the enemies of Islam, or to the bad feeling stirred up by the treacherous or brutal behaviour of the latter towards the Musalmans (Muslims);\u201d<\/span> \u201cOf forced conversion or anything like persecution in the early days of the Arab conquest, we hear nothing.\u201d(pp. 77, 136). If the Jews\/Christians\/West did not covet Muslims\u2019 lands and oil it is doubtful Muslims would be riled against Jews\/Christians\/West).<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Of any Jewish\/Christian persecution by Arab during Paul\u2019s reign I am not aware of. In fact, Jews [and Africans, Armenians, and Persians) lived in pre-Islamic Arabia without difficulty). We even have Esau, Isaac\u2019s son, marrying his uncle, Ishmael\u2019s, daughter, Mahalath\u2013Genesis 28:9. Doesn\u2019t look like Ishmael\/Arabs were \u201cpersecuting\u201d Jews [though there was no Jew then. Jews came from Judah, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, Isaac\u2019s son. Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob, were neither Jews nor Christians \u2013they were Semites\/Shemites, descendants of Shem, one of Noah\u2019s three sons, and religiously they were Muslims, i.e<\/i>. those who submit to the will of All\u0101h\/God.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jacob had twelve sons \u2013Judah<\/i> from whom \u201cJew\u201d originated, Levi<\/i> from whom \u201cLevite\u201d originated, etc. See Revelation 7:5-8 for these twelve sons of Jacob, from whom we got the Twelve Tribes of Israel; \u201cIsrael\u201d being the name given to Jacob by God\u2013Gen. 32:27-28; 35:10).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 (6)<\/span> That \u201cthe son of the slave woman will not have a part of the father\u2019s property along with the son of the free woman.\u201d
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 But, as noted above, God decreed: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, <\/strong><\/span>WHICH IS INDEED THE FIRSTBORN:<\/span><\/i> But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; <\/span>THE RIGHT OF THE FIRSTBORN IS HIS<\/span><\/i>“<\/span> \u2013(Deuteronomy 21:15-17).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Ishmael was the beginning of Abraham\u2019s strength; and the right of the firstborn is his. And as Prof. Abdul Ahad Dawud \u2013the former Reverend David Benjamin Keldani \u2013<\/span> noted above, reveals: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jews have always been jealous of Ishmael because they know very well that in him<\/span><\/i> the Covenant was made and with his circumcision it was concluded and sealed, and it is out of this rancour that their scribes or doctors of law have corrupted and interpolated many passages in their Scriptures. To efface the name \u201cIshmael\u201d<\/span> from the second, sixth, and seventh verses of the twenty-second chapter of the Book of Genesis and to insert in its place \u201cIsaac,\u201d<\/span> and to leave the descriptive epithet \u201cthy only begotten son\u201d is to deny the existence of the former and to violate the Covenant made between God and Ishmael.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Even if Paul was correct in his letter to the Galatians, yet this would not make Jesus God or Son of God or Trinity or vicarious atoner or that mankind inherited sin from Adam. These cardinal doctrines of Christianity have no Divine foundation, no prophetic foundation, no logical foundation, and are repugnant to reason; Christians lie on God, they lie on Jesus, they blame the Devil; Christianity is evil, intolerant, backward, naked hate, and brutal and rabid misogyny; the Gospels portray\u00a0<\/span>Jesus-a hypocrite, liar, fraud<\/a><\/span>. Christianity is lies, falsehood, and blasphemy. (See\u00a0<\/span>Jesus Dead, Buried, No Return<\/span>).<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul was a self-admitted liar; who forged his own gospel; introduced the pagan doctrine of Son of God into the Christian religion, who was uncertain whether he had the Holy Spirit with him and gave his own judgment; snared people into following his teachings through guile and craft; committed gross blasphemy by saying God made Jesus, the Christian\u2019s God and Son of God, into a \u201ccurse\u201d and \u201clower\u201d than the angels (strangely Christians praise Jesus in their hymn\/carol as \u201cking\u201d of the angels whereas Paul says Jesus was made lower than the angels);<\/span> preached crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus; condemned the everlasting Divine Covenant of circumcision and the law of \u201cworks.\u201d (See All\u0101h and Jesus or Paul<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus says you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free (from lies, falsehood, and blasphemy). And the Divine truth is, Jesus was a prophet of God sent only for Jews and to foretell the coming of the Comforter who will guide into \u201call truth\u201d and \u201cabide forever\u201d and whom all are to follow; and \u201cThere is no God but All\u0101h; Mohammad is the Messenger of All\u0101h!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

While All\u0101h God would not call us to account for that which we do not know, when knowledge comes to us what reason or excuse can we have for not accepting and follow it? \u201cBut he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath <\/span>NEVER <\/span>forgiveness but is in danger of <\/span>ETERNAL DAMNATION<\/span>\u201d\u2013(Mark 3:29).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

While we are alive we have the grand opportunity to repent and have eternal life in Paradise. When we die there is no second chance. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is holding you back from baptizing
\n<\/span>with All\u0101h, the Best of Baptizers?
\n<\/span>(Qur\u2019an 2:138).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the name of All\u0101h, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad DEDICATED TO All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High Lord of the worlds AND TO Mohammad\u2013who brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms. * ISHMAEL \u2013LEGITIMATE BIRTH & HEIR\u2013 & PAUL (See also Ishmael-wild ass of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1548,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}