Christianity in the Land of the Rising Sun Part II

My favourite verse Acts 2:17 talks about Yahweh pouring out his Spirit in
the Last Days. It was spoken in the Tanakh by the Prophet Joel (Joel 2:28).

Yahweh was warning of impending danger to Jerusalem. What is the context
of vision and dreams ? Yahweh uses it, as a, final call to his people to repent
and be embraced by his Shalom.

Listen to what precedes these visions and dreams in Joel

That is why the Lord says,

“Turn to me now, while there is time.

Give me your hearts.

Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,

but tear your hearts instead.”

Return to the Lord your God,

for he is merciful and compassionate,

slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

He is eager to relent and not punish.

Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve,

sending you a blessing instead of this curse.

Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine

to the Lord your God as before.

~Joel 2:12-14

I had had a recent dream about the Nation of Japan. In this Dream, Yahweh was 

testing four Japanese Men. Off the four, only one, passed Yahweh's test. Yahweh

calls the Nation of Japan, to let go, of its Carnality.

 
 

Jews for Jesus, Cult or Heretics ?

As a Christian, i find it perplexing that among Religious
Judaism the concept of being a follower of Y'Shua, is an
anathema. It is more palatable for a Jew, to happen to,
convert to some other Religion.

If i am not mistaken Y'Shua himself was a Jewish Rabbi.
Time and time again, the term the Pharisees refered to
Y'shua was Rabbi (Teacher).

It was Y'Shua who said

34“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets 
and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to
gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks 
beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me. 35And now, 
look, your house is abandoned. And you will never see me
again until you say,
‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’
b” ~ Luke 13:34

My belated Uncle was a Jewish Believer in Jesus.  A
Jewish remnant hiding among Muslims. There are no
Synagogue's in Malaysia nor could he have gone to a
local Rabbi to maintain his ties. There are simply no
Rabbi's in Malaysia. So, why did he choose Y'Shua ?
He had been really ill for sometime towards the end of
his life. He believed in his last breath that Y'shua his
Messiah was going to take him home.

 

 

Is my View of Islam Distorted ?

I would like to highlight a posting (Regime Change) on Dr. Mahathir's
website chedet made by Amin Tan per my ignorance on Islam, and
Amin's reply. I am perplexed by his answer. The reason is, his answer
does not reflect what the actual reality is, per attached picture. Therein
lies the conundrum. The answers, i get from different Muslims are
Non-Sequitor.

Dear Tun,
Please allow me to quote Mr dtan as below,
[tan
September 30, 2013 at 11:24 PM | Permalink

Tun,

Per Amin Tan and Sentinel3

I’ve been to a Synagogue. I’ve heard Rabbi’s preach not by
special invitation.

Why can’t a normal person visit a Mosque on a normal day, to
listen to a normal sermon. Why does it have to be a special
invitation? None of my Muslim friends have ever given me an
open invitation to a Mosque. I’ve seen advertising’s on special
invitations to non-muslims, only for special occasions. What do
they talk about during the other times. Whereas, i’ve given my
friends (Muslims, Buddhists, etc) an open invitation to come
anytime they please during regularly scheduled Church services.
It is similar with the local Synagogues in the city i live in.
I’ve read the Quran including several commentaries by Karen
Armstrong and Ali Akhbar pro-islamic writers. I’ve conversed with
a Sunni (Lebanese Engineer) in depth to compare and contrast the
Bible and Quran. Also, close conversations with a Shiite
(Design Engineer). Hung around Malay friends asked questions on
Islam in Malaysia. I don’t claim to be an Expert on Islam but i
certainly can claim i’ve been around Muslims most of my life and
know how they behave and what they believe. What is your
experience on Christianity? The reason why i like Muslim Apologist
Shabir Ali is because he understands Christianity on a personal
level i.e. has read the Bible, commentaries on both sides of the
fence and has openly debated Christian Apologists from a wide
spectrum.

I don’t make the blanket statement that Christianity is a Religion
of Peace but certainly Yeshua (Jesus) never murdered, killed or
ordered, implied, suggested the killing of non-believers in
self-defence or whatever (~ Love your Enemy. Matthew 5:44). It is
Islam that is making the blanket statement that it is a
Religion of Peace.
 
Shalom in Yeshua’s name

Dear Mr. dtan,
 
Now you sound a bit conciliatory and not so as arrogant as in the earlier 
comment.
 
1. Invitation to a mosque. Anybody can go into a mosque as long as you 
observe certain dress code and etiquette. There are tourists and visitors 
almost daily visiting Masjid Negara and Masjid Putrajaya.
 
2. For a muslim masjid is a holy place for prayer, normally the 5 times daily 
solat. When a muslim enters a masjid for prayer, he must cover his aurat and 
have ablution or wuduk meaning wash himself properly. Before he sits down 
it is conventional that he performs tahyatul masjid 2 rakaat. Muslims don’t sit 
on a chair, unless medically need to, to pray. Everybody sits on the floor row 
after row. Masjid is not a place to chit chat or talking out loud as to disturb 
others’ concentration in prayer. During Friday sermon(kutbah), the imam must 
follow set procedure and has to stick to verses from the Quran. Of course, some 
imams stray into politically sensitive domain of Hudud. On the whole Friday 
sermon is a session to urge Muslims to do good and be charitable and do not do 
evils(amal maarof nahi mungkar) with the rewards and retribution in the hereafter.

3. salam, islam means peace in arabic. If there is a civil war in Syria which happens
 to be a Muslim majority country, it is a distortion or manipulation of the worst kind 
to say islam promote killing and murders among their own kind.

4. All these while, you have wrong impression and perception of islam and the Malays.
 45 years ago, in 1969, after my HSC, I went to a state government scholarship interview
 with a Malay classmate in Kota Bharu Kelantan which was under PAS government. I 
was given rm500 bursary and the Malay classmate did not get anything although we 
both got about similar results and admitted into University Malaya, the only university 
 in the country then, because his family was wealthier than mine, even though I was a 
non Muslim Chinese then. Tak kenal maka tak cinta. Wallahu alam.
 
amin tan

 There are, Closed Sessions, for Muslim Believers at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur

and i can certainly understand why an Imam's sermon maybe for Muslims only. 
At least, until the Christian (Nasara) or Jew (Yahudi) convert has been properly 
distilled into Islamic Jurisprudence .