Ps 27:1-3 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
You thought this was ALL propaganda against Islam, no this is the truth, my story is real and so am I. I love Muslims and do not hate them. This is not about propaganda but true love. The Lord clearly revealed to me that I am from the tribe of Levi; I was not counted all my life until my time came. My forefathers who were from the House of Judah and Levi came out of Iran. Some of my family settled in India purchasing large amounts of land and the rest remained in Iran with whom we have lost contact after the partition in 1947 when my mother and father had to leave to go to Pakistan. I was born in Lahore (Pakistan).
Meet Messianic Rabbi Simon Altaf who would have thought a journey that started in Islam finished here. My prayer is May Yahushua (Jesus of Nazareth) show the truth to you who are searching like I was searching for the truth. For Simon's books click the link here
(By: L’Chaim B’Yahushua Simon)
Life in Yahushua (Jesus of Nazareth)
I used to pray, fast, give charity – until one day my whole life changed with the voice of Jesus of Nazareth, which I heard where I was working in the Japanese Merchant bank in London. He told me “to come and follow Him.”
Doing my previous religious acts did not give me the peace I was searching for in my life until I met Yahushua/Jesus. I constantly recited the Qur’an, and read some Suras that were printed on a little book that my uncle had given me to read on a regular basis to strengthen my soul and to be in close companionship with God … but it was all in vain. It left me emotionally empty and spiritually dry...
Here is how I found out Islam isn’t the “truth.” I was born in Pakistan into a Muslim family in Lahore in 1963. Most members of my family are devout Muslims. I was brought up in the traditional way of studying the Qur’an, praying, and doing “good deeds.” I would have happily stuck with being a Muslim had I known it was the true way to heaven.
What then brought about the change in my life?
Firstly, like most Muslims, I was taught to recite the Qur’an in Arabic like a parrot with little understanding of what was written in it. This always left me dissatisfied.
Most Muslim clerics will tell you that it is good to do this purely on the basis of reading it in the pure language of Arabic to please God, which I found unconvincing. When you study the Qur'an you will find that it has Hebrew and Aramaic words in it despite the claims that it is pure Arabic and the Qur'an is not in pure Arabic at all, but then again would God not understand English anymore then Punjabi or Arabic?
The fact of the matter is that their thinking is seriously flawed in that you should be able to read the Qur'an in your language of upbringing, and with understanding what you are reading, to gain a better knowledge of your faith. Obviously, if you did this, then you would find some things in the Qur’an that they don’t want you to know, which are rather unpalatable. Such things as what the prophet of Islam Muhammad had done n his lifetime -- namely, marrying his adopted son’s wife after Zaid divorced her for the prophet’s pleasure; marrying a nine year old, Aisha; allowing wives to be beaten by Muslim husband’s, killing those who rejected Islam such as the infidels, fighting Jihad against the Christians and the Jews. These are just a few things, which the Qur’an prescribes.
Sura 33.37": And when you said to him to whom Allah had shown favour and to whom you had shown a favour: Keep your wife to yourself and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and you concealed in your soul what Allah would bring to light, and you feared men, and Allah had a greater right that you should fear Him. But when Zaid had accomplished his want of her, (Allah orders Zaid to divorce her) we gave her to you as a wife, so that there should be no difficulty for the believers in respect of the wives of their adopted sons, when they have accomplished their want of them; and Allah's command shall be performed.
Would the true God allow a woman to be divorced in such a way to be married to a man claiming to be a prophet? To me this implies that God did not value marriage and was asking a person to divorce his wife and this is exactly what the above Sura says - that Allah knew that he wanted Muhammad to marry Zainab and that could only have happened after the divorce, therefore destroying the sanctity of marriage. However God in the Hebrew Bible says in Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
In other words the God of the Bible designed women for men and for them to be one unit and to love each other not to go divorcing each other.
The God of Israel in the Bible hates divorce:
Mal 2:16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit that ye deal not treacherously
Bukhari vol. 7, #64: "Narrated Aisha that the prophet wrote the marriage contract with her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)." Muhammad was 49 yrs old when he married Aisha and consummated the marriage when he was 52yrs old.
Obviously these things would raise serious questions and doubts about an alleged prophet of God!
These things were deeply disturbing to me and as I continued reading I discovered more on how Muhammad lived his life, which is not what Muslims are led to believe. I realized that we have two Muhammad's: the historical Muhammad and the “imagined” Muhammad. The “imagined” Muhammad would portray as good, righteous, highly esteemed, some great kind of guy, a prophet ordained by God, etc., -- the one Muslims seek to worship, praise and adore. But the real historical Muhammad who was nothing like the one the Muslims are being taught about. The real Muhammad was at times very barbaric, superstitious and evil in his ways. Yes, he may have started off with honesty but ended up with depravity when he acquired more power. You may have heard of the saying that power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely, this was true here as well.
For me, it was the inner self-consciousness looking and searching for something missing in my life; like I was meant for something important to God … but what?
I had everything: education, success, car and a house, anything a person could ask for -- but there was an inner emptiness that longed to be filled. There was the sense of the divine purpose missing. My prayers for 10 years in deep search for God and a relationship got me absolutely nowhere. At the end of it all I felt no sense of belonging. Allah never answered my prayer.
I knew that my life was not meant to be like it was, and I knew I was meant to be useful to God in some way. The two years prior to becoming born again, this urge, or sense of knowing, became even stronger, but what or who was I suppose to be and who was I suppose to lead? I certainly didn’t envision politics - although opportunities arose, but I refused to follow politics.
I used to pray, fast, give charity - but these religious acts did not give me the peace I was searching for in my life. The reality was that Allah never spoke to me … but it was all in vain. It left me emotionally empty and spiritually dry.
I did not know God nor did I have any relationship with Him, and the proof of it was that He never spoke to me even after praying to him to speak to me, he never did! I felt rejected.
Before I became born again, I never looked at Christianity as a religion to follow it. I have never in my life read the Bible, although our elders said they believed in all the Old Testament scriptures, but we did not have an actual Old Testament (Torah, prophets and Psalms) and New Testament (Injil) to read. To us, Christianity was akin to the Western lifestyle -- one of extravagant selfishness and self-abuse -- a religion I believed was nothing short of ignorance and arrogance of people living a sinful life.
It is perceived in much of Islamic society that if you pray five times a day and stick to the pillars of Islam then you are a good Muslim and anything you do or say is true. We have a lot of hypocrites who have been following this path yet their real lives reflect a total disregard for the good of humanity. However, I never judged Islam based on how Muslims live their lives, but looked at Muhammad and his claims directly: finding them empty and baseless and finding him not to be a true, Godly prophet at all, but actually one the Bible would call a false prophet – leading people away from the truth and God. One could argue he was sincere but he was sincerely wrong. If he was really sincere why did he not follow the God of Christianity or Judaism? Christians and Jews did exist in Arabia but they became enemies to Muhammad the Muslim prophet because they did not believe in his claims.
Today, look at many of Pakistan's elite -- look at their background. They are allegedly “good” Muslims, but they commit the worst offences known. Does anybody question them? Of course not! If you did, then you might disappear mysteriously. People's rights are suppressed; freedom is just a word without meaning in Islamic countries. There is no real freedom because you can't speak your mind. It is a myth to say we have democracy because there is no such thing as true democracy in any Muslim state according to the Qur'an; this is a meaningless word. I often wondered why is it that Muslims - though rich in many Islamic states - are still unable to compete with the West. They have oil, money, power … and one day I finally realized the reason why they cannot compete with the West when I read Genesis, the first book of the Bible.
