[KENNETH MATIBA]

Mecca, I think we have a problem. "Christ" is a derivation from the Greek word for the Hebrew "Messiah." So those who agree with Allah and say that Yahshua (Jesus) is the Messiah (Christ), are infidels, and they are going to receive a severe punishment in this world and the next. Those who trust "Jesus" (Yahshua) to be their savior - the good news for which the Gospels are named - will find no savior, according to Allah. This is some plot.

Said another way: If you say that Jesus (Yahshua) is the Christ (Messiah), you are acknowledging his divinity. But if you say that God (divinity) is the Messiah, you are an unbelieving infidel. It's little wonder Muhammad claimed that anyone who questioned the Qur'an would reject Islam. (Jesus Christ) = (Muhammad) = (God). Yet (God) <> (Jesus Christ), even though according to Allah, (Jesus Christ) = (Muhammad). Muslims must practice a new form of logic.

After defining "Jesus" as the virgin-born, miracle-working, divinely inspired, and resurrected Messiah, the Qur'an claims the Messiah was just kidding about dying on the cross as our savior and calling himself God. Yet it professes to confirm the Torah and Gospels - books that predict and proclaim the truth it denies. Methinks this invites comparison, and even Allah seems to agree. Qur'an 4:82 "Do they not ponder over the Qur'an? Had it been the word of any other but Allah they would surely have found a good deal of variation in it." Continuing, he says: "...those who check and scrutinize will know it." This sounds like an invitation, even a dare, to do exactly as we are doing. And what we have found by "scrutinizing it" is "a good deal of variation."

If Muhammad had ignored the Bible, Adam, Satan, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Moses, and especially Yahshua, I would have judged Islam independently, based solely upon its own merits. But he wasn't that smart, and his dark spirit was a liability, having his own agenda.

In case you were wondering, the scheme or plot the disciples concocted according to Allah was the Gospel account of the Messiah - the one in which Yahshua claimed to be God in the flesh. The one in which the Messiah taught us what he's like so that we might know Yahweh and form an eternal relationship with our creator. The one in which he allowed the Romans to crucify him for proclaiming that he was divine. The one in which he rose from the dead so that his sacrifice would enable us to live forever in his presence. It was the plot of the greatest story ever told.

Muhammad's dark spirit acknowledged the single most important event in history - the resurrection of Yahshua. But then, knowing that his religion of submission didn't mesh with Yahshua's Gospel of freedom, Lucifer called God's plan of salvation blasphemy. He said the disciples' account recorded in the Gospels was false - a reason for dispute - even though he claimed he inspired them. Qur'an 3:55 "Behold! Allah said: 'O Jesus! I will take you and raise you to Myself and clear you (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow you superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then shall you all return unto me, and I will judge between you on the matters wherein you dispute."

If Yahshua was raised unto God, if he cheated death by way of divine order, he was the Messiah - and thus he was the creator of the universe. Therefore, Muhammad must be condemned, the Qur'an burned, and Islam repudiated. Nothing bothers Yahweh more than false prophets, false doctrines, and false gods. So let's review another translation to make certain we have this right. "(Remember) when Allah said: 'Jesus! Lo! I am gathering you and causing you to ascend unto Me. I am cleansing you of those who disbelieve.'"

A third reads: "When Allah said: 'Jesus, I am going to terminate the period of your stay (on earth) and cause you to ascend unto Me and purify you of those who disbelieve.... I will decide between you concerning that which you differed.'" While meaningless in the context of the greater whole, if Yahshua's life was cut short he couldn't have talked while he was old, as an earlier verse alleged. But the overall message is clear: according to the Qur'an, The Messiah was an ordinary man and a Muslim to boot. His Gospel message of salvation wasn't true, even though Allah revealed it. He didn't die on a cross, and yet he was resurrected. And most importantly, those who believe he is God have no savior and will roast in hell.

