Hello Guys and Gals!
Romans 9:13 states, ‘13 Just as it is written, “JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED .”’
This is a tough matter. But Islam has come to the world through Muhammad. And Muhammad is Muslim and a descendant of Esau! So then does God hate Esau and his descendents?
Malachi 1:1-4 states, ‘1 The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. 2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD . But you say, “How have You loved us?” “ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD . “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.” 4 Though Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins”; thus says the LORD of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the LORD is indignant forever.”’
Islamic tradition states that “In Medina, he preached about Allah and monotheism and urged all people to return to the true faith of Abraham.” (http://carm.org/muhammad) So we now know that Muhammad was teaching that all should practice the true faith of Abraham! But look above again and we see that the promise passed through Jacob’s line and not Esau’s line. God loved Jacob and hated Esau.
Now I realize that there are some commentaries that say that this hate does not pass on to Esau’s descendents. But if we look closer at Malachi, we see again that the LORD declares, “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD . “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”
What I see here is that God has made the mountains in which Esau resides a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals. So I ask the question, If God does not pass on His hatred of Esau to his descendents, then why does this speak of desolation and appointing inheritance for the jackals? Is not the word, ‘inheritance’ refer to something passed down through descendents?
But what about Jesus? “Islam says that Jesus not only is not the Son of God, but that He did not even die on a cross in Jerusalem” (http://bibleprobe.com/muhammad.htm)
If then, that Islam preaches that Jesus is not the Son of God and He did not die on a cross in Jerusalem, then we know that this Allah is not the same as YHWH the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!
In 1 John 4:15 it states, ‘15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.’ Then we know that Jesus is the Son of God!
But what about denying that Jesus is the Son of God? Matthew 10:33 states, ‘33 “But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.’ Luke 12:8-9 states, ‘8 “And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;9 but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.’ And if that is not clear enough, look at 1 John 2:22 which states, ‘22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.’ Now we have clear evidence that Muhammad not only is not of God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But that Muhammad is also to be considered the Anti-Christ! This does not mean that this is the Anti-Christ referred to in Revelation, but one of the many who deny Jesus Christ!
Paul states it best in Galatians 1:8-9 which states, ‘8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 9 As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!’
Where did Muhammad get his teaching though? ‘The tradition of Islam claims that in the year 610, Muhammad, while on a retreat to Mount Hira for meditation during the month of Ramadan, received his first revelation from the Archangel Gabriel.’ (http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95dec/muhammad.html)
By this we see that Muhammad received his teachings from Gabriel, an Angel, according to Islamic Tradition. But didn’t Paul state that anyone, even an angel from heaven, which preached different than what he preached to them to be accursed? That’s what I understood it to mean as well!
As I understand the Word of God, YHWH, the God of the Christians, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; then any who does not declare that Jesus is the Son of God, then they will be denied by Jesus to His Father! Why is this important? Because in John 14:6 it clearly states, ‘6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.’ Therefore we know that there is no other way to come to YHWH, the Father but through Jesus Christ, the Son of God!
Why have I written this? Because I think that you have a right to know not only what Scripture says, but also how Islam does not align to Christianity and that Allah of the Quran is not YHWH of the Torah or the Bible! The simple fact is, Islam is nothing more than an attempt by Satan to pervert the true teachings of Jesus Christ so that many will be led astray from the true path to God the Father!
In closing I would like to say that if any of Esau's descendents receive salvation through Jesus Christ, claiming Him as the Son of God, then they become heirs to the promise that passed through Jacob and not Esau!
Please research what I have researched and feel free to comment if you agree or disagree with what I have shown here!
May God, YHWH, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Father of Jesus Christ, bless you all this day!
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