Jesus Christ is my God!
Issued 16.09.2001
The stroke of Islam
The terror attack in USA was a stroke of Islam against misbelievers. They did it in the name of Allah. So is Allah a terrorist? Have pity on them, because they are deceived souls! They have believed lies about God. An Islamite doesn't get out of the circle of revenge, because the Quran doesn't know any atoning sacrifice for sins. Jesus is the only atoning sacrifice which can change revenge to forgiveness. Do not revenge an injustice, for it has already been revenged on Jesus!
Who is guilty?
New York experienced what it means to be a city of misbelievers, when the Islamite struck with the passenger planes against its skyscrapers. It is obvious that the men who piloted the planes towards the death shouted, little before the crash, "Allah is great!"
Pity them, they were deceived souls! They believed in getting to God's paradise but they woke in hell. Surely they were more surprised at this than the world was surprised at their deed.
Are not Islamic priests guiltier than they? Who promised the Paradise for them if they will die in a holy war? Who gave the permission to start this war? They are guilty together with them!
Many politicians of the Islamic countries have condemned this terror attack, but how is it with Islamic priests. Why no-one of their spiritual leaders has come to the public media and condemned this and said that this deed is against the will of Allah. If the Islamite would really condemn this deed they would say that Allah hates violence and those terrorists deserve the fire of hell.
New York experienced what it means to be a city of misbelievers, when the Islamite struck with the passenger planes against its skyscrapers. It is obvious that the men who piloted the planes towards the death shouted, little before the crash, "Allah is great!"
Pity them, they were deceived souls! They believed in getting to God's paradise but they woke in hell. Surely they were more surprised at this than the world was surprised at their deed.
Are not Islamic priests guiltier than they? Who promised the Paradise for them if they will die in a holy war? Who gave the permission to start this war? They are guilty together with them!
Many politicians of the Islamic countries have condemned this terror attack, but how is it with Islamic priests. Why no-one of their spiritual leaders has come to the public media and condemned this and said that this deed is against the will of Allah. If the Islamite would really condemn this deed they would say that Allah hates violence and those terrorists deserve the fire of hell.
Temptation to a holy war
What does the Quran say about war? "Those who readily fight in the cause of God are those who forsake this world in favor of the Hereafter. Whoever fights in the cause of God, then gets killed, or attains victory, we will surely grant him a great recompense." Quran 4: 74
Muhammad is the most successful chaplain of the world's history. He has been able to speak so well that many have been ready to die for their religion, fatherland and home. Because the Quran offers for an Islamite the possibility to change this world to the Hereafter through the holy war, especially a world-weary person is eager to make a holy war. In this way a Muslim who lives in difficult circumstances is easily dangerous for his environment. Because the daily life of Palestinians is difficult in Israel, it is easy to enlist them "to forsake this world in favour of the Hereafter".
The Quran gives the following condition that allows to make war: "You may fight in the cause of God against those who attack you, but do not aggress. God does not love the aggressors. You may kill those who wage war against you, and you may evict them whence they evicted you. Oppression is worse than murder." Quran 2:190-191
If the Islamite consider Americans idolaters who are fighting against them, they realise that they are at a holy war against them. This attack against USA was apparently a part of their war to get Jerusalem.
What does the Quran say about war? "Those who readily fight in the cause of God are those who forsake this world in favor of the Hereafter. Whoever fights in the cause of God, then gets killed, or attains victory, we will surely grant him a great recompense." Quran 4: 74
Muhammad is the most successful chaplain of the world's history. He has been able to speak so well that many have been ready to die for their religion, fatherland and home. Because the Quran offers for an Islamite the possibility to change this world to the Hereafter through the holy war, especially a world-weary person is eager to make a holy war. In this way a Muslim who lives in difficult circumstances is easily dangerous for his environment. Because the daily life of Palestinians is difficult in Israel, it is easy to enlist them "to forsake this world in favour of the Hereafter".
The Quran gives the following condition that allows to make war: "You may fight in the cause of God against those who attack you, but do not aggress. God does not love the aggressors. You may kill those who wage war against you, and you may evict them whence they evicted you. Oppression is worse than murder." Quran 2:190-191
If the Islamite consider Americans idolaters who are fighting against them, they realise that they are at a holy war against them. This attack against USA was apparently a part of their war to get Jerusalem.
