For unto us a Child is born

      Nicodemus a Jewish religious leader approached Yeshua in secret one evening.
Therein prompted the biblical cornerstone of Yeshua's message. Listen to Yeshua's
words to Nicodemus. Here was a learned religious leader, a member of the Sanhedrin.
Nicodemus was a member of Israel's highest, most prestigious court and a recognized
expert in the Mosaic law. Yeshua said bluntly

³ Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,^[a] you cannot see the 
Kingdom of God.” ~ John 3:3

followed by, Christ's Message and Mission to the world
 
¹⁶ “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone 
who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ God sent his Son into the world
 not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
¹⁸ “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not 
believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.

~John 3:16-18 

I have often wondered why the message of Yeshua is still rejected, distorted and maligned
by generations since. Perhaps the reason is, Yeshua himself, remarked in Matthew 19

¹³ One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on 
them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.

¹⁴ But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of 
Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.” ¹⁵ And he placed his hands
on their heads and blessed them before he left.

~Matthew 19:13-15 

Characters, Myths or Hidden Meanings

Characters in Languages have hidden meanings. One of the earliest forms of scripts originate from the Sinai Dessert. The Proto-Canaanites 1500 B.C.E developed their letters by drawing pictures. These pictures evolved into characters. Ancient languages began with pictures and evolved into characters. The Hebrew and Arabic Semitic Cultures evolved differently. Some words share the same root sounds.

Eg

Salaam in Arabic سلام

or

Shalom in Hebrew שלום


Others derive totally different meanings for similar sounding words. 


For example, the name Allah 'The God' in Arabic

 الله
 
has a total different meaning in Hebrew
 

קללה

The transliteration is Qof, Lamed,Lamed, Heh which literally means to 'Curse' (allah)

Is this a Coincidence or is it Supernatural. Many Muslim Apologists like to claim that when 
Yeshua  cried out on the cross  

Matthew 27:46 in Greek "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" ~ (my God My God why have you forsaken me).

He was referring to Allah. If that were so. Yeshua would have been blaspheming to the Lord. 
My friend Parameswara2 was trying to convince me that was the case. Hence, my interest in 
the Hebrew language by his use of 'slight of hand'.  Attached are some clips of the Name of 
God. What do you think?

 
 

God, Heaven and Hell

         What happens after life? What do different Religions say about it. Is it true and what do we make of it. Everyone has different opinions. It is interesting that the Abrahamic Religions believe in, describe Heaven and Hell differently. Yeshua mentions about many mansions in his Father's house when he talks about Heaven. In the Middle East it is common place for the father of newly wedded couples to build an extension to his home welcoming his Son and Daughter.

  In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ~ John 14:2

         Hell is total separation from Yeshua.  Heaven and Hell, well here are some accounts of what Heaven and Hell is like.

Christians, Jews and Muslims

A Bible verse that intrigues me is the account of Acts. It talks about the last days.

Acts 2:17

17 “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters
 will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

 The Apostle Paul in his account to the Gentiles, did not, in his lifetime fulfill the fullness
of his commission. He was sent as a witness to the Gentiles but his heart was pulled towards
the Jewish Nation as evident by what he says in

Romans 11:13

 ¹³ I am saying all this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I stress this, ¹⁴ for I want somehow to make the people of Israel jealous of what you Gentiles have, so I might save some of them. ¹⁵ For since their rejection meant that God offered salvation to the rest of the world, their acceptance will be even more wonderful. It will be life for those who were dead! ¹⁶ And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their descendants will also be holy—just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too.

I believe that Yeshua is moving among the Nations. Especially, in Muslims countries
where he has caused their veiled eyes to open. I believe that the Jewish Nation will
experience a revival soon, this will happen as millions of Muslims especially the ones
in Israel who turn to Yeshua in the last days, will provoke them to jealously.  Perhaps,
Paul's vision was slightly delayed. After all,   'With the Lord a day is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years are like a day.' 2 Peter 3:8

Is the Bible, God inspired Words.

A year ago, i made a trip to Israel (Israel Land of Shalom) . I wanted to see for
myself the Holy Land and make a connection with Israeli's. My friend Hanan
had inspired me to make the trip as the turmoil in the middle-east is a constant
reminder of my belated Uncle Manasseh. He was the Last Malaysian Jew. I call
him the last one. Simply, i did not believe until after his death, that there were Jews
in Malaysia. Until, i stumbled across the lost tribe i.e. B'nai Manashe in India.
Personally, i am not aware of any other Jewish descendents in Malaysia. Neither
does Malaysia acknowledge the contribution or celebrate its tolerance as to
the Jewish Peoples.

The Tanakh describes the historicity and details Yahweh's relationship to the
Israelites. The New Testament to the Gentiles.

Are the writings of the Bible accurate. What can we make of it ? Why is the
New Testament not accepted by Jews? Has the Christian Church reconciled
with its Sins of the Past with the Persecution and Jews who were Libeled and
Murdered. How could Yeshua's Message be distorted, maligned, and used to
commit atrocities in his Name.

I stumbled across some discussion, media, and sermon clips below that discusses
the dilemma concerning Messiah Yeshua. I hope may paint a clearer picture.

Dr. Bart Ehrman by far, seems to be, the favourite Naysayers weapon of choice.
He is quoted very often against the veracity of the New Testament. I will address
issues related to the New Testament on a latter Post.

The more pressing issue in my opinion is what does the Bible New Testament say
about Israelites. David Pawson's sermon on 'Israel and The End Times' talks
about Yeshua's plan for the Israelite Nation.