Genesis 12:3 (KJV): And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
What this portion of scripture means is, the problem lies with them rejecting Israel as a nation and even hating and persecuting the Jews and Christians. The Bible says they shall not prosper but be under a curse because they curse the Jews and the Christians. As God promises, the curse is reversed and actually falls upon them instead of the Jews/Christians (as it has and will every nation or group of people who desire to persecute them). Israel is God's chosen people to bring the truth to the world. God has not changed His mind. Judah is His lawgiver.
Anyone who truly hungers to know who Jesus really was and is will come to the full revelation (understanding) of the matter, and will not have to fear. The Holy Spirit will make certain of it, if they desire in their heart to truly be pleasing to God their Creator. This is in accordance with God's written word:
Deuteronomy 4:29 (KJV) reads: But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Remember, Jesus Christ was also a Jew and is still alive today in heaven. The prophets of Israel wrote the Bible (under inspiration of the Holy Spirit). Jesus Christ will establish rule and reign from Israel over all the earth when the Father says it is time for His return. The city that God has chosen for His eternal name and residence is Jerusalem that is where the third temple will be built for the one true God and the whole world will come to know Him from this one place. They will have to travel to Jerusalem to pay homage to the King and to learn His Holy LAW.
Micah 4:2 (KJV) And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
When I looked at my Muslim background, and myself, I realized that most of the Muslims preached to do good, but did they practice it themselves? Absolutely not! When it came to money matters, money was more a priority to them than the welfare of humanity or godly reasoning. On the one hand, they would tell you to pray five times a day; and on the other hand there is hypocrisy everywhere in the Muslim community.
Was it really opposite to religious teaching or was I wrong in what I had been told by my elders?
When we look at Islam, Jihad is part of Islam in Muslim dominated countries; persecution of Christians and the Jews is common, Muslims believe in visiting shrines of Pirs (saints), giving money and food, it's like giving bribe to God. They even persecute and kill their own (For example: the Shia Muslims, who they claim are not Muslim, they kill them and they also kill the Ahmadis too), so why should a Christian expect any better treatment by the Muslims who have been indoctrinated to hate rather than to love, and their uttermost hate is for the Jews. This is most unfortunate.
Muslims are driven by fear, where as we which choose to follow Jesus Christ and are driven by love and the acceptance of different spiritual beliefs. However the God of the Bible is a God of Love and He wants to reach you so you can have a personal relationship with Him to be in His holy presence. Yahushua (Jesus) is a God of love compassion and mercy, whilst Allah is a god of war, hate and torture. I remember one of my brother-in-laws who solely started to practice Islam and left his immoral life because he read a book about the punishment that comes at the grave. He was so frightened that he started to pray five times a day to avoid this. There is no love for God or mankind but just selfish desire to get to heaven to drink the wine from rivers and have the seventy two hoors (Virgins with big bosoms); the carnal lust that is waiting in the Muslim paradise - things that God would never allow us to do on this earth but have the lust orgies in heaven near His holy presence: These things make Islam both confusing and confused!
I asked myself: how could a holy God become so unholy, allowing the things he forbids on earth?
They believe corruption in Pakistan was taught by the British Raj in India but the reality is that people are greedy by nature. This has been going on since centuries even before the British set foot on Indian soil.
I only needed to look at the founder of this cult to realize how misled the Muslims are. You only have to look at Muhammad’s actions to know what fruits he has produced. If we are following the true faith then it should put love into our hearts, humility and care for fellow humans - not hate and contempt, and this is exactly what Muhammad taught, the very founder of Islam, so we do not even need to look at the followers but look at the founder himself.
Now look at Yahushua the Messiah (Jesus Christ), and what He taught and you get a 440-volt shock when you look at Jesus’ life -- how pure and holy and what love for fellow humans. If we are not striving to be like Him then something is not quite right.
The Muslims give the argument: “Can a billion and a half Muslims be wrong?” If they want to use numbers in an attempt to claim legitimacy, my answer is this: “Can four billion people be right who do not follow the God of the Bible?” These four billion people primarily Hindus, Buddhist, Atheists, Animists, and Agnostics, which actually make up the largest population on earth. So can they be right? If the answer is: “Masses are always right!” … then should we not follow them as they are in the majority and not the Muslim faith that is in the minority compared to them?
The answer naturally leads to only one conclusion: that if four billion people are not right then why should the one and a half billion Muslims be right because neither 1.5 Billion nor four billion follow what God taught from the beginning of the world: The way to heaven was always through obedience and faith, not rituals or good works. Read the story of Abraham in the Bible.
1 Sam 15:22 (KJV) reads: Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
People in Islam who have gone and done the Hajj think about themselves as being very pious. They think their sins are forgiven. They think they are better than any other person who hasn't been to Hajj and that they are like a newborn child, but when I look at these people’s morals (most of them are so evil), they cannot speak for justice. They show a completely different person from the inside. This is not true for every Hajji, but a majority are like this, and again -- this speaks to me about the fallen human nature. We are all sinners in need of something (Some ONE) to save us from our sins, because our sin nature stays with us until we die.
The wrath of God abides on all unrepentant sinners.
John 3:36 (NAS): He who believes in the Son (Jesus Christ), has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
The Son of God, Jesus was sent on a special mission to gather the lost sheep of the House of Israel who became many gentile nations. They are not Jews.
Mat 15:24 (KJV) But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Now most Muslims will make the excuse that the Islamic religion is good, but it is individual Muslims who are bad (and not Islam), and that they don’t practice their religion properly.
Of course this can be said of every religion, including Christianity where many also need to encounter Yahushua the Hebrew Jesus of the first century who kept the seven feasts of Israel and did not ordain Christmas and Easter. I have personally met some people who are from Christian backgrounds and their life I can honestly tell you is equally as bad as Muslims if not worst and they are no better because they also lie and deceive each other. Their fruits are evil they shun the law of God. In fact others who claimed to be born again also at times shun it but only in ignorance and need to get the correct instructions from the Bible and good knowledgeable bible teachers who believe the whole Bible and not just in New Testament Christianity, which in my opinion makes many mistakes about developing new doctrines that have no validity in the bible. One such doctrine is the rapture.
However, when you look at Islamic history, you find out the real truth and that it is really Arab imperialism. It comes from the heart of the religious teachings from where else but Saudi Arabia, the spiritual heart of Islam, I believe, (as many others do as well). Actions speak louder than words indeed and when we examine the Qur'an we see that in fact these Muslims are good Muslims only trying to follow the Qur'an, which does indeed say to make war against the Christians and the Jews who refuse to become Muslims.
Read it below for yourself:
Sura 9:29 Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth, from among the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
They are instructed to fight the Christians and the Jews and to subjugate them; humiliate them until they submit. How noble of Muslims? Jesus Christ said, as is recorded in Matthew 7:15:
“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.”
