Be Pruned: To Bear Fruit That Will Last

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Also for personal or small group Bible study and spiritual growth.

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Full color interior; 132 pp.

Buy it now for the graduating junior high, high school or college special person in your life. Do not forget that birthday coming up or Mother’s Day or Father’s Day either. Makes an excellent wedding gift to get a marriage off on the right spiritual footing.

Contents.

Introduction                                                                           

Areas Requiring Pruning                                                    

Roots                                                                             

Suckers                                                                         

Water-sprouts                                                              

Lateral Offshoots                                                        

Girdled Branches                                                        

Excessive Fruit Spurs                                                 

Excessive Flowers                                                        

Double Leaders                                                            

Main Frame                                                                 

Inferior Branches                                                        

Objectives of Pruning                                                          

To Improve and Maintain Vigor                               

To Increase Fruit Bearing Quality and Quantity     

To Uphold Natural Beauty and Shape                      

To Maintain Proper Position and Relationship        

To Promote Healing and Recovery                            

Timeliness of Pruning                                                         

During Dormant Periods                                            

During Seasonal Growing Periods                            

When Not To Prune                                                    

Methods of Pruning                                                          

Maintenance or Seasonal                                          

Renewal or Rejuvenation                                         

Reconditioning                                                           

Corrective or Remedial                                            

A Snippet of Understanding (Epilog)                               

A Process of Restoration

Is America Doomed to Destruction?

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James F. Gauss, Ph.D.

March 30, 2024

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,

but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:18

People hate reading such doom-and-gloom headlines, and, believe it or not, I hate writing them.  However, now that I have your attention, this is not hyperbole or disaster rhetoric if you are a student of the Bible.  As a nation and the Church we have been heading down the slippery slope of hedonism and debauchery for many decades.

Now, the Biden administration may just have irreversibly sealed our nation’s fate.  Democrats and others may not like this assessment, but since the election of Barack Obama for two terms, followed by the election of Joe Biden (Obama’s third term proxy) four years later, our nation has been on an overdose of steroids of self-destruction.  No, they were not the originators of this sin-ladened plummet, just superheroes.

Since 2009 I have blogged and written books warning about our demise, but I am but an unknown voice in a cacophony of much louder voices, both pro and con on behalf of our nation and the Church.

So, what’s the latest that will continue to drive us into the cesspool of hell? Perhaps you already heard, but earlier this week the Biden Administration released a flyer, “Celebrating National Guard Families”, detailing the rules and guidelines for the Whitehouse traditional egg roll party, a tradition held by U.S. presidents at the Whitehouse since 1878. Among some other appropriate rules for Easter egg design was that the egg design “must not include any questionable content, religious symbols, overtly religious themes, or partisan political statements.” 

Now, like many evangelical Christians I cringe at the whole Easter egg concept and practice that has nothing to do with Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and His resurrection from the dead.  Is not, however, the whole purpose of the special weekend to commemorate that very event?  So, why restrict the use of “religious themes”?

You might think this is a picayune offense, but it set the stage for the real message the debased leadership was about to put forth a few days later.  

On Friday, Good Friday, as most Christians believe it to be, the Biden Administration saw fit to try and refocus Americans thoughts away from Resurrection Sunday and instead celebrate the nation’s perversion.  In other words, take your mind off the real death and resurrection of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and turn your attention to the real god(dess) of the nation, Ishtar (more on that in a minute).

Joe Biden, your president and my president (whether we like it or not), once again disgraced our nation before God Almighty and the whole world with A Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility, 2024.

The second paragraph of his Proclamation, proclaims his prideful perversion:

I am proud that my Administration has stood for justice from the start, working to ensure that the LGBTQI+ community can live openly, in safety, with dignity and respect.  I am proud to have appointed transgender leaders to my Administration and to have ended the ban on transgender Americans serving openly in our military.  I am proud to have signed historic Executive Orders that strengthen civil rights protections in housing, employment, health care, education, the justice system, and more.  I am proud to have signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, ensuring that every American can marry the person they love.

Mr. Biden is so proud of his perverted actions that he proclaims it four times in this one short paragraph.

For two more lengthy paragraphs he extolls, with pride, the glorious contributions of the LGBTQI+ American community. Now, before you haters descend upon me, I do not hate any person within this alphabetical soup, just their chosen sin of perversion.  I do not say that, God does.  If you do not believe in the One and Only True God, that is your loss, not mine.