Evolution, Atheists and all things considered

The New Atheist purports that God is a 'Delusion' as Carl Marx would say
'the Opiate of the Masses'. At the heart of the matter in scholarly debate.
Evolution, they say, explains Creation in all it's Complexity. God does not
exist. I would like to weight in with my own observations. I will explain why
i don't believe that Evolution explains the existence of Life in the Universe.

There are three personal observations i would like to make with the help
of science and discovery. I'm open to suggestions, on what, you the reader
think. Do i make sense or am i as Richard Dawkin's purports  under a
'God Delusion'.

Firstly, let me, clarify my position. There is a difference between the applied
sciences versus theoretical sciences. We can observe genetic variation  and
evolutionary changes in biological systems. It can be empirically tested and
verified through years of research. How a cell evolved from it's fundamental
parts or cells evolving to higher forms, to me, falls under the theoretical sciences.
Scientists making inferences through observations not supported by empiricism.
Scientists observing the fossil record with the use of techniques like carbon
dating, observing nature's mechanisms, and the physical universe are making
inferences with no empirical proof. My observations:

i) Mechanics and  Propulsion in the Bacteria Flagella.

I came across a phenomena that i hit me on the head. The rotating filament
particularly how the rotor and stator appears designed and operates flawlessly.
However, even more amazing. If someone can explain to me how the filament
operates as a working directional arm. I'm surprised that Physicists have not noticed
that it is almost like a robotic arm coupled directly to the rotor. Now why is
this amazing? Simply, electrical theory does not make this possible. Electrical
Engineers are well aware of Electrical Noise i.e. Harmonics (3,5,7,..odd frequencies).
Why does it work? It's not supposed too.  This is a biological, mechanical and
electrical system.


ii) The Evolution of Venom

Lets talk about Snake venom which can be categorized as hemotoxicity and
neurotoxicity. Hemotoxic venom kills tissue and causes inflammation.Neurotoxic venom
effect the nervous system leading to death. Venom is essentially Snake Saliva. How did
venomous snakes evolve to the toxicity overkill levels (See Clip). How did the first
venomous snakes evolve itself, before being made extinct by predators, and/or
mutations of the saliva appear suddenly as to provide the snake a survival mechanism.
I put it to you. It is more likely that a massive numbers of snake species appeared
all of the sudden and mutation in species that evolved specialist's in venom. There is no
way a single cell evolved into many snakes. More likely, many snakes became the fewer
specialized snakes.


iii) The Universe

The 'Finely Tuned' argument. Apologist's like Dinesh D'Souza quoting Stephen Hawking's
book 'A Brief History Of Time'

'If the rate of expansion one second after the big bang had been smaller by
even one  part in a hundred thousand million-million, the universe would have 
re-collapsed before  it ever reached its present size.'

To be fair. This is however explained later, which i, refer to, as the rubber band explanation

 'The rate of expansion of the universe would automatically become very close 
to the critical rate determined the energy density of the universe. This could 
then explain why the rate of expansion is so very close to the critical rate, 
without having to assume that  the initial rate of expansion was very carefully 
chosen.'

What is Stephen Hawking really saying? I had to think about it. The Universe will only
expand, as much as, it will expand. That is why i used the 'rubber band' analogy. Again,
the deeper  question is why the does the 'rubber band' operate in the 'finely tuned'
decimal accuracy in the 'hundred thousand million-million'. 

The god called Evolution is in itself 'Delusional'.

Constantine and the Council of Nicaea

In previous conversations on a different Blog by Parameswara2. The central theme
of his Christian objection was the notion that the Council of Nicaea (325AD) formalized
the concept of the Trinity. This is not True. What was debated was the deity of Yeshua.
What did Christians believe prior to the Council of Nicaea ? I want to address the myths
and insinuations that seem to be the favourite pass-time of  Objectors of the Christian
faith. There is only one question that needs to be answered. Did Christians prior to the
Council of Nicaea believe Yeshua was God? The Tanakh essentially confirms 'Yahweh' 
and his spirit the 'Ruach Hakodesh'

In a previous post i had mentioned the historicity of Agustus Caesar on his favourite
pass-time, murdering Christians

'The Roman Empire dominated the Western world for the next four hundred 

 years and the Christians were persecuted for three hundred of these years. 

Their torture included being thrown into the arena, during gladiator fights, 

to be eaten by lions. But their faith never wavered and finally won over the

Roman Emperor Constantine.'

 ~ http://www.famouslives.com/juliuscaesar.html

I wish to briefly give an account of 3 martyrs of many who gave their lives to Yeshua prior

to the Council of Nicaea, inorder to address rumour mongers and investigate the evidence at
 hand.

Pope Clement I (Saint Clement of Rome ~96)   The Bishop of Rome. He was the first
Apostolic Father of the Church. He was tied to an anchor and thrown from a boat into the

Black Sea.  I quote his prayer in his epistle to the Corinthians

 

"Finally may the all-seeing God and Master of Spirits and Lord of all flesh, who 
chose the Lord Jesus Christ and us through Him for a peculiar people, grant unto 
every soul that is called after His excellent and holy Name faith, fear, peace, patience, long-suffering, temperance,chastity, and soberness, that they may be well-pleasing 
unto His Name through our High Priest and Guardian. Jesus Christ, through whom 
unto Him be glory and majesty, might and honour, both now and for ever and ever, 
Amen. Now send ye back speedily unto us our messengers Claudius Ephebus and 
Valerius Bito, together with Fortunatus also, in peace and with joy, to the end that 
they may the more quickly report the peace and concord which is prayed for and

 earnestly desired by us, that we also may the more speedily rejoice over your good 
order. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you and with all men in all places 
who have been called by God and through Him, through whom is glory and honour, 
power and greatness and eternal dominion, unto Him, from the ages past and for 
ever and ever. Amen" (64-5.)

~ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04012c.htm

Clearly, he refers to the Lord Jesus Christ, through him, unto him, by God, forever
and ever. 

Ignatius of Antioch  (ca. 35 or 50-between 98 and 117) was the third Bishop of Antioch,

and was a student of John the Apostle,he was fed to the Lions, in his epistle to the Smyrnaeans
 

" I Glorify God, even Jesus Christ, who has given you such wisdom. For I have 

observed that you are perfected in an immoveable faith, as if you were nailed to the

cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,both in the flesh and in the spirit, and are established

 in  love through the blood of Christ, being fully persuaded with respect to our Lord, 

that He was truly of the seed of David according to the flesh, Romans 1:3 and the 

Son of God according to the will and power of God; that He was truly born of 

a virgin, was baptized by John, in order that all righteousness might be fulfilled 

Matthew 3:15 by Him; and was truly, under Pontius Pilot and Herod the tetrarch, 

nailed [to the cross] for us in His flesh. Of this fruit we are by His divinely-blessed

passion, that He might set up a standard Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 49:22  for all ages, 

through His ressurection, to all His holy and faithful [followers], whether among 

Jews or Gentiles, in the one body of His Church."

~ http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0109.htm 

I think his statements are quite explicit as to the Deity of Yeshua. 

Polycarp (69 – 155) was a 2nd Century Bishop of Smyrna who was burnt to the stake

for refusing to denounce his faith. I quote briefly from his epistle to a heretic

 
"For every one who does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is 

antichrist; and whosoever does not confess the testimony of the cross, is a devil, 

and whosoever perverteth the oracles of the Lord (to serve) his own lusts, and 

saith there is neither resurrection nor judgement, this man is a first born of Satan."

~http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12219b.htm

Polycarp explicitly points to Yeshua's diety 'come in the flesh'' and points to the

 'testimony of the cross'

Is Judaism and Christianity Incompatible ? Part III

The last point. The Enigma of the Trinity.

v) Yahweh is three persons in one.

Here, Rabbi Asher implies that the Trinity is Pagan in nature by giving examples of
polytheistic religions that pre-date Christianity. Rabbi Asher gives clear examples as to the
copycat idea of the Triune nature of foreign gods and the virgin birth. Hence, Guilt by
Association. No proof, but insinuation. It seems to me. If i wished to engage in insinuation.
I'd quote multiple similarities from the accounts of other religions on the life of Moses and the Prophets.

Since we are not dealing with empirical proofs, let me give my own opinions. There is a purely monotheistic creature who knows Yahweh's nature all too well. Is it hard to believe; possibly
that it, subtly created massive confusion from the beginning in the Garden of Eden.

 א  וְהַנָּחָשׁ, הָיָה עָרוּם, מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה, אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים;

 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had
 made.  [Genesis 3]


The Holy Spirit 'Ruach Hakodesh' is said to be a dynamic force presence of Yahweh.
Christians cannot prove explicitly that Yahweh is Triune in nature. 

Rabbi Asher counters that it was Paul who came up with the idea of the Atonement of Sin and
that Yeshua was the Son of God

And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is indeed
 the Son of God!" ~ Acts 9:20 NLT

The Dilemma now becomes Yeshua Blaspheming throughout John's Gospel if Messiah is a
mere man.

Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I Am!" ~ John 8:58 NLT

One can argue that and say Yeshua is not claiming to be Yahweh but at the very least. Yeshua
claims he existed before Abraham. Yeshua continues to repeat over and over that he is more
than just a man.

I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. ~ John 14:6

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.' ~ John 15:5

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. ~ John 14:11

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. ~ John 10:11

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.~ ~ John 10:9

Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.” He said, “I am he.”~ John 9:9

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”~ John 9:5

Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ~ John 10:7

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. ~ John 11:25

etc,etc,etc

Yeshua would have to be-branded as a Mad-man because he was crucified by the Roman's as
an instigator who claimed to be the King of the Jews. How many false messiahs does the
Rabbi know that

~ Raised the Dead
~ Walked on Water
~ Command the Weather
~ Healed multitudes of Crippled and Sick
~ Commanded Demons out of  the Possessed
~ Fed five thousand miraculously
~ Knew personal histories about others
~ Forgave Personal Sin


There are huge implications per John the Revelator's words. If Yeshua is not Messiah. Someone else is waiting around the corner to assume the role. If not, a Suffering Messiah, will it be a Apocalyptic Messiah.

¹⁸ Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.^[c] His number is 666 . [Revelation 13]


Some believe 666 is a Karagma (Stamp), not a number but the the name
' Bismillah' (In the name of Allah)


What if, the Islamic Apocalyptic Messiah the 'Mahdi' appears in Beth-lehem to claim fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy.  

Is Judaism and Christianity Incompatible ? Part II

Lets begin:

 ii) Messiah has to come from the line of David.

 I'll agree with him and presume that the Christians have got it all wrong.  It also says in the Tanakh. Messiah will come from Bethlehem Ephrathah per Rabbi David Kimhi .