Look at what they are doing around the world -- what happened in Afghanistan when they banned all women from going outside; killed the women for even showing their arms or feet; even wearing heels was banned in Afghanistan; If this is the values that Islam lives for then this is truly sad human abuse.; Saddam Hussein killed his own people in Iraq for the last 30 years before his trial and death. When the US forces went in with the Allied nations to free these people in 2003, what response did the dictatorial Muslims gave? Cries of “Infidels oppressing the Muslims!” I cannot understand what is the matter with these people. Why are they so blind that they cannot see how their own Muslim brothers abuse and kill them and when non-Muslims want to help, they cry like babies instead of being thankful? Look at Iraq now the Sunnis are once again killing the Shia people and the Shias are killing the Sunnis in retaliation. Its mindless violence and murder I tell you completely unnecessary.
Their “fruits” are obvious: Killing and persecuting Christians by the Muslims, killing and persecuting Christians in Egypt, Pakistan, India and Indonesia to name a few places, they even have killed innocent Muslims. It is common today. Even now we see in Iraq the freed Muslims taunting and abusing the Christian community and forcing the women to wear hijab to cover their heads. Modesty is one thing but abuse is totally another. Our faith of Nazarene Judaism actually requires us to cover our heads in worship but because of liberal laws in the west these things are not enforced. In a way this is correct as it should be up to the individual if they wish to do it or not. We do not force people to do so otherwise.
As far as I have learnt that the only true peace can come from Jesus Christ and nobody else: certainly not Muhammad the prophet of Islam, not Buddha, not Ganesh (the Indian elephant god) and that is the conclusion God has shown me. Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace. Look at his life from scriptures and look at Muhammad’s life and then do a comparison so you can see the stark contrast of why Jesus is THE TRUTH, and the Qur'an is nothing more than a compilation of religious sounding words that contradict the most important truths found in God’s Word, the Holy Bible. Search it out for yourself. Don’t take my word for it. If you truly want to know what God has to really say about Himself, your sin condition, and the answer God has given you about your sin nature and why it is going to lead you to hell at the grave if you don’t accept the answer God provided through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ – read it. You can try to convince yourselves it’s all a lie, but can you prove it is a lie? Once you die, what you believe had better be right, because if it isn’t, it will be too late and you are burning fuel in the lake of fire. I am not trying to scare you but you will lose your precious life which could continue.
We have two different worlds – two completely different teachings about truth. In one world we have God himself in the flesh (See the book of: John Chapter one, the entire Chapter), showing how we should lead our life and respond to God and humanity. From the other world (which is nothing more than Satan’s dominion), there is Muhammad manipulating people for his benefit, telling his followers that if you fight and die then you will go to heaven; that if you loot and pillage then you are forgiven and appeasing Allah the most merciful one. Yes I admit Muhammad is Allah’s prophet but Allah is not the one true God I have come to worship and know.
In my quest for truth, I also learned that God's name is not Allah, but Yahuweh (YWHW). The name Allah did exist before Muhammad, the pagans used it in Arabia, and now we find this name even in the Arabic Bible. Yet the fact remains that God's name that was plainly given to Moses was Yahuweh, which many of the Jews even today do not utter, due to saying it incorrectly and afraid of the punishment for profaning his most sacred name, personally I have to agree that the name is most holy and needs to be protected. I agree with many things in Judaism in fact my faith is from it.
So when the Jews write the most sacred name they only put two Hebrew yuds.
How the world hates these Jewish people who have given us so much is very sad indeed. They have given us the Hebrew Scriptures, which they preserved meticulously, and the finding of the Dead Sea scrolls in Israel was one of the greatest finds of this century, which authenticates our Bible today as a reliable text. Remember those scrolls were found by an Arab Bedouin Muslim.
Jesus Christ taught to love your fellow humans, not kill them. He never asked his followers to lift the sword or fight but that does not mean the Christians do not fight wars of defence.
Of course, it is assumed followers of Jesus realized that people within a nation have a right to protect its citizens from serious harm, whether from within or without, as do individuals when in life-threatening situations, but never because of religious beliefs.
On the other hand Muhammad, “prophet” of the Muslims, asked his followers to kill anyone who doesn’t convert to Islam, or else take Jizzya tax from them, (as an example), to humiliate the Christians and the Jews by imposing Jizzya, and to subjugate them until they cry under the bondage.
Yes - many Muslims will tell you, “Look at Christians! Aren’t they hypocrites?” Of course there are Christian hypocrites and I have met some of these myself but do all “Christians” obey Jesus Christ and his teachings? No! Then are many of them who are not serious, or devout followers of Jesus Christ at all, but “Christians” in name only? Just because someone is born into a “Christian family” it does not make him or her true disciples of the Messiah. To become a disciple today is a choice that you must make. They must be born again and acquire the New Birth which can only come from above through repentance of sin and accepting Yahushua as your Saviour and King. They actually must obey Torah, keep the Saturday Sabbath, the seven feasts like the Passover and Tabernacles but as you know most don’t even care.
In the gospel of John it is written like this:
John 8:31 (KJV) Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
Abiding in ‘my words’ is an idiomatic expression to keep the Torah of Moses and that is how one becomes a disciple of the Messiah of Israel. Most are not taught this truth in Christianity and are simply into monotonous Sunday worship like robots, which can give nothing.
Being raised in a “Christian home” does not make one a Christian, nor does reading the Bible daily or attending a Christian church or praying one hundred times a day or even to wear the cross on your neck. One must be spiritually born again as Jesus spoke of this in John 3:3 and that can only happen when he or she consciously makes a choice to admit they are a sinner as Scripture says they are, repent of one’s past sinful deeds (Repent means to confess their sins to Yahushua Jesus of Nazareth and ask Him to forgive them of their sins, which He always does, and then ask for His help to not commit more sins in the future, and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and the entire Bible, which is to keep the Torah the law of our holy God. Even once a person does all that, it doesn’t mean he or she suddenly never sins anymore. It’s a process of refining with the Holy Spirit to keep from sinning. Some need much more help than others to stop sinning.
What people need to realize is that there are basically two kinds of Christians:
1) Those that realize God forgives them of their sins when they ask and trust Him to … yet keep on committing the same sin over and over when temptation arises, and go back to God and keep asking for forgiveness yet keep committing the same sin over and over, repeating the process;
2) Those who admit they sinned, ask God for forgiveness, which He grants, but then become so sorrowful that they have offended God by their sin that they begin to do everything they know of to not give in to that sin in the future. It doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t if the right circumstances arise, but it does show God they are serious about sin in their life, and God’s grants greater grace to those who are sorrowful about their sin.
Of these two types of Christians, only God knows who truly means serious business with Him, and those who don’t. Yahushua says that you will know His true disciples by their fruit. How you and I might “measure fruit” and how God measures fruit in someone’s life may be vastly different. Though we are to discern certain things in people’s lives, which involves judging, we must always remember, we are not the Judge, but God the Creator is the final Judge but we certainly can judge earthly things and we are suppose to judge to know right from wrong. The fruit that Yahushua spoke about was not just everyday works but they were related to Torah works and these were how you treat your fellow man, how you treat the elderly, how you treat your parents, relatives, the poor and destitute in society, do you keep God’s holy days such as the weekly Sabbath and the high holy days in the year. So measuring fruit at least from God’s angle is never subjective but very objective.