Speaking of Christians, Allah proclaims: Qur'an 3:56 "As for those disbelieving infidels, I will punish them with a terrible agony in this world and the next. They have no one to help or save them." It's Satan's ultimate fantasy.

Continuing on, we are told that this lunacy is a rehearsal directly from god: Qur'an 3:58 "This is what We rehearse to you of the Signs and Message, a wise reminder. The similitude (likeness) of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: 'Be.' And he was." Allah was digging himself in deeper. Now he claims that "Jesus" was created miraculously like Adam from dust. While that's not exactly true, if it were, it would render Muhammad meaningless.

Despite all evidence to the contrary: Qur'an 3:60 "The Truth (comes) from Allah alone." That would mean that all scientific discoveries are erroneous. Math is without merit and courts are folly. "So be not of those who doubt, waver or dispute. If any one disputes in this matter with you, now after knowledge has come to you, say: 'Come! Let us gather together our sons and women among ourselves. Then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie!'" So if someone tells a Muslim that Allah's book proves he's a phony, they're told to gather their sons and women and leave. They are not to look into the merits of the allegation. They aren't to even try and refute the charge. There is to be no discussion, no investigation, no evangelism, no thinking. None of that is in Satan's interest. Lucifer wants Muslims to pray for him to invoke a curse on those who expose him.
By the way, the Noble Qur'an says Qur'an 3:61 "If anyone disputes with you about Jesus being divine, flee them and pray that Allah will curse them." (Not save them.)

Rather than provide any proof that his view isn't a hoax, Allah simply protests: "The Qur'an is true because I said so." Qur'an 3:62 "This is the true account, the true narrative, the true explanation: There is no ilah except Allah; and Allah - He is the Mighty, the Wise. And if they turn away, then lo! Allah is aware of the corrupters, the mischief-makers. Say: 'O People of the Book, come to common terms as an agreement between us and you: That we all shall worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with him; and that none of us shall take others for lords beside Allah.' If then they turn back, say you: 'Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims surrendered.'" Such a deal. Everybody needs to come together and surrender to this demented, delusional, and dimwitted doctrine. What a wonderful world it would be. Or would it? Think about where terrorists are bred. Think about where the most impoverished people on earth live - those with the least freedoms. That is the world that accepted this invitation (or more correctly - the one that had it thrust upon them). Just like Hitler, Allah promises that there will be peace just as soon as he controls every soul. And even then, he's lying.

There was a phrase in the last verse I feel compelled to bring to your attention. If you "turn away" from Islam you are accused of being a "mischief-maker." In Allah's farewell address, this is what he had to done to them: Qur'an 5:33 "The recompense for those who fight against Allah and His Messenger and are mischief-makers in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in Hell." It's little wonder Islamic terrorists are so brutal.

Next, the spirit who knows just enough about the Bible to make a fool of himself says to the people who know it by heart: Qur'an 3:65 "You People of the Book! Why dispute you about Abraham, when the Law and the Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have you no understanding? Ah! You are those who fell to disputing (even) in matters of which you had some knowledge! But why dispute in matters of which you have no knowledge? It is Allah Who knows, and you who know not!" According to Allah, Abraham was supposed to have scrolls. So were Adam, Noah and others. So why is Allah only aware of the revelations that started with Moses?

Qur'an 3:67 "Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was a true Muslim, surrendered to Allah (which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah." The line: "Nor yet a Christian" means that according to Muhammad's Allah, Abraham was a Muslim who became a Christian. I don't think so.

Qur'an 3:69 "It is the wish of the followers of the People of the Book to lead you astray." That's true if the "Book" is the "Qur'an" and the "people" are "Muslims." "But they make none to go astray except themselves, but they perceive not. You People of the Book! Why reject you the signs, proofs, and verses of Allah, of which you are witnesses?" This is also true. The witnesses to the "signs of Allah" - terrorism and piracy - rejected Islam. The Qur'an is full of their protestations.