Biden closed his Proclamation with this coup de grȃce for the nation:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility.  I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to  parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them (Romans 1:28-32).

And who is Ishtar? She is the Mesopotamian goddess of war and sexual perversion.  She is the patroness of prostitutes and drunkards. She was (and may still be) popular in the ancient Middle East worship circles.  Enough said?

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked;

for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Galatians 6:7

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A Depraved Mind

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Islam’s Absurd Version of the Resurrection of Christ

James F. Gauss, Ph.D.

March 28, 2024

The Arabian lore of Islam is often convoluted and fabricated in order to elevate the ideology and discredit the truth of the Bible. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is one such well-documented event that Islamic storytellers use to dissuade people from believing in the truth as recorded in the Bible and history and backed by indisputable evidence.

Following is an excerpt from my latest release, Islam’s Deceptions, Lies & False Gospel.

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Islam’s Version of Christ’s Crucifixion. In surah 19 there arises another Qur’anic mystery: the crucifixion of Jesus and his subsequent resurrection. The official Islamic position and belief today, as in Islam’s entire history, is that Jesus was not crucified, did not die as the Bible states and was not raised from the dead.

In the Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law known as the Reliance of the Traveller, in section x189, can be found this version of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. It cites surah 4:157 as a reference. However, the entire thought and re-writing of the biblical reality are expressed in 4:157-159 (see the endnote on the next page).

It was essential for the anti-Christ message of the Qur’an and Islam to deny Christ’s death and resurrection in order to cast Christianity as a false religion and, therefore, worthy of persecution of its followers according to the will of Allah.

When Bani Isra’il [the Israelites] wanted to kill him [Jesus], Allah Most High saved him . . . “They did not slay him or crucify him, but thus was it made to seem to them” [the onlookers] (Koran 4:157),⁷⁸ referring to when Yahuda [Judas Ischariot], chief among the Jews, met with a band of his people to kill ‘Isa out of fear of his message, but Allah sent Gabriel to ‘Isa to lead him to a covered alley-way that had a skylight, through which he was taken up to the sky. When Yahuda, in pursuit, ordered one of his companions to follow him into the passageway and murder him, Allah cast the likeness of ‘Isa upon the man as he entered, and when he came out again after a fruitless search, the Jews attacked and killed him, thinking him to be ‘Isa, and hung him upon a cross.

Allah, through Muhammad, proclaims that Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection never happened, but that Allah took Jesus to heaven himself and substituted Judas Ischariot for Jesus on the cross. In addition, all those who believe in the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ shall be condemned with Jesus as a witness against them. This Islamic lore is essential for the Muslim faithful in order to keep them away from Christ-followers and from knowing the truth of God’s plan for their lives.

Surah 4:157 is the only verse in the Qur’an that mentions the crucifixion of Jesus, even though Muslims protest the reality of it with vigor. However, it is the verse that Muslims point to as proof that Jesus was no more than a mere prophet and was not crucified and raised on the third day as the Bible says. It was all a hoax of the first century Christians, Muslims claim. In spite of such Islamic claims, a closer examination of the verse is warranted. First, the verse does not say that Jesus was not crucified. It only says that the Jews “did not kill him nor did they crucify him.” Second, that analysis would be a correct statement according to the biblical witness. While Jewish leaders conspired to have Jesus killed, they themselves did not kill or crucify Jesus. Jesus, through the false witness of certain Jews, was tried and condemned by Pilate, the Roman governor and consigned to be scourged by the Roman soldiers and then delivered for the Roman death by crucifixion.

However, in surah 19, Muhammad provides a different revelation about Jesus.

“And peace on him [Jesus] on the day he was born, and on the day he dies, and on the day he is raised to life” (vs. 15). This view is repeated in verses 33 and 34: “And peace on me [Jesus] the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am raised to life. Such is Isa [Jesus], son of Marium [Mary]; (that is) the saying of truth about which they dispute.”

NOTE: Muhammad believed and the Islamic faith continues to propagate, that Jesus did not die on the cross as the Bible says, but someone that Allah made to look like Jesus took his place and that Jesus continued to spread the Gospel beyond the year of his supposed crucifixion. The fact that the Qur’an mentions Jesus’ bodily resurrection should not be seen as an admission of his resurrection three days after his crucifixion. Muhammad and Muslim adherents, while believing that Jesus was not crucified, do believe that he will be raised from the dead, as will Muhammad and other prophets in the last days.