A case in point when I came to faith in 17th September 1998 it was the month of Tabernacles, the feast of Sukkot, which is a special feast that mainly the Jews celebrate but many messianic believers of the Messiah have been celebrating this now for the last 10 years too. We in messianic Judaism also celebrate this feast why because Christmas was only three months away when I was saved and I did not know what I was. My friend said to me you are a protestant Christian but I knew that I was not Catholic and not protestant as I had nothing to protest about. In fact I had entered that Christianity that believed in all of the Bible and should really be called Messianic Judaism or Nazarene Judaism and that is what I am.
I asked the Messiah since He spoke to me earlier to tell me that should I keep Christmas and he said no. Then that next year I learnt how to keep the Passover festival and it was a progression that took me deep into this new found faith.
It is important to note regarding these matters just spoken of that God gives ample warning in Scripture about “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” God also wants us to realize from 1 Timothy 4:1-2 that one can start out on the right path of Truth, yet slowly depart from it, and oftentimes straying so far from the pure Truth God wants conveyed from His Word that they will literally depart from the “faith” they once had, (probably to different degrees we might rightly assume). For those of you who are trying to make “sense” out of “Christianity,” and all you seem to see is hypocrisy and confusion and disunity among “Christians,” please realize the Bible makes it readily clear that it is Satan and his demonic hordes in the spirit realm who are doing everything in their power to influence “Christians” to fall prey to hypocrisy, deception, and if possible in their deception, deceive others who are vulnerable to deception. Let me state for you what 1 Timothy 4:1-2 says, in the NAS translation:
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron.”
I believe Christianity is becoming more apostate than before, because we are in the end of days. I back up my belief by what I see going on in Christianity, as well as from 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 (I encourage you to read different translations of that passage). You have bishops telling you that it is okay for men to lie with men and that we do not believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ, or the resurrection of Jesus Christ literally didn’t happen. In (2004) serious conflict broke out in the Church of England about a gay bishop being appointed. Hence this is the reason why I do not practice Anglican or protestant Christianity but messianic Judaism which is what Yahushua came to continue. He did not come to start a new religion; many people need to learn this truth.
God says very clearly that He does not allow any place for homosexuality to be recognized as an “acceptable lifestyle,” especially in Church leadership, of all places! For readers of the Hebrew Bible, God ultimately brought severe judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah because of rampart homosexuality and flagrant sexual promiscuity outside of marriage plus many indulgences in that society of abusing the poor.
Who in their right mind thinks that God will tolerate the same things now indefinitely? Numbers are growing inside and outside of Christianity that homosexuality behavior is to not only be “tolerated” but also accepted, and classified as “normal.” If five billion people say its “Okay that does not mean God will change His mind and say its “Okay, I’ll change my mind too.” God let Sodom and Gomorrah know what He thought about it, and it would have made no difference to Him if there had been 100 billion people living in Sodom and Gomorrah trying to justify their sinful sexual appetites and disobedience to God’s Word unless they repented because God does not want to kill wicked people and God gets no joy out of it. Note one thing that the judgment in Sodom was not entirely for the sin of homosexuality but excesses in that society in other words affluent people had forgotten not only God but also forgot to do justice any longer that they were so depraved in their thinking.
God laid down commandments in the Torah to obey, not constantly disobey and constantly ask His forgiveness for and follow the world’s way of bending the truth to try to match our deceived and disobedient natures. We should follow our Master Yahushua (Jesus Christ) and his teachings as he laid them down, he told us both in idiomatic language and plain language to obey the Torah of Moses. The question is are we?
He said, “If you love me, then obey my commandments.” [Not disobeying them constantly and repetitiously asking forgiveness all the time]. And what were the central commandments; he summed them up in two:
Matthew 22:37-40 (KJV): Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
God isn’t speaking of having sexual relations with one’s neighbour either. That’s not the kind of “love” He is referring to! Do you think that we can go on sinning if we follow Yahushua/Jesus? The answer is “No!” If we follow God we have to strive to live according to His commandments, but as humans we do and will make mistakes and that is something that He changes in us slowly. This process is known as sanctification. It is accomplished by the Holy Spirit, which guides us day by day in how to walk in victory over sin. Our sin nature or evil inclination is not just going to go away but we have to bring it under subjection over time with persistent obedience to God.
If you decide to investigate the Qur’an, the many Hadiths (Muslim traditions) and the Islamic history thoroughly and see what crimes Muhammad committed against humanity, and how he forced his brutal customs on people -- subjected them to death if they did not follow his man-made religion. How he had the people against him murdered one by one like a modern mafia boss; read the story of Asma bint Marwan. For instance, In Yathrib (Medina), Muhammad had a number of people killed. One of them was `Asma' bint Marwan. Her “crime” was that she spoke out against Muhammad for having another man murdered named Abu Afak who was 120yrs old. Both of these people were Jewish and Muhammad hated the Jews and the same pattern is being repeated in radical Muslims today.
This clearly shows us the outright disregard his followers had for others. They killed a mother who had five children. This identifies that the Muslim prophet could not take criticism and that he was very intolerant of other peoples views about himself
http://www.debate.org.uk/topics/coolcalm/asma_bint_marwan.html
In my quest for truth, I decided to learn more about Islam and the way to heaven, and it was when I was browsing a Muslim newsgroup that I came across this testimony.
http://www.answering-islam.org/Testimonies/ibrahim.html
At this point I only wanted to learn about Islam and still no thought had ever occurred to me about becoming a Christian or anything like it. However, I was interested in Judaism to know how the Jews were able to attain salvation as Islam claimed that it came as a message out from Judaism. While I was discussing with Timothy the Muslim convert about Muhammad and the religion of Islam he obviously not wanting to offend me would not answer me directly a yes or no answer but refer me to other articles on the websites to read. At this point I was getting a little frustrated that I said to God if you are out there then please speak to me. And it was one day in my London office right next to St Paul’s Cathedral that indeed God spoke one afternoon and I heard his voice clear as a bell, all he said to me was ‘come and follow me’. I thought to myself did I hear that voice or was that me? I then retorted what about my family to the voice. The voice then echoed again ‘come and follow me’. Later Yahushua told me your family is in my hands do not worry. I said to him Master what shall I do? He said go build a website.
It was at this point that I went and acquired the material to put on the website and it was through this website that a very prominent Muslim in Saudi Arabia contacted me and came via London going to the US and he too became a believer of Messiah.
As I read more about the Bible and Islam I was enlightened by what I read and it confirmed my fears regarding Islam, of what I used to think. What will happen to me if what I follow is not the truth? Would I go to hell? I didn't consider myself to be a saint anyway, but surely we have to ask for forgiveness of our sins and pray to God to be able to enter heaven. The reality dawned on me that Islam did not have the truth that I so desired to follow.
I knew the prophet Muhammad preached to do good in the early stages of his faith and to avoid evil, but what most people do not realise is that Muhammad was married to a Christian woman called Khadija who was forty years old and he was twenty-five. Even she was some type of denominational Christian alongside her cousin and she later converted into Islam. What a travesty that instead of leading him to the truth she goes off to the falsehood.
Standard of salvation
I knew God is so holy, righteous and just that He has declared in His Word that no flesh will be glorified in His presence. (See 1 Corinthians 1:29). If God based His forgiveness on good deeds alone (earning our way into heaven and the presence of a 100% holy God) then the Hindus also preach: “do good” and so do the Buddhists. That would mean they are eligible for heaven as much as Muslims or the Jews, but this was not in line with what God requires. He requires us to be obedient to his Torah, come and recognise His Son Jesus/Yahushua and then it is the Son who clothes us with His righteousness as a gift. We will never make 100% but He does it for us but we have to demonstrate our walk by living and obeying the Torah and the rest of the Bible which is really commentary of the Torah.
