BRIDGING THE GAP - From A Christian who believes in the Qurans testimony The following comments were received on the QM Forum from a Christian student / academic. Any constructive, considered input is most welcomed. Comments Received: I am writing this partly in response to another link quransmessage/forum/index.php?topic=1264.msg5907#msg5907 which was enquiring re how to view the previous scriptures. Relating to this, I want to write down in point form my thoughts how I see what a Holy Book based Islam and Christianity will look like in the future. Before that, I want to mention 2 points in response to the posting link: [1] I believe the Qur’an is coherent and has a unified message with the previous Holy Books. Supposed doctrines that oppose each other between the Quran / Bible: (eg. Father / Son of God has been discussed in link quransmessage/forum/index.php?topic=1234.msg5850#msg5850) are more misinterpretations. In fact, the evidence clearly shows that translations now are now closer to the original manuscripts than the Torah, Zabur and Injil (Old and New Testament) at the time of Muhammad. Blatant mistranslation of words to support in particular a Trinitarian doctrine is no longer possible without being exposed (although still subtle double-meanings can be misleading). [2] One of the biggest underlying departures from scripture that has been held by Christianity and followed by Islam is that of “Replacement Theology”. For Christianity that meant: Christianity replaced Judaism as the true religion; Injil replaced the Torah; Greek replaced Hebrew; Rome replaced Jerusalem; Christians replaced Jews as God’s sole “Ummah”……..You can see how Islam followed: Arabic replaced Greek; Islam replaced Christianity; Qur’an replaced Injil; Mecca replaced Rome; Muslims replaced Christians… This thinking divides and destroys the planet and is not supported by any of the Holy Books. There is one community of Gods people, not two or three. That is the religion of Abraham…. that religion is one of submission, whether one is Jew, Christian or Islamic label. Islam as a religion replacing Christianity wasn’t anything to do with Nabi Muhammad. Christianity replacing Judaism wasn’t anything to do with Nabi Isa. In regards to the Islam / Christianity of the future: a) The catholic creeds of the trinity will be done away with, and Christianity return to the “Shahadat Tauhid” of the Bible. b) Islam re-acknowledge the Bible as scripture as per the Qur’an. From what I understand and have read from recent Islamic scholarship, the idea of corruption and rejection of scripture is far more recent that Islamic Secondary sources, even post 1000AD. This will include catching up on 1000 years of re-interpreting what the Torah and Injil says. c) Islam re-acknowledges the death and resurrection of Isa. This again is starting to gain momentum amongst modern Islamic scholars. The idea of the substitution / or non-death of Isa on the cross is an earlier interpretation, maybe as early as the 8th century. Understanding that the death of Isa on the cross was a central understanding of the “People of the Book” and of history, and yet it never being discussed by Muhammad; yet a single verse being interpreted to change a central message of the Book endorsed by Muhammad has all sorts of problems. d) It will become increasingly common for Christians to recognise Muhammad as a Prophet. e) Islam re-embraces Isa as the figure that God spoke through in a distinct way, and shakes of its suspicion of the name. f) Although remaining distinctive, a breaking down of the division between Muslim/Christian. Anyway, I partly see beginning signs of things moving this way, and partly my belief that this is what you end up with when one follows the “quran message”. I would love to hear your thoughts.... Wasalam
Posted on: Sun, 25 May 2014 13:07:06 +0000
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