 א  וְאַתָּה בֵּית-לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתָה, צָעִיר לִהְיוֹת בְּאַלְפֵי יְהוּדָה--מִמְּךָ לִי יֵצֵא, לִהְיוֹת מוֹשֵׁל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל; וּמוֹצָאֹתָיו מִקֶּדֶם, מִימֵי עוֹלָם.

 1 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient days. [Micah 5]

 Beth-lehem will soon be a Palestinian only town, as percentages of Arab Christians are down to single digits. If Yeshua is not Messiah, will Jew's accept a Palestinian Messiah. I think not.

iii) Messiah cannot be God if he is a man.

 יט  לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב, וּבֶן-אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם; הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה, וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶנָּה. 

 19 God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good? [Numbers 23]

Again, it is True that God cannot be a man per the Tanakh.

There is also no mention of the Trinity in the explicit sense in the Tanakh.  If I may, what does the Tanakh say about Messiah. Is he a mere man?
 
The Book of Isaiah specifically in the 53 chapter identifies the characteristics of the Messiah

 א  מִי הֶאֱמִין, לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ; וּזְרוֹעַ יְהוָה, עַל-מִי נִגְלָתָה. 

 1 'Who would have believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed?
[Isaiah 53]

  his suffering

י  וַיהוָה חָפֵץ דַּכְּאוֹ, הֶחֱלִי--אִם-תָּשִׂים אָשָׁם נַפְשׁוֹ, יִרְאֶה זֶרַע יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים; וְחֵפֶץ יְהוָה, בְּיָדוֹ יִצְלָח. 

10 Yet it pleased the LORD to crush him by disease; to see if his soul would offer itself in restitution, that he might see his seed, prolong his days, and that the purpose of the LORD might prosper by his hand: [Isaiah 53]

He is the literal 'arm of the LORD' that was 'crush'(ed).

iv) The sacrifice for the Atonement of Sin is a requirement not an option to the Lord

Here is where i disagree with the Rabbi Asher. He quotes verses that imply that sacrifices are not required. So why then, are sacrifices strewn throughout the biblical narrative, if it is not required ?

Why does Yahweh test Abraham by making him sacrifice Isaac, after which, provides a ram
for sacrifice ?  

These are Enigmatic Passages of the Tanakh. What Rabbi Asher quotes is opposite to the biblical narrative at hand.  

The Tanakh has many Enigmatic Passages. I refer to as, only Yahweh knows.  Eg. In the Tanakh, Abraham is favoured by Yahweh.

 ח  וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי, יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתִּיךָ; זֶרַע, אַבְרָהָם אֹהֲבִי.

8 But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham
   My friend; [Isaiah 41]

Yahweh even calls him a Prophet even-though he lied twice to Pharaoh and Abimelech.

ז  וְעַתָּה, הָשֵׁב אֵשֶׁת-הָאִישׁ כִּי-נָבִיא הוּא, וְיִתְפַּלֵּל בַּעַדְךָ, וֶחְיֵה; וְאִם-אֵינְךָ מֵשִׁיב--דַּע כִּי-מוֹת תָּמוּת, אַתָּה וְכָל-אֲשֶׁר-לָךְ. 

7 Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.' 
 [Genesis 20]


am i then, suppose to infer that Jews practice 'Al - Takiya' (Islamic Doctrine of Lying). 

Is Judaism and Christianity Incompatible? Part I

Rabbi Asher Meza of Kochav Hashachar in Israel lays the foundation on why Christianity is false.


Rabbi Asher uses logical reasoning to persuade the audience of the efficacy of his statements. My premise, if you follow-me is to analyze his logic and conclusions. Assuming all his conclusions are correct, actually causes a greater Dilemma than it solves, and i will prove that.

The Null Hypothesis is Yeshua is the Lord. Logically, in-order to prove that the Null Hypothesis is incorrect the Rabbi gives evidence to the contrary. Six Sigma is popularly used to improve the quality of a process. I favour the Define portion of DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) to analyze Rabbi Asher's conclusions. 


What are the CTQ's (Critical to Quality) that point to Yeshua as being Yahweh.

i) There is a transcendent being that created and controls the universe.
   (OK, i think we agree on this point, I hope.)
ii) Messiah has to come from the line of David.
iii) Messiah cannot be Yahweh if he is a man.
iv) The sacrifice for the Atonement of Sin is a
   requirement not an option to Yahweh.
v) Yahweh is three persons in one.
  

One that is self-evident before we begin. Four critical ones that i can glean from his and my observations. I will analyze in Part II.

The Conundrum of Truth

My perception or modes-operandi as to the clarity of Truth
can very much be attributed to my observations. The problem
with Truth in the Modern World. It is very much liken to the
serpent in the Garden of Eden.

The serpent has been spinning Lies since the beginning of
humanity. When it approached Eve in the Garden of Eden it
said i paraphrase. Are you sure that you will die, if you eat fruit
from tree of the knowledge of good and evil ? Perhaps, God does
not want you to be as smart as he is, and be like God yourself.

The serpent insinuated in relative terms to impress upon Eve than
Adam whether Truth is absolute.


Atheist's practice Moral Relativism. As a pun, I would like to
say that Truth does not have any relative's.

It is the questions that stray away from Truth that are needlessly
debated to ad-nausea. Of which, two fall into the category
of red-herrings. They pull faith seekers away from the Truth.