From the beginning of the Hebrew Bible to the end of the New Covenant writings, God was consistent regarding sin and atonement. Innocent blood had to be sacrificed from a healthy animal continuously in the Mosaic covenant for God’s anger to be appeased against those who sinned. Yet all these sacrifices had a hint and pointed to the one true Saviour to come, as all the previous sacrifices were a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, or Renewed Covenant, God provided a more excellent way for His anger to be appeased against sinners for once and for all times; for their sins to be completely forgiven; for sinners to spend eternity in heaven; for sinners to stand in the presence of a holy, righteous and just God by being cloaked in His righteousness opposed to their own good works.
God provided the sacrifice of His very own blood through the death, burial and resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, to qualify sinners to get right, be right, and stay right with God. Because Jesus Christ never once sinned, that made Him the supreme sacrifice to atone for every sinner born on planet Earth, which every person born on planet Earth.
Yet the Qur'an denies that we all fall short of the glory of God.
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” -- Romans 3:23.
Which is the right source of truth? The Qur’an, or the Holy Bible, the accepted teachings of Hinduism, the teachings of the Buddhists? The list goes on an on. It’s obvious with all the “choices” to choose from (and of course the list keeps growing), not all of these religious groups can be correct though I admit many good people are Hindus, Buddhists and the like.
Here again I feel to clarify something. The main theme of the demonically inspired New Age movement is that everyone’s way to God and heaven is right for them. No one has the right to say that what someone else believes is wrong for them, because, for instance … if killing thousands of innocent people is what one believes pleases God and grants them eternity in heaven, then that belief is right for you … and you should have the right to believe it and practice your faith (of course if you don’t kill me in the practice of your belief!). By taking this position, everyone is “right” in what they believe which then assumes no one is really wrong. This is one of Satan’s age-old tactics: he strives to prevent and pervert. Either prevent truth from being actually heard, or pervert it if he can’t stop it from being heard. He has many ways to pervert it. Both ways work perfectly well for his cause(s).
Here’s what made sense to me as I sought understanding about the sin nature or our evil inclination that all humans have. I found my answer in the Bible:
Isaiah 64:6 (KJV): But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy menstrual rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
What the prophet Isaiah was saying is that doing “good deeds” is not good enough for God, and it is actually like filthy menstrual rags to God. Why? Because God the Creator is so holy, so righteous, so just … there are no such "good deeds" that will allow Him to forgive us as he requires blood atonement with repentance of course. Saying it another way to help people understand: If you did good deeds every minute of your life, all of those “good deeds” compared to God’s demands to be holy as He is holy would be absolutely nothing more than filthy menstrual rags fit only to burn in hell for eternity. Let’s take it even further, to help this truth sink in: if you did “good deeds” through all eternity, that still would not be good enough to be in the presence of God, or qualify you for heaven and spending eternity with Him and his holy angels and with saved, forgiven, born again believers. The bottom line we must enter through God’s prescribed way so then we have to look at the sacrifices of animals which were really for God to see that we are obedient to His words. Since there is no Temple standing in Jerusalem the only living Temple we have is Yahushua who made one sacrifice for us on the Tree that we are set free forever.
Yet God never had intentions for humans to be eternally lost -- sent only to spend hell for eternity because of the inability to be accepted and forgiven by God. God had the perfect sacrifice to make it possible for mankind to be with Him in heaven for eternity.
In the Hebrew Bible, the prophets spoke of a coming Messiah from heaven that would qualify or enable them to enter the kingdom of God and spend eternity with God. The Messiah was first spoken about in the Torah of Moses and even the Renewed Covenant was made in the Torah in Deut 29:1. Subsequently, the New Testament introduced that very Messiah to those waiting for Him. Some believed this Jesus/Yahushua was the long awaited Messiah, yet many did not as this was also prophetic.
We are shown in Chapter one of the Book of John in the New Testament that God came from heaven (albeit it in a disguised form to most at first) to earth in the form of Jesus Christ, was tempted to sin like everyone else yet never sinned once, shedding His innocent blood to take God’s wrath upon Himself for the sins of every person ever born or will be born … so that His shed innocent blood would atone (or cover) our sins once and for all times, and would allow us in to heaven guaranteed if we believe in Him and what He accomplished for us, and follow His commands diligently. If you are confused about how can God send God then please understand the Biblical God is a plurality e.g., the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, which is God, has three distinct offices. Yahushua the Son in the godhead is the Son of God
Something important for people to realize. Good works or good deeds are impossible to save us from our sins and qualify us for heaven. But once we become saved, born again followers of Jesus Christ, He fully expects us to do good works – good deeds, as I said they are listed in the Torah and repeated throughout the Bible. Good deeds do not get us saved or keep us saved – (trusting and obeying Him does). Good deeds simply are the evidence that we love God so much, and appreciate God so much for providing a way for us to spend eternity with Him in heaven, that it is only the right thing to do to please God by striving to do good works. Doing “good deeds” and/or “good works” also qualifies saved, born again Christians to store up future treasures in heaven. (See Matthew 6:19-21). So therefore doing good deeds or works of the Torah will give believers positions and rewards in the kingdom to come in Israel.
Notice in the following scriptures the absoluteness of the claims of Jesus Christ: He was an amazing Pharisee, Rabbi and our God.
John 14:6 (KJV): Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 11:25 (KJV): Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.
Notice Jesus doesn’t hint in the slightest that He is just one of many ways to the truth. He cut through everyone’s objection to what He was saying by stating: “I AM the truth. What many Christians may not know is that He Yahushua/Jesus is referring to Himself as the eternal living Torah.
I was shocked at first like many are when they first are confronted with the claims Jesus made about Himself and truth. Because I was truly sincere in wanting to have the pure truth to believe, I was forced to question if I had been following a religion that is false most of my life until 35 at least, and if the Bible is really the truth, then what do I do about it? This is when I heard the voice I spoke about earlier.
I then decided to do some extensive research on both the Bible and the Qur'an. My findings really shocked me and confirmed what I thought was the truth. I checked both Christian and Muslims sources combined with Non-Muslim and Non-Christian sources. It proved that the Bible had plenty of non-Christian historical evidence, and internal evidence -- such as the fulfilled prophecies in the past and present so accurately fulfilled that only God's fingerprints could do this, not to mention the prophesies that will also come true in the future. How the God of Israel and the Bible had preserved the Jews as a group of people in spite of the holocaust, and just as He predicted by the prophets of old, He re-established the land of Israel to bring back the Jewish people after scattering them for their sins. Furthermore, He preserved the Jewish nation from wars with Muslims and Arabs time and time again who considered Israel a tiny State unable to withstand the onslaught of mighty nations around it.
The wars of 1948, 1967 and 1973 are clear examples in Israel's history of these things and God's dealing with the Jewish people to keep them safe. I want to point out one more thing that many Christians are unaware and guilty of that God does not need us to evangelise the Jews since they are the custodians of our faith and lawmakers. I in fact learnt that my family is from the tribe of Levi and in times past these have always been with Judah. I think most Christians and Messianics are confused about this but Jews need to remain Jews they are not unsaved by obeying the laws of the Torah, the Messiah has already saved them but they do not yet know about Him which is prophetic. The Christian world needs to stop trying to convert the Jews because without the Jews there would be no Bible and without the Bible no Jews. Think about it, if the prophets said that the Jews will not recognise the Messiah upon His first coming then why are you forcing them to? This means you are fighting against God. Be careful.
