The Quran Denies the Crucifixion of Christ Jesus came in the form of man, yet was born without sin, and lived a sinless life. We have to remember that the brazen serpent was in the shape of the fiery serpent, but with no poison in it. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:14, 15). Jesus referred to that symbol when He said:Īnd as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up. It gave life to those who were bitten by fiery serpents if they looked at it in faith. The fiery serpent made of brass and lifted up on a pole in the wilderness was a symbol of Christ on the cross. God was preparing His people through these offerings, prophecies, symbols, and types for the crucifixion of His son Jesus Christ. The crucified Christ was the burnt offering, the meat offering, the trespass offering, the peace offering, and the sin offering. This is what David wrote:įor dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet (Psalm 22:16).ĭavid died an honorable death in his palace, but his son according to the flesh, Jesus Christ, died by crucifixion - the only death in which the hands and the feet are pierced.Īll the offerings mentioned in the book of Leviticus were a type of Jesus Christ who was to be crucified. The four gospels confirm that the prophecies written in that chapter were fulfilled to the letter.ĭavid, who was a king as well as a prophet, prophesied Christ's crucifixion. That chapter was written seven hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
One chapter of the book of the prophet Isaiah portrays the sufferings of the crucified Christ and how that He would be buried in a rich man's tomb. How can it be accepted that, after this royal building was erected and perfectly completed, a man who came six hundred years later could challenge this grand design, claiming that his religion is the only religion accepted by Allah? On what foundation was his religion built? There are no prophecies, types, symbols, or characters to point to Islam in the whole Bible.īut concerning Christianity, we read a massive number of prophecies pointing to Jesus Christ and his crucifixion in the Old Testament. Judaism is the foundation, Christianity is the building built upon that foundation. The great building of the plan of God was perfected magnificently.
This is what Christ proclaimed when he said "it is finished" (John 19:30). When Christ came and was crucified, the plan of God for the redemption of mankind was completed. Jesus Christ and His crucifixion are the grand subject of the Old Testament. The Old Testament, by its offerings, prophecies, types, symbols, and characters was the foundation on which Christianity was built. God sent Moses and the Jewish prophets to set the foundation for Christianity. No other true religion can come after it. Atonement by the blood of Jesus is not an arm of Christian truth it is the heart of it."Ĭhristianity is the final religion in the plan of God for mankind. The irreconcilable difference between the Bible and the Quran, and between Christianity and Islam, is in the issue of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.Ĭharles Haddon Spurgeon said, "Leave out the cross and you have killed the religion of Jesus. Chapter 10: The Quran And The Crucifixion Of Christ
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