so did Noah, Moses, David, etc… are they Son of God?
verifiable? by what? The Bible?
Noah, Moses and David never claimed to be the Son of God. The Old Testament contains hundreds of prophecies of Christ, fulfilled by Christ. They were not, as some have tried to claim, written after Jesus’ life because the Old Testament was translated into Greek 150-200 years before Christ was born. Here are just three of them:
Isaiah 7:14, Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." (“Immanuel” means “God with us”). I’m not an expert on Islam, but it’s my understanding that Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Christ – that he had no human father. Now why would this be if he were a mere man? The prophecy that speaks of Christ’s virgin birth calls him “God with us.” Only someone who were God and man would not need two human parents to be conceived. And the name “God with us” tells us that the child born to the Virgin would be God – “God with us.”
Isaiah 53:4-12, “Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my suffering servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. . .for he bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.”
This is the prophecy of the “Suffering Servant” who takes upon himself the guilt of all the sin of mankind, dies, and yet “sees the light of life” and will “prolong his days.” He doesn’t remain dead – he is raised to life. Let me ask you – how can one mere human being take upon himself the sins of every human being? Only God can save us from sin, and this prophecy of Christ says “my suffering servant will justify [save] many.” Jesus is clearly no mere man. And “Jesus” is the Greek name for “Joshua” which means “God saves.” If God saves, and Jesus, as prophesied in the Old Testament, saves us, then He is God.
What is the basis of God’s forgiveness in Islam? God is just and must punish sin, so He can’t just forgive sin. Yet if we were to bear the punishment for our sins, that would mean being eternally separated from God. So God had to take the punishment of our sins upon Himself (as prophesied in Isaiah) so that He could then offer us mercy and forgiveness, His justice having been satisfied. God being pure spirit could not suffer death or stand in our place, so He had to become a man and assume human nature. Jesus became fully man while remaining fully God–there’s the mystery of God for you!. In His humanity He could suffer and die for our sins, and being pure and sinless Himself, didn’t die for His own sins, but for others, which is why He was resurrected – He wasn’t personally guilty of sin, so death had no hold over him.
This is why there are hundreds of prophecies pre-announcing the coming of Christ. Anyone making such outlandish claims to deity would need some evidence to back up their claims. We have this in the Old Testament prophecies, in Jesus’ life (His miracles, His teaching). Why would His disciples, one of whom denied Him three times out of fear and the others deserted him after His arrest, all fearlessly preach Jesus as Son of God–after seeing the resurrected Lord – and face death in the process? (only one of the apostles died a natural death, the apostle John ). Why would they die for what they knew was a lie? It makes no sense.
Jesus Himself claimed to be God and accepted worship – He was either Who He claimed to be or a seriously deluded/evil individual, but the facts don’t support that conclusion.
Besides, we need objective evidence for those who DON’T believe the way we do. Sorry to say, I don’t like your question, neither do I believe that you are posing it with sincerity