One is designed in a polemical manner as to corner a person

Eg. Where in the Bible does it explicitly say that Jesus say,
'I am God,Worship me?'

and there are questions that only the Lord knows the answer.

Eg. If God is Holy, why does he allow Evil to get away with Evil?

I am always suspicious with someone who has all the answers. Simply
because, it implies that they transcend above their maker. Beware
of Apologists that seem to have all the answers.

The Arbrahamic faiths teach absolute truth or at least their Books say
so.

Truth either causes a person's mental paradigm trauma i.e. a crisis
of conscience before acceptance of the Truth or the Lord allows the
Heart of the person to completely harden against him.

John Lennox is a Mathematician and Philosopher, shares his Truth
in the clips bellow

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
~  Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four

Nabi Islam, Nabi Terakhir (Malay) ?

Nabi 'Islam' di-panggil nabi yang terakhir yang diutus dari 'Allah'?

Saya minta maaf kerana per-kataan saya akan mendidih-kan darah ramai Muslima,
walaupun niat saya yang mulia. Saya hanya mahu membuka mata Muslima kepada
soalan yang ter-penting, kerabadian jiwa anda.

Siapakah 'Allah' ini yang membela Muslima untuk bernikah anak wanita
ber-umur 9 tahun. Itu betul-keh perakuan se-seorang Nabi yang mulia?
Betul-keh bila se-seorang bernikah anak yang berumur 6,9 atau 12 tahun ?

Bila Kaum Yahudi di-Yathrib di-salahkan untuk membela Quraishi. Betul-keh
'Allah' yang maha kuasa membela Nabi Islam 'membunuh 600-900 anak Yahudi.
Anak yang berusia sekitar 12 tahun yang tak bersalah dan tak bersenjata. [Nabi
Islam] melakukannya tepat di depan ibu dan keluarga dari anak-anak tersebaran.
Mereka menjerit dan menangis tapi tak dihiraukan oleh Nabi Islam.' ~ KS

Mengapa 'Allah' yang maha mulia 'menyebarkan Islam melalui kekerasan dan
pembunuhan (QS 4:34, QS 5:51 ; QS 9:29 ; QS 9:123 ;QS 4:3 etc)' ~KS

Saya sedih kerana hal neraka atau surga yang paling penting kepada peribadi
Muslima itu di-tipu dari Al-Quran. Al-Yahud dan Nasara terjadi Monyet dan
Babi kerana 'Allah' yang berniat Zalim. Mana dalam bidang Sains atau Antropologi,
mana-nya bukti itu betul? (QS 5:60-63)

'Wahai, kaum [Muslima]…..fikirkanlah hal ini...Jangan biarkan dirimu masuk neraka
dengan pengajaran sesat [Al-Quran].' ~ KS

Wassalam

PS Saya nak terima-kasih(7X) kepada Kasmawati Sukasah (KS). Inspirasi dan tulisan-nya 
yang digunakan dalam Blog ini.

Did God die on the Cross?

According to Muslim Apologist Ali Shabir.  Christians porverbially 'dig their own holes'
by claiming that God died on the Cross. He brings up multiple examples from his
understanding of the Christian Faith.

Shabir makes a lot of bold statements that appear to stump Christians. What i want to ask
is what does the Bible say about Jesus the Messiah and the Cross? Lets examine his
assertions.

i) Did God die on the Cross?

The Book of Isaiah specifically in the 53 chapter identifies the characteristics of the Messiah


 א  מִי הֶאֱמִין, לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ; וּזְרוֹעַ יְהוָה, עַל-מִי נִגְלָתָה. 

 1 'Who would have believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed?

his suffering

י  וַיהוָה חָפֵץ דַּכְּאוֹ, הֶחֱלִי--אִם-תָּשִׂים אָשָׁם נַפְשׁוֹ, יִרְאֶה זֶרַע יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים; וְחֵפֶץ יְהוָה, בְּיָדוֹ יִצְלָח. 

10 Yet it pleased the LORD to crush him by disease; to see if his soul would offer itself in restitution, that he might see his seed, prolong his days, and that the purpose of the LORD might prosper by his hand: 

So the 'arm' of the Lord was the Messiah  and the Lord was pleased to 'crush' him.

If the Lord's arm was chrushed.  The arm being part of the Lord did die as an Atonement for 
Sin. What Muslims fail to understand is how important the Mosaic Law was to the Atonement 
of Sin. The Mosiac Law was the foundation of the Tanakh. Sin offerings were at the forefront
of Yahweh's relationship with his people in the Tanakh. Muslims themselves do not subscribe 
to the Atonement for Sin therefore have no relation to Judaism or Christianity.

ii) God forgives freely. There is no need for atonement. 

Shabir uses the parable of the 'Prodigal Son' to illustrate his point. The parable of the
'Prodigal Son' as with the parable of the 'Lost Sheep' and 'Lost Coin' are parables that
show the Lord's pursuit for the lost. Yeshua himself also remarked that 

 "The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things," he said. "He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead." ~ Luke 9:22

Atonement was not the theme in these parables. The son sinned against his earthly father. The Sheppard lost his sheep and the woman lost one coin. Sacrificing an animal in the context
of these parables would make no sense. Shabir is breaking his own rule i.e. arriving at a conclusion and working backwards.

Is Yahweh or Allah the God of Abraham?

In my many discussions with Muslims. They have, pointed out, that i am a misguided
individual following Yeshua. Yeshua they say, did not claim to be God. In this topic. I wish
to, focus on the Tanakh (Old Testament) and compare and contrast this relationship of God  to his people.

