Friday, August 26, 2016
MUHAMMAD IS DEAD BUT JESUS IS ALIVE
Jesus left the tomb!
Jesus is alive today, but Prophet Muhammad has been dead for a long time!
There is a great difference between Muhammad and Jesus. Muhammad died, but Jesus is alive today! He lives forever and ever.
Prophet Muhammad was born around the year 570 in the city of Makkah and died at about the age of 62 on June 8, 632 in the city of Madina, now in Saudi Arabia. His grave is also there.
Prophet Muhammad therefore died and was buried, and his remains are still in the grave today.
Jesus was born four years before our era, and He died on the cross at about the age of 30 in Jerusalem. His body was placed in a tomb, but it is not possible to remember where it is now, because God raised Him from the dead after three days! Forty days later God took Him up into heaven where He sits at the right hand of God on the throne.
Jesus is alive today and will never die again! That is the difference between Muhammad and Jesus. Muhammad died, but Jesus is alive today! He lives forever and ever.
“When I saw Him (Jesus), I fell at His feet as though dead. But He laid His right hand on me and said, ‘Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.’” (Revelation 1:17–18).
Jesus says here that He is the First and the Last. Therefore no one will come after Him. So the Islamic claim that Muhammad is the last prophet is wrong, because no one can come after Jesus. Jesus is the Beginning and the End. He is completely unique!
**Jesus / Christianity
Muhammad / Islam**
Jesus had prophecies about Him, about 300 prophecies.
Muhammad was not predicted by any prophecy.
Jesus’ birth was miraculous, as even the Qur’an acknowledges.
Muhammad was born like any other person.
In Hebrews 4:15 it says that Jesus was “tempted in every way, just as we are—yet without sin.” Jesus was therefore without sin.
Muhammad was sinful like all other people. He lied, deceived people, betrayed his own word, and lived in sexual immorality. Many times he was about to lose his followers because of his bad lifestyle. Nowhere in the Qur’an does it say that Muhammad was without sin.
Jesus performed miracles, which were also acknowledged by the Jews who opposed Him (though they claimed His miracles came from Satan and not from God). The signs and wonders that accompanied Jesus show that He was who He claimed to be.
Muhammad performed no miracles, something he repeatedly tried to explain away in the Qur’an. The only “miracle” he claimed was receiving the Qur’an—that is, he claimed it was revelation. But nothing supports this except his own words.
Jesus was God.
Muhammad was an ordinary man.
Jesus lived out His teachings. By His own life, He demonstrated that His teachings worked. He did not only speak of love, He also lived love.
Muhammad taught and preached, but he did not live what he taught.
Jesus did not commit evil acts.
Muhammad killed and also stole from people. He killed personal enemies. He raided caravans and carried out attacks on various Bedouin tribes, from which he took war booty.
Jesus never used violence to persuade others of His teachings. “If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God,” He says, for example, in John 7:17.
Muhammad often used violence to force people to become Muslims. Even the Qur’an speaks about using violence against unbelievers.
Jesus taught His disciples about love and truth. Nowhere in the Gospels does He tell His followers to harm, kill, or steal from anyone.
Muhammad taught his followers to kill and steal in his name.
Jesus was pure in thought, word, and deed.
Muhammad had twenty wives and concubines, the youngest of whom was nine years old.
Jesus died for the sins of the people.
Muhammad died in and for his own sins, like any human being.
Jesus died for us.
Muhammad killed others for his own benefit.
Jesus predicted His own death and resurrection.
Muhammad died suddenly and unexpectedly, without in any way preparing his followers at the time of his death.
Jesus rose from the dead. This is recorded many times in the Bible. Paul says, for example, in 1 Corinthians 15:6, “After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.”
Muhammad did not rise, but his decaying body is still in his grave. Though there are lies claiming Muhammad ascended to heaven, these are of very late origin. Neither the Qur’an nor the earliest Islamic traditions mention any such thing.
Jesus never contradicted Himself.
Muhammad constantly contradicted himself. At times the Jews were the worst people, and at other times they were the best above all others. In the so-called “Satanic Verses,” which are now removed from the Qur’an (these are the verses for which Muslims cursed Salman Rushdie to death for blasphemy), it is said that Muhammad should also worship the three daughters of Allah. He then retracted this and became even more hostile toward Christians who claim that God has a Son.
The Bible consists of 66 books, written by 40 different authors over several thousand years. These writers came from all levels of society—from kings like David and Solomon to Amos, who was an ordinary shepherd. Although these books were produced during very different periods of time, and under completely different cultural and social circumstances, the message of the Bible is a single, clear thread. The character of God, and what is right and wrong, is clear. In the 66 books there are many prophecies, many of which have already been fulfilled. As mentioned earlier, there are 300 prophecies about Jesus which were fulfilled in detail in His life. There are also prophecies about Israel and surrounding nations such as Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc., which were fulfilled precisely. All this is strong evidence that the origin of the Bible is divine. The book says, “…men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21). Without the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to understand how the various books of the Bible, whose histories are so far apart, could fit together like puzzle pieces into one whole.
The Qur’an was written by one man throughout his life. It contains no specific prophecies that can be verified. It claims to confirm the Bible, but instead rejects the Bible in important areas.
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