Please see this article: http://www.abrahamic-faith.com/Simon/HTML/Salvation%20of%20the%20Jews%20by%20Rabbi%20Simon%20Altaf.html
Obviously the gathering of Jews will only happen if they have been scattered which they have and eventually God himself will gather them from all the world.
In fact it is God’s plan to gather all the 12 tribes because you may not know that the ten of the tribes are non-Jewish and today mingled in with many gentile nations are totally gentile.
Ezekiel 36:24
(KJV):
For I will take you
from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you
into your own land.
Even prophet Jeremiah prophesied of this event:
Jeremiah 16:14-15 (KJV): He writes, " 'The days are coming,' declares the Lord, when people will no longer say, "As surely as the Lord lives, Who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt...", but they will say, "As surely as the Lord lives, Who brought the Israelites up out of the Land of the North, and out of all the other countries where He had banished them." For I will restore them to the Land I gave their forefathers.'"
Then came the rebirth of Israel in 1948 prophesied by prophet Isaiah:
Isaiah 66:7-10 (KJV): Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? Saith thy God. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
We can see how God works through what He told His prophets in the Old Testament.
We have to acknowledge our sins like it or not and call upon Yahushua - Jesus Christ as our saviour and redeemer, who would atone for our sins to let us enter the gate of heaven because He is the guardian of that gate and in fact is the very door Himself.
John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep
The prophet Isaiah prophesied 740 years before Jesus’ birth:
Isaiah 9:6-7 (KJV): For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulders: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
The prophet Isaiah clearly tells us who Jesus Christ is, that He is God and prince of peace and that His government never ends. A human king cannot last this long. I know Him personally perhaps because I have heard His voice quite a few times but you too can know Him. Decide today.
Isaiah 53:3 (KJV) also prophesied: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
In the above verses the prophet Isaiah tells that Jesus will be despised and rejected initially by the Jews whom were expecting the King Messiah and how Jesus Christ would be afflicted for our sins and crucified to save mankind/Israel from their sins.
Satan thought that he was going to humiliate Jesus on the Cross/tree, but little did he realize that Jesus would defeat Satan forever by freeing us from Satan’s control and give us eternal life and the free gift of the Holy Spirit to help us in this life.
Muslims are ignorant of these facts and ask, “How can Jesus be God?” I have shown you some of the many verses in the Bible, which tell us why Jesus is God, and how He was crucified and then resurrected to go back to heaven. People can come up with every excuse they want to not believe the Bible’s claims, but I can promise you one thing: They cannot prove they are right in what they believe. I am willing even today (updated testimony 2009 Sept) to debate any Muslim who has a problem with Yahushua Jesus being God. My challenge is open that if I prove Yahushua is God then you will renounce your faith and accept Him as King and Saviour and if you disprove me I will stop practicing my faith. Are you up for the challenge? Bring your best I am ready anytime of the day or night. You see you cannot change my experience because it was real and I met the living Saviour and even heard him. Can I deny that prominent Arab man who became saved out of Arabia from the family of the Muslim prophet Muhammad by the website Yahushua asked me to create? Can I deny that he saved my daughter as He said in 1998 and He saved her in 2003? Can I deny Him when He said I have a great plan for you? No I cannot deny these things. I have gone through many rough patches for my faith in Him. I have lost not one but two marriages but its ok, I trust Him for my life. Both of my marriages were lost for my faith and not because of my irresponsible behaviour. One marriage for leaving Islam and another for proving that the Law of God is true.
Sceptics demand proof that the claims of the Bible are true. Though God has given all the proof He felt was necessary … God basically says, “You believe, and I’ll prove Myself and My Truth to you in a way that you will have peace with.” “Disbelieve, and remain sceptical and separated from My Spirit, it ultimately opens you up to perpetual deception and on-going spiritual darkness. Until you are willing to change what you believe about God’s claims in the Bible, you will never have true peace with the Creator.
It will always remain a false peace at best. Furthermore, none of us knows when we are going to die unless we decide to take our own life. Though we may be healthy, our heart can stop beating at any time. Are we prepared to stand before God and attempt to convince Him that your Bible is a total lie and deception, and not truth at all? As far as I am concerned one would have to be a fool if that is the chance someone is willing to take. Many atheists and New Ager’s stand in line to be judged unto condemnation for this exact act.
Muslims also make false accusations that the Bible is corrupt, but when you look at the evidence for the Bible, this claim is found to be baseless and untrue. In fact I have written two books on this subject showing the futility in such claims. You will find that the Qur'an as a document has very little historical basis, and that it is not even from its claimed period and it was totally lost. Even though Muslims will never tell you this but indeed it was totally lost and rewritten in the 9th century. If you do not believe me ask any Muslim to produce a Qur’an from Muhammad’s time during 630 CE. You will not find even one Qur’an from this period. The Hadith even tells us that some of the best memorisers of the Qur’an were killed in battles that the early Muslims fought and the Hadith attests that those Reciters and the portions of Qur’an that they had memorized are forever lost.
Again I say there is no historical evidence to point to the Qur’an as the truth, as the earliest manuscript of the Qur’an is from the 9th Century, although it was collected and brought together in the 7th century (or about 640 CE) initially by Abu-Bakar and later by the Caliph Uthman.
I found that Islam is not the truth and I was very disturbed by my findings.
The God of the Bible is a plurality however I would not term God a trinity but I know people do while this may bring the uniqueness of God. He manifests Himself in three distinct offices: The Father, The Son (or The Word as John Chapter 1 records.), and Holy Spirit, but not the Unitarian God Allah makes himself out to be.
If you would like to know more then please visit my website link below:
http://www.abrahamic-faith.com
Some Muslims even believe that Muhammad (prophet) has had his Sunni sect forgiven from God and that after some punishment, they will all go to heaven. They have decided this for themselves even though the Qur’an does not make any such claims. Some commonly believe that if you have one of your children recite the Qur’an and know all of it by memory to become a Hafiz then their seven generations are forgiven and they will go to heaven. This is not true, once again the Qur’an makes no such claims. Palestinians are indoctrinated that if they send their children for suicide bombing missions to kill innocent Jews then their whole family will go to be in heaven, the martyr himself will get 72 hoors (virgins) times 70 for sexual pleasures and rivers of wine and milk. In fact the Qur'an tells us that every Muslim must enter hell first and it gives no criteria for being removed from hell whatsoever. The martyrs (Shahid) the Qur'an insists, he goes to heaven without judgment. No wonder they are queuing up to be slaughtered. This is Satanic deception not godly in anyway.
Sura 19:66-69. Man says: "What! When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive?" But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing?
So, by thy Lord, without doubt, We shall gather them together, and (also) the Satans (with them); then shall We bring them forth on their knees round about Hell; Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who were worst in obstinate rebellion against (Allah) Most Gracious.
