The thing is in the Bible it states that when the Spirit of Truth is come He shall guide you into all truth. He shall take of mine and show it unto you.
worldcitizen,
Yes, the Holy Spirit, not Muhammad. The Holy Spirit led the Apostles into all truth when He descended upon them on Pentecost, as written in Acts ch. 2. This truth, called the Apostolic Faith, was deposited among the Apostles, and then passed down generation by generation in the Holy Church, via Apostolic Succession.
Just as Jews denied the coming of Christ the first time so Christians have denied His Return so they are unaware of the mysteries of the Bible as they rely on interpretations which are fallible and incorrect.
The second coming of Christ has not yet occurred. The Holy Spirit has come, but Christ’s second coming is yet to occur. Matthew chs. 24 and 25 tells us how the second coming will occur. Also, we are told ahead of time to beware of false christs and false prophets, as we read:
“Then if any one says to you,
Lo, here is the Christ!' or There he is!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Lo, I have told you beforehand” (Matt. 24:23-25).
This was Christ’s generic warning to the Christians, to let them know ahead of time that some people will arise and establish themselves as christs and prophets, while denying the truth of who Christ really is. Muhammad fits this description of a false prophet, since he denied the truth of Christ as the Son of God.
So if one were to argue whether or not the coming of Muhammad was prophesied in the Bible, this is where he fits, not as the Paraclete, but rather, as a false prophet.
When the Spirit of Truth did come He explained these things of which Christians remain bereft just as the Jews did not understand their Book about Christ when He appeared.
The Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, the Thrid Qnoma of the Holy Trinity, did indeed come, and He filled the Christians gathered there on the day of Pentecost, by giving them the gift of tongues. They began to proclaim with boldness the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ in all languages, and taught as follows:
“Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified” (Acts 2:36).
By the mouth of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit declared Jesus as the Christ and as the crucified Lord. The false prophet Muhammad, on the other hand, rejected both Christ’s crucifixion and His Lordship. To the Muslims, Christ is not the Mar YHWH, the Rabb, the Lord. To them, He is but a mere prophet in a long line of prophets, but to us, He is more than just a prophet. He is the Lord, as the Holy Spirit declared. He is “my Lord and my God!” (John 20:28).
You were told in your Holy Book to 'watch and pray, that He would come like a thief and He did and you missed it.
His second coming has not yet occurred. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. St. Matthew tells us:
“When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats” (Matt 25:31-32).
Everyone will know and see when the second coming occurs, because all the nations will be gathered for the general judgment. However, no man knows the day or the hour ahead of time, which is why we must watch and pray, and be ready at all times.
I get my interpretations of Holy Books not from people but from what the Prophets have spoken. If you want to believe priests go right ahead but it’s your soul if you’ve made a grave error and missed His Coming. You can’t use the excuse in the next world that you followed what was the popular belief so you missed it because you are told to watch and pray not blindly follow what others say. I watched and prayed and I did not miss it.
Your interpretations are like those made by uninstructed or uncatechised children who are “tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles” (Eph. 4:14). You may be sincere in your interpretations, but they remain YOUR individual interpretations, and not the Apostolic Faith which has been handed down to us, the Apostolic Christians.
St. Paul tells us to “stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” (2 Thess. 2:15), and St. Jude exhorts us to “contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3). This is what we treasure, the Apostolic Faith, the Holy Tradition, and not some individual man-made interpretations of online proselytizers.
Christ on His return told us Muhammad was true not Mulsims. When He returned He stated that He was sad that Christians denied Muhammad when He was prophesied in the Bible. I’m not a Muslim.
On the contrary, Christ warned us ahead of time on the false prophets. Muhammad appeared, and we saw him for what he really is, a false prophet. My Chaldean and Assyrian people suffered greatly under the followers of Islam and their false prophet. We know truth from falsehood, and we have paid greatly with our blood. The historic Church of the East, the Church of the Martyrs, the true Martyrs, and not the false suicide “Martyrs” of Islam, has paid a great price for her fidelity to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Faith of the Apostles. We saw Muhammad when he appeared, and we recognized him for the false prophet that he is.
God bless,
Rony