It is God's to avenge
If Americans would be Christians they would not make acts of revenge, for the Bible commands: "Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay, says the Lord'." Rom.12:19
If the Israelite would believe in the scriptures of the Old Testament they would not make acts of revenge. Already through Moses it has been given something about the message of Jesus: "Love your enemies." Matth.5:44
If the Israelite would obey their God, they would apply to the Palestinians the words of God that they got through Moses: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them The Lord will judge his people and have compassion on his servants. " Deut.32:35
Instead of revenging we should do good to our enemies. Although this way we maybe don't succeed in making them our friends, at least we will get a reward from God. "If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you." Prov.25:21-22 Normally people themselves want to revenge an injustice they experienced, because they don't believe that the judgement of God is real.
Of course Americans have the right to demand the terrorist to be judged in court. However if they don't succeed in getting them to the courtroom they should leave the case to be judged by God. When they go and take a revenge they prove themselves to be the same kind of deceived ones as those terrorists. The both of them are sure in their minds that they are justified in making war, though actually they are not. USA is their god though they call themselves Christians. Pride in patriotism has made their hearts so hard that they don't want to listen to God.
If Americans would be Christians they would not make acts of revenge, for the Bible commands: "Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay, says the Lord'." Rom.12:19
If the Israelite would believe in the scriptures of the Old Testament they would not make acts of revenge. Already through Moses it has been given something about the message of Jesus: "Love your enemies." Matth.5:44
If the Israelite would obey their God, they would apply to the Palestinians the words of God that they got through Moses: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them The Lord will judge his people and have compassion on his servants. " Deut.32:35
Instead of revenging we should do good to our enemies. Although this way we maybe don't succeed in making them our friends, at least we will get a reward from God. "If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you." Prov.25:21-22 Normally people themselves want to revenge an injustice they experienced, because they don't believe that the judgement of God is real.
Of course Americans have the right to demand the terrorist to be judged in court. However if they don't succeed in getting them to the courtroom they should leave the case to be judged by God. When they go and take a revenge they prove themselves to be the same kind of deceived ones as those terrorists. The both of them are sure in their minds that they are justified in making war, though actually they are not. USA is their god though they call themselves Christians. Pride in patriotism has made their hearts so hard that they don't want to listen to God.
How is revenge changed to forgiveness?
The Quran speaks how God is gracious and forgives us. On the other hand it also speaks that God demands revenge according to the law of equivalence, "eye for eye, and tooth for tooth". How could Allah forgive? Notice that he would break his own law when omitting a revenge of a guilty one.
The Quran doesn't tell how God is able to follow his own law of revenge and to forgive at the same time. It doesn't know the concept of "the atoning sacrifice". Instead, the God of the Bible tells that He is able to forgive, because the Son of God, Jesus Christ repaid our sins on the cross.
The Quran creates a conflict between revenge and forgiveness in the soul of every Muslim. He knows nothing about the atoning sacrifice, through which he could see revenge being replaced by forgiveness. It is the same problem also with all the other people who don't personally know Jesus as their own Saviour. They cannot find a way out from the circle of revenge, because they don't see how Jesus was punished once on the cross because of every wrongdoer.
You need not revenge an injustice, because it has already been revenged on Jesus!
The Quran speaks how God is gracious and forgives us. On the other hand it also speaks that God demands revenge according to the law of equivalence, "eye for eye, and tooth for tooth". How could Allah forgive? Notice that he would break his own law when omitting a revenge of a guilty one.
The Quran doesn't tell how God is able to follow his own law of revenge and to forgive at the same time. It doesn't know the concept of "the atoning sacrifice". Instead, the God of the Bible tells that He is able to forgive, because the Son of God, Jesus Christ repaid our sins on the cross.
The Quran creates a conflict between revenge and forgiveness in the soul of every Muslim. He knows nothing about the atoning sacrifice, through which he could see revenge being replaced by forgiveness. It is the same problem also with all the other people who don't personally know Jesus as their own Saviour. They cannot find a way out from the circle of revenge, because they don't see how Jesus was punished once on the cross because of every wrongdoer.
You need not revenge an injustice, because it has already been revenged on Jesus!
The Bible version used in references is NIV