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I know that Islam is meant to be spread worldwide, however, if God the Father and Jesus’ message is meant to be spread worldwide, where does that leave Islam?
MJ
Martin,
. If I may join the conversation, which captures my interest, allow me to share some thoughts on this.
. According to the head of the Theological Department (Dr Pauline) in Loma Linda University, with whom I have personally spoken, the Jewish religion was also intended to be spread worldwide. Perhaps this stopped due to persecution, but I am not sure. The point being that even as Christ told His disciples to spread the Gospel to all nations, that Muhammad (PBUH) also required His followers to fulfill their duty to God in this manner, along then with the followers of Moses, let us consider them as gears in the same transmission.
. Having the same goal, that is to drive humanity on the road of its journey, to keep it moving spiritually in the direction of its destiny before the Lord of the Day of Judgement, there is no conflict. Hence, there should be no grinding of the gears. That is the fault of humanity, uncoordinated, dis-unified, out of synch with the intention of the Great Designer not only of the gears and transmission, but of the whole vehicle, from its engine to its wheels.
. The passengers in this vehicle, i.e. humanity, have been on one helluva ride due to those driving the vehicle, i.e. the divines and religious leaders, failing to follow the map given to them. For had they truly paid attention, there would be no conflict. But as conflict is evident everywhere, it is clear that the leaders of religion are at fault, as well as those who blindly put their trust in some of them, going in whatever direction they are led, and failing to perceive a unified system of a single, successive design. Thus, they grind away the teeth of the gears as wolves gnawing on flesh, causing pain and destruction wherever they collide.
. One might well ask: “In light of Islam, where does that leave Christendom?” For the focus of worship is Allah (God) alone, above all who are created by Him. They see the Messengers of God equally, as Messengers, even as the Lord Jesus Christ Himself said:
. “The Son can do nothing of Himself, but only that which the Father shows Him”, and
. “These are not My words, but Him that sent Me”
. Hence, the One Who was sent, Jesus (Isa), being a Messenger of Allah (God) was also a plain Warner, as was the Prophet Muhammad, and Moses (Musa) before Them, leading us by different paths to the Promised Land. All of these Prophets are descended from Abraham and His three wives: Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah, to whom God promised blessings upon all the peoples of the earth.
. Where indeed might that leave humanity, from these three mighty stocks of One Root, squandering their lives in bickering and confusion, entrenched in denial each the other, all having succumbed to the same spiritual illness, caught unawares as the Day of Judgement has arrived. The Trumpets have sounded, the Three Woes have come to pass, and yet Humanity persists in proud disdain before the very God each purports to worship, all the while blindly following their leaders who are hell-bent on grinding gears and destroying the divine edifice…
. Where indeed, brother. Where indeed… ?