I believe Muslims, Christians and Jews have one common ground. We believe in the God of Abraham. How we approach Abraham's God differs.

Muslims on various levels have succeeded in the weakening the Message of Yeshua to their own detriment. I wanted to know. If i removed the New Testament out of the equation i.e. proverbially tying my hands behind my back. Could i come to some conclusion, is Allah the same as Yahweh.

I find that the Tanakh as a document more efficacious when compared to the Quran.
Simply, the oral tradition and the scribing of Jewish documentation follows an extremely
detailed and methodological process. The system of parity checking i.e. counting words
on every line on manuscripts predates the parity error checking used in data
communication protocols used today. 

As for the Quran. Well, i have not found any evidence of a similar process. The current
version is a standardized version that was recompiled from 200 different copies. Who
knows  what was taken out or added or how accurate it is. Simply discarding deficient
copies, implies there was no care taken as to maintaining the authenticity of copies to
begin with. We'll never  know, since Uthman decided to burn the extra copies, so as to
make it impossible to make a fare comparison.

A Muslim by definition is one who submits to the Will of Allah i.e.

Al-Uboodiyah  ~ Being a Divine Slave of Allah an 'Abd' (Slave Worshiper)

Is not Allâh Sufficient for His slave? … [Sûrah Al Zumar: Ayah 36]

If Abraham was a Muslim. We then, conclude that he was a Divine Slave of Allah i.e. submitted
to Allahs will. Is that so? What does the Tanakh and Quran say about Abraham:

ח  וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי, יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתִּיךָ; זֶרַע, אַבְרָהָם אֹהֲבִי.

8 But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham
   My friend; [Isaiah 41]

25 Who is better guided in his religion than one who submits totally to GOD, leads a righteous life, according to the creed of Abraham: monotheism? GOD has chosen Abraham as a beloved friend. 
[Surah 4]

Is he a friend or slave of God. The preponderance of Islam is the message has changed.
I am a friend of Yahweh not a slave to Allah.  Surah 4 suggest one thing and the other
passage Surah Al Zumar Ayah 36 suggest something else. Again, more confusion see
 'Jesus Prophet or Son of God'.  I am comfortable with the idea that I am a friend of God.
However, the idea of being a Divine Slave has a total different meaning as being a friend
of God. It does not bode well with my Spirit.


 
 

The Demise of Christianity?

I would like to highlight a posting (Freedom) on Dr. Mahathir's website chedet made by Amin Tan(A Muslim of no relation to me) and respond to a posted video of a eastern-European Rabbi making comments about the demise of Christianity.

'In the (First) video clip you will hear Rabbi who says, amongst other things, “Democracy is the unlimited atheism…democracy is the peak of atheism… democracy is the root of all evil ”
It is as if the Rabbi is talking to these opportunistic atheists in the Arab/Muslim world thereby exposing their hidden agendas and telling the world, as a whole, that the root cause of all evils is the modern day democracy which they now work tooth and nail trying to impose it on us – Dog in the manger?
——
Jewish Rabbi: Christianity has died AND Israel soon will die AND Islam is the religion of the future"  

~amin tan August 31, 2012 at 7:42 pm, Chedet

The Rabbi makes a lot of insinuations based on his world view and observations. 
One's optics are skewed towards what we chose to believe in. I offer a different, 
future scenario where Jews in Israel and Gentiles(Christians,  Muslims, Atheist) follow 
Yeshua. Is this hard to believe? The Second video clip is one where a former Muslim and 
Messianic Jew reconcile in Yeshua's Name. See for yourself

The Mystery of the Tuareg Tribe

                                                                  From the Tennessee Journalist

 

Morrocan Tuareg Necklace 

The Tuareg Peoples are a nomadic tribe (Niger, Mali, Algeria and Libya) of North Africa. As a whole, 99.9% of the population are Muslim. The Mystery of the Tuareg is that many of their symbols i.e. jewelry and symbols are Christian in nature. They however, seem oblivious, to that fact. Antropologists cannot identify the period in history that coincided with Christian assimilation into the Tuareg's.

Sometime ago, i was introduced to a Tuareg Leader. I would like to share his story. For his anonymity. I will refer to my friend as 'Mo'. Mo grew up as a nomadic Tuareg, a Muslim and was  enlisted in Gaddafi's army. He rose through the ranks and was involved in the civil war between the various tribes. As a trained soldier, he witnessed the shedding of blood and even held a dying comrade in his arms.

In a dream, Yeshua revealed himself to him. Confusion and unbelief was his first reaction. Why would a Prophet of God of lesser status than the 'Prophet' of Islam reveal himself. Sometime later Yeshua convicted his heart and he became his follower. He had approached some Missionaries and requested that he be baptized. How do i know Mo?
A Sister in Yeshua. I'll call her 'Siti' for anonymity also had a vision to meet
 a man in Niger. Siti felt the calling to go to Niger, to Abalak. Yeshua has a plan for the  Tuareg Nation. He has not forgotten them even if  they have forgotten him. Mo continues his mission to spread the name of Yeshua . It was Yeshua that approached him in the midst of the civil wars in North Africa. Yeshua has not forgotten the Tuaregs. The symbols they wear around their necks are a reminder that the Nation of  Tuareg are his.

Crucifixions, Christianity and Islam

Dr Mahathir on his Blog Chedet bemoans the fact that places like Guantanamo exist and deaths of Muslims occur far too frequently. I share his dismay that the world is an Evil place. I differ, however, as to causality.

