29 February 2012
   
IS GOD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, A TERRORIST SUPPORTING DEITY?   
It hurts when commentators and the majority of politicians follow sheep-like the general trend by always using "God" when translating the Arabic word "Allah."
Hizb'allah, one of the most notorious of the terrorist organizations, is foolishly translated "party of God." What this says is that God, the God of Israel - who repeatedly promises in His Word and through His prophets to return His people, Israel, to their own country, the land He gave them as an everlasting possession - is fighting Himself and His own Word and people. This is IF Allah truly is the same as the God of Israel which, of course, he is not.
As Christians we believe that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, that whosoever believes in Him will inherit eternal life (See John 3:16). If Allah would be the same as this God in whom we trust, He would want all the world to hear and receive this tremendous news. And yet, the opposite is true.
After having given His Son - Allah, if he is the same as the God of Israel - is fighting and contradicting all that is said about this God in the holy scriptures. So how can they be the same?
According to ISLAM, Allah has no son and Jesus did not die for mankind on the cross. It also holds that Abraham offered Ishmael, not Isaac, on the altar. And in the original manuscript of the Quran it was said that Allah had 3 daughters, Al-Lat, Al-Uzza and Manat.
This is how Robert Morey describes this in his book The Islamic Invasion:
Allah was known to the pre-Islamic Arabs; he was one of the Meccan deities (Encyclopedia of Islam, ed. Gibb).
Ilah ... appears in pre-Islamic poetry ... By frequency of usage, al-ilah was contracted to allah, frequently attested to in pre-Islamic poetry (Encyclopedia of Islam, ed. Lewis).
In Arabia, the sun god was viewed as a female goddess and the moon as the male god. As has been pointed out by many scholars such as Alfred Guillaume, the moon god was called by various names, one of which was Allah!
The name Allah was used as the personal name of the moon god, in addition to other titles that could be given to him.
Allah, the moon god, was married to the sun goddess. Together they produced three goddesses who were called "the daughters of Allah." These three goddesses were called Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manat.
The daughters of Allah, along with Allah and the sun goddess were viewed as "high" gods. That is, they were viewed as being at the top of the pantheon of Arabian deities.
When, in his earlier years, Mohammed was confronted with this blatant inconsistency (of Allah having three daughters according to the earlier and original dictates of the Archangel Gabriel in the cave where according to Muslim tradition Mohammed sat when the Archangel Gabriel dictated the Quran to him), he responded that he must have listened to Satan when I wrote this and therefore these verses were deleted from the Quran as "satanic verses."
Not only is Allah definitely NOT the God of Israel but he, Allah, is contradicting and even fighting against the God of Israel and His people. So how can they be the same?
When the angel Gabriel was sent by God Almighty to a Jewish girl, a virgin, he said to Mary (Miriam), "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God." (See Luke 1:35)
As my friend and Palestinian brother Dr. Ais A Shorrosh once wisely remarked, "How can then, about six centuries later, that same Angel Gabriel tell Mohammed in his cave that Allah, if he was indeed God, had no Son? Did Gabriel forget what he - in the name of God - had already said to Mary six centuries before he is said to have spoken in the cave to Mohammed?"
Thus in the end - and this is a shattering realization - there are only two truly monotheistic faiths on the earth, Judaism and Christianity. And Jerusalem, for that matter, is not a city holy to three monotheistic faiths, but only the city of two faiths - both in origin Jewish: Judaism and Christianity. For both the Old and New Testaments were written by Hebrews and Jews!
Islam has Mecca and Medina. Not once is Jerusalem mentioned in the Quran, and even the legend of Muhammad ascending from "the farthest mosque," (in Arabic AL AQSA), could never have been, as was later invented, the mosque in Jerusalem. For Islam had not yet reached Jerusalem at that time, so there could not have been a mosque there!
Therefore it is quite logical that the Quran never once mentions Jerusalem!!
When I read the underneath quoted words of Yusuf Qaradawi, the Egyptian Islamic theologian, and put them over against some of the words of the God of Israel Himself, it is clear to everyone that Allah and the God of the Bible can never be the same!
"Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the Jews people who would punish them for their corruption... The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them - even though they exaggerated this issue - he managed to put them in their place. This was divine punishment for them ... Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers. ... Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them down to the very last one." (Oren Kessler, "Analysis: Yusuf al-Qaradawi - a 'man for all seasons' JPost.com, February 20, 2011)
Then here is what God Himself says:
'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "I am zealous for Jerusalem And for Zion with great zeal. I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped--but with evil intent." 'Therefore thus says the Lord: "I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it," says the Lord of hosts, "And a surveyor's line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem." ' "Again proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; the Lord will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem." ' " (Zechariah 1:14-17)
For thus says the Lord of hosts: "He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me. "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," says the Lord. (Zechariah 2:8-10)
This all is so amazingly clear that one wonders how people in their right mind can still believe that Allah is the same God as the God of the Bible. To even suggest this would be an affront to God, our heavenly Father.
Jan Willem van der Hoeven, Director
International Christian Zionist Center