Below passage were taken fm Sura 4:157-158
'We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Apostle of God', but
they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to
appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts
with no certain knowledge, but only conjecture to follow. For a
surety they killed him not: Nay, God raised him up unto Himself,
and God is Exalted in Power, Wise.
These words are spoken in response to a boast of the Jews that they
had killed Jesus Christ. The Quran, however, denies either that
Christ was crucified or that He was killed although it's
explanation appears somewhat ambiguous. 'but so it was made to
appear to them' .... some orthodox Islam interpreted as such....
God has made someone else looks like Jesus and that this person was
crucified instead. 'this person'... some Islam writers and
traditionist suggested it could be Judas Iscariot???? (loophole
here! unsolved difficulties - the misrepresentation by God and the
execution of an innocent victim.) 'God raised him up unto Himself'
are taken to mean that Jesus was raised alive to heaven without
dying.
Questions:
1. if God chose to raise Jesus to heaven, why was it necessary for
Him to satisfy the Jews by victimizing an innocent bystander?
What's their purpose?
2. Substitution: What kind of character does God portray?
Fraudulent and no love for an innocent bystander.
Why Islam believe in Jihad?
Islam teaches that on the Day of Judgement one's good and evil
deeds will be weighed on a scale. Good works are heavy and evil
deeds are light. Thus the person whose balances are heavy with good
deeds will go to heaven, while the person whose scales are light
will go to hell.
The Muslim assumes that his chances for heaven are good if
he:
1. accepts the Muslim God Allah and his apostle Mohammad
(contradict to Christian's belief - persecution unavoidable)
2. does good works and all that is required of him by Allah
3. predestined to Allah's favor, choice of mercy (coz there is
no
substitutionary atonement for forgiveness of sins)
