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Before the revelation came to the Prophet Mohammad the people of Arabia had no prophetic message given to them. They were historically known to be Ishmaelites (the descendants of Ishmael, the oldest son of Abraham) and that Allah was the same God of the Jews and Christians. By the Prophet’s time however, Ishmael’s desendants had forgotten the theology of
the oneness of God and had fallen into paganism and polytheism. When the light of Islam came it stripped away those superstitions reacquainting the children of Ishmael to the one God theology of Abraham. Islam is a religion that follows the earlier monotheistic traditions of Judaism and Christianity. With Judaism, Islam shares the strict doctrine of one God and divine law. With Christians it shares the belief in the Messiah-ship of Jesus.
In the Qur’an there are many references of the earlier prophets of the Hebrew Bible and also many reference of the holy men and women of the mainstream Christian Bible but the Qur’an is a text that has preserved in it the teachings of the
Gnostics. Gnosticism was a branch of Christianity that believed that Jesus was a manifest spirit in the form of flesh not actual flesh and blood; this is not an Islamic belief. This teaching developed in the mid to late first century CE during the Apostolic ministries.
Gnostic theology and its influence over Christianity was removed in the 4th century in the year 325 CE during the first Bishops Council in Nicea.
Gnostics and Muslims believe that Jesus did not die on the Cross. Surah 4:157:
“That they said (in Boast)
‘we killed Christ Jesus
The son of Mary
The Messenger of Allah’-
But they killed him not.
Nor crucified him
But so it was made
To appear to them
And those who differ
Therein are full of doubts
With no (certain) knowledge
But only conjecture to follow
For of a surety
They killed him not.
The above shows an example wherein, the elements of a likeness being crucified, no harm coming to Jesus, and Jesus escaping the cross shows clear exchange of theological doctrine from Gnostic to Islamic belief. Since Gnostic theology was rejected by ECF, then Islam could just as well be another branch of Gnosticism fighting back with a vengeance?
the oneness of God and had fallen into paganism and polytheism. When the light of Islam came it stripped away those superstitions reacquainting the children of Ishmael to the one God theology of Abraham. Islam is a religion that follows the earlier monotheistic traditions of Judaism and Christianity. With Judaism, Islam shares the strict doctrine of one God and divine law. With Christians it shares the belief in the Messiah-ship of Jesus.
In the Qur’an there are many references of the earlier prophets of the Hebrew Bible and also many reference of the holy men and women of the mainstream Christian Bible but the Qur’an is a text that has preserved in it the teachings of the
Gnostics. Gnosticism was a branch of Christianity that believed that Jesus was a manifest spirit in the form of flesh not actual flesh and blood; this is not an Islamic belief. This teaching developed in the mid to late first century CE during the Apostolic ministries.
Gnostic theology and its influence over Christianity was removed in the 4th century in the year 325 CE during the first Bishops Council in Nicea.
Gnostics and Muslims believe that Jesus did not die on the Cross. Surah 4:157:
“That they said (in Boast)
‘we killed Christ Jesus
The son of Mary
The Messenger of Allah’-
But they killed him not.
Nor crucified him
But so it was made
To appear to them
And those who differ
Therein are full of doubts
With no (certain) knowledge
But only conjecture to follow
For of a surety
They killed him not.
The above shows an example wherein, the elements of a likeness being crucified, no harm coming to Jesus, and Jesus escaping the cross shows clear exchange of theological doctrine from Gnostic to Islamic belief. Since Gnostic theology was rejected by ECF, then Islam could just as well be another branch of Gnosticism fighting back with a vengeance?