I want to highlight a gruesome picture of a crucified man. The reason is, crucifixions in
roman times, represent death by humiliation. This person was crucified as a collaborator in Yemen by an Islamist Group (See http://afrahnasser.blogspot.de/2012/02/who-are-ansar-al-sharia.html).

There is also a hoax going around the internet that this person was murdered for converting from Islam to Christianity. Perhaps, Islamists will say that he was murdered by justification as a collaborator of the enemy.

I believe this verse in the quran rightly depicts what this person apparently deserved

    The just retribution for those who fight GOD and His messenger, and commit horrendous crimes, is to be killed, or crucified, or to have their hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, or to be banished from the land. This is to humiliate them in this life, then they suffer a far worse retribution in the Hereafter. ~ Surah 5:33

In my conversations with Muslims on the Internet. Muslims often retort that the 'Prophet' pbuh himself received the final revelation from allah and i suppose continues the message Jesus wanted to share with the world. What i would like to know is would Jesus have approved of the punishments i.e. horrendous crimes per being ' killed, or crucified, or to have their hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, or to be banished from the land'. Is this what God wants .

Is this why one of the names of allah is

المميت

l-Mumīt

The Destroyer, The Bringer of Death

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Islam)

 As news of continued sectarian violence increase between Muslims, the West and Israel will be blamed. My question is? Did this person deserve to be humiliated in death?

Jesus does say this explicitly in Matthew 7

¹³ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. ¹⁴ Because^[a] narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

A Dialog with Iskandar Shah (Part III)

The last 3 replies to Iskandar will be quick and painless. I hope

9-But people who understand the truth of Christianity, its history and its religious texts will know better.Most of the people who converted to Islam from Christianity happen to be the ones learned in Christianity,like priests and pastors.They know that Islam is just a continuation of Christianity,that Jesus also came to preach the one true God just as Abraham,Moses and the other prophets all had come to do.

Claiming Islam is from Christianity is in by itself a compliment to Christianity. 

A Counterfeit is the greatest complement one can give to Yeshua the Christ. Let them 

(the converted), speak before Yeshua themselves on the day of judgement. Yeshua calls 

for repentance and that their veils maybe lifted.

10-The trinity ‘one in three,three in one’ is one strange innovation by Paul that has no clear biblical support let alone logical support.Watch the priest fumble as they try to explain the concept..Its like the orange there are three things the skin,the flesh and the seed,or its like the egg it has the shell,the white and the york..this is how they try to explain their God!!!And when you start questioning more and they will start excusing themselves immediately.Let me assure you Dtan you don’t want to see your priests ‘sweat’ as they explain the trinity.

No sweat bro, i have explained the Trinity in discussion and  will continue to provide as much resource as i can as to this topic.

11-You are just lucky the Muslims had been confused by their ‘church’,that is all.But dtan it won’t be forever.So make hay while the sunshine bro..

The 'Prophet' himself is the cause of confusion. See 'Jesus Prophet or Son of God'

A Dialog with Iskandar Shah (Part II)

It is my pleasure to continue the conversation with Iskandar. Please don't take any of my 

statements personally. 

4-Once we can come out of the control of our ‘ medieval church’,which we will eventually, let me assure you how it is ready to do what it has delivered to mankind before.The principles behind the religion of the true God is far too superior for any man made religion with strange God concepts can ever hope to match.

I hope, perhaps Islam will somehow metamorphose from a 'medieval church' to a 'true God' 

religion before  a mega-conflict occurs in the middle-east.  

St Paul said '  ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.~ Galatians 5. 

  

 Islam's implied Law Consciousness and disputes over the hadith as seen on Dr. Mahathirs Blog, i think, is why Shiite's are murdering Sunnis, and vice-verse. 

I think i know where you are going with the 'strange God concepts' remark. You are implying that Islam is superior in its Mono-theistic Concept of Allah and the concept of 'Shirk' (Idolatory). Let me ask you this question. Do you believe that in your heart or did your Ulama, Quran or Islamic commentary tell you what to believe? If God is devoid of complexity, this raises other issues. Let me demonstrate the corollary. If God is one of one. How does he communicate directly to Abraham eg.

 17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. ² And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” ~ Genesis 17

to Moses eg.

14 God replied to Moses, "I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you." ~ Exodus 3

while in the meantime. Who is in Heaven seated at the throne commanding the Angels, Universe, etc,etc,etc while this is taking place. I did not read any Bible commentary
nor did i ask my Pastor to get this revelation.

There is however, a creature. You know who it is, that is, purely a mono-theistic being. If pure

mono-theism is the criteria of who you Worship. You are, threading, on dangerous ground.

5-The ugly side of Islam now is due to this corruption that most indoctrinated Muslims will not see and instead want to keep it going forever for their salvation.This is what indoctrination is supposed do to people.

This is what i know of Islam from its earliest inception and continue to learn more. The 'Prophet' pbuh made many praiseworthy statements. He also killed a lot of tribes and made a lot of 'if you submit or else statements' to the detriment of Jews and Christians in the Quran. It can be said, similarly of God in the Old Testament. Those cultures were wiped out. One can
debate the efficacy or the morality in another debate. So, the Quran specifically targets Jews and Christians in this age for judgement. There is no mention of Buddhists, Hindus, Atheists etc being marked for 'special treatment'. Muslim Apologists love to quote the praiseworthy
statements. They however, fail to reveal what 'nasikh al mansour','al-takiya' or  'muruna' is about. 