Sura 19:71 mentioned not one will pass over it. All Muslims must enter hell;
71. Not one of you, but will pass over it: this is, with thy Lord, a Decree which must be accomplished.
In fact this is what Muhammad prophet of Islam had to say on this issue when his disciples asked him about going to heaven in the Qur’an:
Sura 46:9 - I don't know what will happen with me or you so how can I tell you if you will go to heaven or not.
I completed my research with an open mind. I checked if Muhammad was a prophet prophesied by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and also if the Qur'an is the last revelation given to us by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I found neither to be the case and so rejected Islam and embraced Jesus Christ with all my heart as I found Him to be the Truth. He found me a sinner amongst sinners and I could not reject my calling and I thank and praise the Lord Jesus Christ (Yahushua Ha Mashiach - Jesus the Messiah) for His grace and mercy for me.
Even Muhammad did not know the true name of God is Yahuweh and never spoke to God, as the one true God Yahuweh or Yahushua of Nazareth had spoken personally to and through the prophets in the past. Muhammad had to have Gabriel to allegedly intervene to receive spiritual revelation, something God’s true prophets of the Bible never had to do. He even spoke to me so what more can I say.
The struggle had begun inside of me; what was I to do? My belief that I had held all this time had turned out to be a lie and false altogether, and the evidence was so strong in convicting me that I couldn’t help deny it. I thought to myself that maybe I should remain as I am and not convert to Nazarene Judaism (true Biblical Christianity), but not practice Islam either, as it is false.
Like many others who receive true revelation from God, at first I didn’t want to follow Jesus Christ, because I reasoned that if I change, then what will my family think, and what about the Muslim community I live in?
I struggled with these thoughts and fears for a couple of weeks. There was an inner battle inside me that said, “Embrace the truth,” and another one which said “Stick to the family values and what you were taught.” I must confess I was more concerned at first with what my family would think than whether I was following truth or not.
Eventually the answer came. Embrace the truth whatever the cost, and this is when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. It was a hard decision and I had to sacrifice much to follow this truth.
After the conversion, how have I changed?
My search for truth has come to an end, though I like others seek to understand all I can about God and His Word. I feel an inner peace I never experienced before and no more inner conflict. I no longer pray hollow prayers of repetition, hoping it is impressing God. Now I commune with Him and talk with Him. I know He is listening as He answers my prayers, He has given me much understanding of last day’s prophecies of the Bible and I have written at least three books on the subject that you can see here.
http://www.abrahamic-faith.com/Books/books.html
We must remember the prayers that are prayed according to His will, and His Word is not violated or the whole counsel of His Word is not dismissed. I feel better as a person towards others, and the filling of the Holy Spirit guides me in my daily life, and keeps me in very close contact with my Creator. I know the Holy Spirit resides inside me as scripture.
I was baptized in the little fellowship in Golders Green London on Dec 13th 1998. Obviously I want others to know the truth, but not all are interested in it. They think what they and their forefathers have been following is the truth. Knowing what I know, their paths will lead them to destruction but many of them won’t listen. According to the Bible these people walk in darkness and will not be allowed to enter the kingdom to come, unless they follow the Lamb of God Yahushua of Nazareth and seek to obey Him. They are walking in spiritual darkness and really serve their father the devil and don’t know it – the same father I served until I turned my life over to Yahushua and the true heavenly Father.
These people will be separated from the presence of God, so it is not a case of the Muslim doctrine that you get punished first and then go to heaven. You simply do not go to heaven period, but will be punished and have no life thereafter.
Tragically and sadly …their rituals and customs and false beliefs will not take them to heaven!
Jesus gives us this insightful yet frightening statement of truth:
John 8:23-24: He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."
I am a Rabbi and have helped to build the first Nazarene Synagogue in Pakistan and am working to enlighten people in the South-Eastern continent.
My Consequences of following the Messiah:
All my family turned against me at first, which included my wife who could not understand why I had to change, but that was expected to happen as she did not know any differently. I have explained my faith to them. In the end it is up to them to receive or deny the truth I have offered them. I am sticking to my chosen and truthful path, regardless of what anyone else does, and no matter how much it hurt at the time I stuck to my guns. It is God I must please, not mankind. Mankind cannot destroy my soul or determine my eternal destiny. Only God the Creator and Judge of Israel has the right to do that. Though the cost has been great to convert to my faith, I fully expect God to wipe away all my pain and hardship once I get to the kingdom, as the Bible promises He will.
Maybe He even has some wonderful surprises in store before I get there. I’ll never quit praying for my family to receive truth, nor will I stop loving them. As I write this update in November 2009 I lost my marriage four years after my faith, I lost my house, my car everything went. I was broken hearted not because I lost my belongings but because my family would not understand that I only wanted to follow YHWH the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This was my crime.
I lost my marriage, got slandered and was called all sorts of evil and demon possessed, I realised that this was not a world ready to listen to God and if nothing else through this experience I learnt real humility and then God gave me the greatest project ever to translate the Bible into the Hebrew roots from Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek to English and then three other South-Asian languages. I am a privileged man and I know that God honoured me because I honoured him in the face of relatives who refused to believe me.
I know many good heroes of the bible were slandered, abused at times put into prison and even killed but they never lost hope and likewise I will never lose hope. My Master Yahushua was also called demon possessed but we must push on in our faith.
Matthew 11:18 (KJV) For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
I do not know why I thought perhaps I will be treated better than my Master but the reality is I must walk in His footsteps as my mission is no ordinary mission.
The pain will not remain forever and the light will one day shine through but it leaves experiences that help you and others in future endeavours of how to deal with relationships.
God will provide as He loves me and has called me out and separated me from the nations to join me back to Israel my people. Although I was very unhappy last year when people were slandering me with lying accusations but I am not bitter and I never said a word back to anyone in public forums where they abused my name because I rest my case on the sovereign judge of the world. This Yom Kippur in September 2009 I have forgiven them all and release all my oaths that I may have made with any of them. I was also called a liar by some foolish Messianics too because they think we must evangelise the Jews but the Messiah is clear and their blind eyes cannot see it, he told us not to, they are already saved by he soverign grace of YHWH the very same grace these blind guides use. They are the lawgivers established by God himself. Since I am part of them it makes no difference to me what people think or say after all He ordained me a Rabbi a teacher. Five years ago he sent a believer from Israel to cover me in the Tallit and to proclaim my standing with Him. One thing people forget God’s gifts and calling is irrevocable and cannot be changed!
These are deep truths not visible to many eyes but in due course they will become apparent.
Mat 15:24 (KJV) But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Look at what he says; I came for the lost sheep of the House of Israel, these are the ten tribes who are non-Jewish. That is right but whose report will you believe? The Messiah’s, the Son of God, God Himself or man’s who twists truth?
Mat 9:13 (KJV) But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Christians have a need to learn who the Messiah called righteous (the Torah obeying Jews) and sinners (gentiles who are from the ten tribes needing saving).
For those who can relate to my situation, as I know many will be able to, I want to share some hope. My marriage tragically ended, but we must strive to continue to live righteous lives helping others see truth while the ungodly ones continue to rail against God’s holy laws.
When Joseph was fallen in the pit did he lose all hope thinking God has made wonderful promises to me but what am I doing in the pit fighting for my life? God’s promises did indeed come true for him and so they will for me and for You. Amen.
Yes it happens to the best and worst of us it’s no coincidence that many Christians also live in denial of God’s truth. I know that God has a wonderful plan for me because He told me so and I will believe in Him no matter how cruel various people are to me. I will not fall as long as He has His hand on me. Praise His Holy Name.
