jesus in Quran & Bible

The Quran, informs us that Jesus was a human messenger of God whose
sole mission was to deliver God's message; he never possessed any
power, and is now dead (4:171, 5:75, 117). Those who consider Jesus to
be God, or Son of God, or part of a trinity are "pagans" (5:17, 72,
73). Outstanding Christian scholars have reached these same
conclusions (THE MYTH OF GOD INCARNATE, John Hick, ed., The
Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1977 & THE MYTH MAKER, Hyam Maccoby,
Harper & Row 1986). Christianity is the product of Nicene (AD 325).

The Bible's Jesus

Jesus proclaimed aloud: ``Whoever puts faith in me believes not so
much in me as in him who sent me; ..... For I have not spoken on my
own; no, the Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how
to speak. Since I know that his commandment means eternal life,
whatever I say is spoken just as he instructed me.'' [ John 12:44-50 ]

"I cannot do anything of myself. I judge as I hear, and my judgment is
honest because I am not seeking my own will but the will of him who
sent me." [ John 5:30 ]

Jesus said: ``My doctrine is not my own; it comes from him who sent
me.'' [ John 7:16 ]

"Men of Israel, listen to me! Jesus the Nazorean was a man whom God
sent to you with miracles, wonders, and signs as his credentials.
These God worked through him in your midst, as you well know."
[ Acts 2:22 ]

``...The man who hears my word and has faith in him who sent me
possesses eternal life.'' [ John 5:24 ]

"Whoever welcomes me welcomes, not me, but him who sent me."
[ Mattew 10:40, Mark 9:37, Luke 9:48, & John 13:20 ]

``...I have not come of myself. I was sent by One who has the right to
send, and him you do not know. I know him because it is from him I
come; he sent me.'' [ John 7:28-29 ]

Jesus looked up to heaven and said, ``...Eternal life is this: to know
you, the only true God, and him whom you have sent, Jesus Christ.''
[ John 17:1-3 ]

All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
[ Romans 8:14 ]

Jesus looked upward and said, ``Father, I thank you for having heard
me. I know that you always hear me but I have said this for the sake
of the crowd, that they may believe that you sent me.''
[ John 11:41-42 ]

As he was setting out on a journey a man came running up, knelt down
before him and asked, ``Good Teacher, what must I do to share in
everlasting life?'' Jesus answered, ``Why do you call me good? No one
is good but God alone.'' [ Mark 10:17-18 ]

``None of those who call me `Lord' will enter the kingdom of God, but
only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven."
[ Matthew 7:21 ]

``...Go to my brothers and tell them, `I am ascending to my Father and
your Father, to my God and your God.' '' [ John 20:17 ]

``God is my Lord and your Lord; you shall worship Him alone. This is
the right path." [ Quran 3:51, 19:36, & 43:64 ]

Trinity, the doctrine of God taught by Christians that asserts that
God is one in essence but three in ``person,'' Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such,
appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend
to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: ``Hear O Israel: The
Lord our God is one'' (Deut. 6:4).
[ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1975 ]

Jesus' Death

This has been the single most controversial subject in the world. The
Quran's miraculous mathematical code has now provided the final answer
to this topic:


Jesus' soul was raised, i.e., he was put to death prior to the
arrest and crucifixion of his body. Thus, his persecutors
arrested, tortured, and crucified an empty body - Jesus was
already gone to the world of souls (3:55, 4:157).


They plotted and schemed,
but so did God,
and God is the best schemer.
Thus, God said, ``O Jesus,
I am putting you to death,
and raising you to Me;
I will save you from the disbelievers.''
[ Quran 3:54-55 ]

They claimed that they killed the Messiah,
Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of God!
In fact, they never killed him;
they never crucified him;
they were led to believe that they did.
[ Quran 4:157 ]

Mercifully, God has given our generation a living example of a person
whose soul departed this world, but his body continued to live for 19
months. On November 25, 1984, doctors at the Humana Hospital of
Louisville, Kentucky removed the diseased heart of Mr. William
Schroeder and replaced it with a plastic and metal pump (THE NEW YORK
TIMES, Monday, November 26, 1984).

On the 19th day after this historic operation - Thursday, December 13,
1984 - Mr. Schroeder, the soul, the real person, departed this world.
Mr. Schroeder died. But his body continued to function with the
artificial heart implanted in his body. The world was told that he
"probably suffered a stroke" (THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 14, 1984).
Significantly, only one day before Mr. Schroeder's departure, he
talked with President Ronald Reagan on national TV, and demanded that
the Social Security Administration send his overdue check. He was
perfectly alert. From the moment "he suffered a stroke," he did not
recognize the day or time, nor his family members. In fact, Mr.
Scroeder was no longer in this world.

The Gospels state clearly that the arrested body of Jesus was
oblivious to the events surrounding it:

The chief priests, meanwhile,
brought many accusations against Jesus.
Pilate interrogated him again:
"Surely you have some answer?
See how many accusations
they are leveling against you."
But greatly to Pilate's surprise,
Jesus made no further response. [ Mark 15:3-5 ]

Herod was extremely pleased to see Jesus. From the reports about him
he had wanted for a long time to see him, and he was hoping to see him
work some miracles. He questioned Jesus at considerable length, but
Jesus made no response. The chief priests and scribes were at hand to
accuse him vehemently. Herod and his guards then treated him with
contempt and insult. [ Luke 23:8-11 ]

The Savior said to me, "He whom you saw on the tree, glad and
laughing, this is the living Jesus. But this one into whose hands and
feet they drive the nails is the fleshly part. [Apocalypse of Peter,
VII, 3, 81] from THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY (Harper & Row, 1977, James M.
Robinson, ed, Page 339).

The facts that (1) Mr. Schroeder's soul departed on the 19th day after
the operation, and (2) his body survived for 19 months, are uncanny
reminders that God wanted the world to know the parallel between
Schroeder's situation, and the proven account of Jesus' departure
prior to the arrest, torture, and crucifixion of his soulless body.