6-Your trinity concept is not a more superior concept than the absolute One God that the trinitarians also would want to believe.Your only claim that Christianity is the truth is that Yeshua is revealing himself to the Muslims.

 The Trinity is not a concept to a Christian. It is simply the conclusion arrived at the evidence
the Bible points too. Why is the Lord complicated? I don't know. Make a generic prayer to the
God of Abraham to reveal himself to you. Yeshua also revealed himself to me in a dream after Parameswara 2 tried a 'sleight of hand' on me. After some prayer, i got an answer. Perhaps, i will share that on another topic.

7-True religion of God must be supported by reason and not superstition like ‘,yeshua revealing himself to the people’.The creator of the heavens and the earth is not desperate for us to believe in Him that he has to come to reveal himself to us.What ever happen to his people who he has sent to spread the message,all sleeping that God must do this job himself?

God is not Supernatural? Thats news to me. Raising the Dead, Healing, Parting of the Dead
Sea,Visions, Dreams and Revelations are strewn throughout the Bible.  Is that superstition?

No, Yeshua is not desperate for us to believe in Him. He simply, bypasses those Imams,
Mullahs or Ulamas who spread lies, cause suffering, and goes direct. I would, if i was the
Lord and heard the cries of my people.

A Dialog with Iskandar Shah (Part I)

Prologue

Iskandar Shah 2 on Tun Dr. Mahathir's Blog Chedet on the Topic
of 'PEMBUNUHAN WANITA BERZINA (Death of an Adulteress)'  in
an excerpt remarked that

10-In the meanwhile,when the flow into the religion of one true God has 

become insignificant,the flow out of Muslims of the one true God to the 

‘three-in one’ God instead has now become very significant. Millions in 

Africa and Indonesia are now officially murtads.

 My reply in context:

Does Iskandar know why millions of Africans or Indonesians have found 

Yeshua. Its not just disillusionment. Yeshua has begun to appear in dreams to 

oppressed Muslims. Those oppressed by their own Brethren. No one preached

to them. They actually seek out Missionaries. Islam’s inner conflict which is 

growing exponentially. I’m afraid, if Israel is gone from the middle-east.

 Someone else is going to be the scapegoat. I’m pretty sure it is going to be 

Christians. Actually, the Coptics are the targets now. Lastly, Missionary Work.

 Why not? If there is ‘no compulsion in religion’(Surah 2:256) then one should

 be free to freely leave the faith or is that just a mantra? 

Iskandar responded with 11 points which i feel needs to be addressed. 

I will list 3 in Part I 

 

1-Dear dtan I am not keen to start a Muslim-Christian dialogue here but I must 

respond somehow to you.

Iskandar, I hope you will respond to my invitation on this Blog

2-The only thing you people had succeeded we Muslims has not is the ability to

 get out of the crutches of the church that had kept you in the dark ages a few 

centuries ago -at a time we were  the ones enlightened with a Golden Age just 

before our ‘church’ took over.

I am well aware of Ancient Arabic contributions of Algebra and Astronomy
prior to the introduction of Islam

The Church (Chatolic) in the Dark Ages was popularly potrayed as some malignant
'Anti- Science' which could not be further from the truth. Eg. Galileo controversy.

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 Persecution of Galileo [http://www.catholic.com/tracts/the-galileo-controversy]

The Church is not anti-scientific. It has supported scientific endeavors for centuries. 

During Galileo’s time, the Jesuits had a highly respected group of astronomers and 

scientists in Rome. In addition, many notable scientists received encouragement and 

funding from the Church and from individual Church officials. Many of the scientific

advances during this period were made either by clerics or as a result of Church funding. 

Nicolaus Copernicus dedicated his most famous work, On the Revolution of the Celestial 

Orbs, in which he gave an excellent account of heliocentricity, to Pope Paul III. Copernicus

 entrusted this work to Andreas Osiander, a Lutheran clergyman who knew that Protestant 

reaction to it would be negative, since Martin Luther seemed to have condemned the new 

theory, and, as a result, the book would be condemned. Osiander wrote a preface to the book,

in which heliocentrism was presented only as a theory that would account for the movements 

of the planets more simply than geocentrism did—something Copernicus did not intend. 

Ten years prior to Galileo, Johannes Kepler published a heliocentric work that expanded on Copernicus’ work. As a result, Kepler also found opposition among his fellow Protestants
for his heliocentric views and found a welcome reception among some Jesuits who were 
known for their scientific achievements. 
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Note, the Vatican has a full time Priest (Phd Canadian Astronomer) who works at the

Vatican Observatory today

3-We Muslims had been kept closed by these self righteous and insecured religious

 authorities who are quick to condemn us to apostacy the moment we challenge 

their wrong practises,like holding on to time bound secondary documents that not

 only may be irrelevant for another time,it is also doubted to be authentic materials

 in the first place.Without even allowing a fair debate they have condemned these 

critical minded people apostates,so that the mainstream will be kept away from them.

I've brought this issue up with Parameswara 2  in another conversation per Uthmani

standardization of the Quran. Over 200 original manuscripts were torched. The excuse

given that the others were defective. Yet for some reason burning manuscripts are
acceptable. Also, recent discovery of the Sana Manuscripts in Yemen which predate
the Uthmani version under lock and key. Why? Why then claim that the Quran is the
direct revelation i.e. word from God if it was re-written and re-compiled several times?