He raised me from the Dead when I was in deep sins what could be a better miracle?
I tell the gospel, the Besorah which is the Torah, to all the Muslims I meet so they can know of the truth, which is the Lord Jesus Christ (Yahushua of Nazareth), and the Holy Scriptures: THE BIBLE. I have a few websites, which you can read with some of my more extensive research.
www.debate.org.uk/topics/coolcalm
www.yahushua.org.uk - for our broadband radio
I pray for all the Muslims that they come to know the one true God that loves them all - so they don't perish in their deception. Muslims are some of the most dedicated and devout people there are and I really do love them. Yet being dedicated and devout to a false religion will no more keep one out of hell for eternity than will a billion dollars buy one eternity in heaven. In fact, all the money in the world will not buy eternity in heaven, nor will any other “religious beliefs”. Once people come to the full revelation of the truth, which is that God became a man and died on the Cross/tree to pay the penalty for all their sin, they too will realize the supreme sacrifice God made of Himself to secure this eternal salvation for them was the greatest act of love God could demonstrate to all His Creation.
And no, it was not Mohammad who died for their sins. It was the Word of God -- our Master Jesus Christ, and He’s not in the grave. He is seated on the right hand of God the Father in heaven, where He was seated from always before. Because God always was, (Yahushua) Jesus always was and will be. He just wasn’t named Jesus until He came to earth, as far as Bible scholars know. In fact the name has always been Yahuweh or Yud, Heh Waw and Heh for YHWH. And some of the best news is that this same Jesus who resurrected from the grave three days after His burial is coming back to earth to establish His full control of it one day. What a glorious time that will be! To make a note Yahushua/Jesus is coming back to Jerusalem to the beautiful City to establish his kingdom on earth, this will be an intense time of trouble when the whole Islamic world will be trying to destroy Israel. When this happens the Jews will cry out Baruch Haba Beshem Adonai (Blessed is He who comes in the name of Yahuweh) and will be praying Hoshiannu (Lord come save us) that Jesus will descend with the shout of the shofar to come save them and we will meet with our glorious King and He will defeat the whole Muslim army annihilating them in Jerusalem (Zech 14:1-4-Zec 12:1-4). This is the Muslim reality that they do not realise.
The greatest pain we can put in the heart of God is refuse to accept this supreme act of love that He gave to humanity … for giving Himself on the tree when He didn’t even have to. Muslims must be told the real truth about the Messiah and they are so close as they already believe many Torah truths. They have been told so many lies about the Bible, and God is asking people like myself to do everything we can do to help them realize they have been lied to by the father of all lies – Satan - so they will be without excuse on the Judgment Day why they refused to accept the truth from God’s Word, the Holy Bible.
Everyday the Holy Spirit gives me more and more knowledge and understanding (revelation of truth) from the Bible and what God means by the words written in it. I have had many debates on/off the Internet with fellow Muslims. They cannot answer my questions, and they try to constantly attack the Bible, but I can prove time and time again the authenticity of the Bible through historical evidence and Biblical evidence. I take no personal credit for this and give thanks to Yahuweh that His Spirit helps me in this manner, as I strive to be the best Ambassador for Yahushua - Jesus Christ that I can be, while I’m still able.
Read about some of Muhammad’s brutalities here for those that think he was so very good!http://www.debate.org.uk/topics/coolcalm/brutality.html
You are welcome to e-mail me: shimoun63@yahoo.com. I will try to answer any questions people have as I find time to do so. I won’t waste time arguing, but I will try to help anyone who is sincere about wanting to know pure truth – not deception that they have been forced to believe and choose to believe … many afraid to believe simply out of fear if they were to believe anything different. God has done many miracles through me but I cannot detail them here because I feel I have written enough already but I will detail one small event.
Recently in 2009 a Christian friend came to me that he had a court case against him since five years and he could not see himself winning and he was aggrieved because the case was filed by a Christian woman he had helped but she repaid him by accusing him of things he had not done. He asked that I pray that he be relieved of this case and be freed without guilt. I indeed spread my Tallit to the God of Israel and prayed and told him “go the God of Israel has heard your cry and your case will be in your favour.”
He court date came in the UK and he went to court and the judge dismissed the entire case in his favour. Praise God. He was so happy that he came back to me one day before his driving test and said please Simon pray for my driving test I have failed six times already. I laid my Tallit before God and beseeched the God of Israel for favour for him to pass and God told me he will pass. I told him so. The next day he passed his test. These are just some of the things that have happened this year in 2009 and many others before this, remember I told you God chose me and his calling for me is irrevocable, he hears my prayers and my requests, he is an amazing God and has given me amazing grace and favour. I love him so much that sometimes I really forget all my pain in his immense love for me.
My prayer for you is that you settle for nothing less than discovering the pure truth, which starts with this: God took on human flesh and died on the tree to satisfy His own justice for blood atonement for sins that you and I have committed. He made the supreme sacrifice for your sins, so you could spend eternity with Him in heaven. Don’t you think you owe it to yourself and Him to do something about it, instead of trying to defend your deception? By faith … I believe you will go on your own sincere quest for the truth. It may cost you everything in this life, but ask yourself this important question: Is it man you want to please, or is it really God? God is the one who appoints your eternal destiny, not man. The Judge of all creation is the One you want to fear, not man. God not only is the one who determines how long you will live in this life … but what will be the outcome for eternity of your soul and spirit.
What you choose to believe before you die will determine what God does with your soul and spirit after you die. God promises you in the Bible what will happen to your soul and spirit after you die … if you really care to know. He’s not really keeping it a secret. It’s there for you to hear or read.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read what I have written. If it helps one person find real truth … it will have been worth the time for me to write this. If no one finds truth through it, even that doesn’t matter. After all … once you discover the truth I’ve discovered, you just can’t keep quiet about it! You have to tell every living being about it!
I have changed my name from Mohammed to Simon after my conversion as most Muslims I dialogue with were complaining that I should not use Mohammed as a name since I have rejected Mohammed who is their prophet.
Simon is now doing ministry work with a broadband radio http://www.yahushua.org.uk teaching people how to take on Islamic objections and appearing on mainstream Christian TV and a Muslim channel and answering Bible objections to Muslims, he is not afraid to use his name and speak about Islam openly and is one of the few people in the world to be doing this dangerous task that many people in mainstream Christianity shy away from. He has also established the first ever Messianic Synagogue in the nation of Islamic Republic of Pakistan for which the foundation stone was laid on May 23rd 2007 to proclaim that Pakistan belongs to our King who was revealed to the world as Yahushua - Jesus of Nazareth.
Editor’s Note: Brother Simon has written a powerful book exposing Islam and we would like to encourage you to obtain a copy.
http://www.abrahamic-faith.com
He has also written a book to
help Christians to witness to Muslims and their objections called "Yeshua or
Isa, True Path for Salvation" and another one Dear Muslim - Meet YHWH the God of
Abraham.
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Recently in 2009 brother Simon has completed the translation from Hebrew to English of the Complete Bible. He is in the process to give both Pakistan and India their first ever Hebrew roots Bible in their national language. This work is on going and will probably complete in 2010/11. You can purchase the English versions here below.
http://www.abrahamic-faith.com/Books/af-Bible.html
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