This apparent conflict in theology could also be explained by Muhammad’s changing revelations over his lifespan as “The Prophet” of Allah. Surah 19 was received during Muhammad’s second Mecca period (616-622 A.D.) when many of the doctrines of the faith were being established—a period during which Muhammad was more conciliatory toward the Jews and Christians. Surah 4, however, was revealed during the last ten years of Muhammad’s life when he lived in Medina (623-632 A.D.), a period when he and his followers became militant and intolerant of Jews and Christians and anyone who refused to accept Islam as the only true religion.

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⁷⁸ Surah 4:157-159 reads: And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa son of Marium, the apostle of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure. Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise. And there is not one of the followers of the Book [Bible] but most certainly believes in this before his death, and on the day of resurrection he (Isa) shall be a witness against them.

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The Crucifixion, Death and Resurrection of Christ

James F. Gauss, Ph.D.

March 28, 2024

Following is an excerpt from my latest release, Islam’s Deceptions, Lies & False Gospel.

Available on Barnes & Noble in paperback.

Jesus died an excruciatingly painful death of His choosing at the hands of His accusers and oppressors just as the prophets of old foretold (Psalm 22:15-18; Isaiah 53:1-12; Zechariah12:10).

Only He had the power and the will to freely choose the time, place and method of His atoning death (Matthew 26:3-5; John 13:1). Jesus died as a true martyr—one who gave His life so that all could live. He was only 33.

Muhammad, despite all his calls for others to die as martyrs in Allah’s cause, died a quiet, peaceful death of a non-martyr in the arms of his

beloved 18-year old Aisha, the girl he had married when she was only nine and Muhammad was 53. He lived a full life and died at 62.

Near the end of his first letter to the church in Corinth, Apostle Paul explains the nature and testimony of Jesus’ death and resurrection and its significance for the followers of Christ.

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas [Peter], and then to the Twelve [apostles]. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep [died]. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also [on the Damascus Road], as to one abnormally born. (1 Corinthians 15: 3-8)

After Christ’s resurrection He made eight earthly appearances before His apostles and other followers.⁷⁷

Paul continues to explain to those who might doubt the reality of Christ’s resurrection and why it is central to the Christian faith.

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied (1 Corinthians 15: 12-19).

Just like today, Paul and the other apostles and followers of Christ faced much disbelief and derision on their testimony of Christ’s resurrection. Likely there were skeptics in the Corinthian church that needed to hear Paul’s testimony and teaching on Christ’s resurrection.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For he “has put everything under his feet” [Psalm 8:6]. Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all (1 Corinthians 15:20-28).

Jesus not only had power over death as He demonstrated in the raising of Lazarus (John 11), but He also had power over His own death. Jesus knew exactly when His death would occur, how it would occur and the events leading up to it. Yet, He freely chose to surrender the power He had over His own death in strict obedience to God the Father for the sake of all.

I am the good shepherd; Jesus said, I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father (John 10:14-18; author’s emphasis).

Not only did Jesus have power over His own death, but He also had the freedom to relinquish that power to the Father so that in His death it would be a loving sacrifice for all mankind—the death of a true and faithful martyr. To accomplish this all-encompassing atoning surrender of His life for others, Jesus also knew when and how He must die. As the sacrificial Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29), Jesus could die at no other time than the Jewish Passover.

“Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples, ‘You know that after two days is the Passover and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified’” (Matthew 26:1-2, NKJV).

Almost 500 years before the birth of Jesus, the Jewish prophet Zechariah prophesied that the King of the Jews, the promised Messiah, would not be an ordinary king or a king in the class of Solomon. He would not only be a king of humble beginnings, but one of humble endings. “Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). This prophecy too was fulfilled by Jesus as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 21:1-11).

When Jesus went to the cross, he fulfilled yet another of the Old Testament prophecies revealed through David. “You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;” David wrote, “all my enemies are before you. Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst” (Psalm 69:19-21).

Apostle John recorded this moment before Jesus’ death. “Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty.’ A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips” (John 19:28-29).

The purpose of Christ’s crucifixion according to the Apostle Paul was to have “canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness [to sin], which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities [of darkness], he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross” (Colossians2:14-15).

Allah, Islam and the Qur’an have no such concept of God’s forgiveness for sins; nor freedom from God’s condemnation.

Right before He died, Jesus fulfilled one more Old Testament prophecy from Psalm 22:1 (written by King David), when He cried out in agony, “. . . with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’” (Matthew 27:46. See also, Mark 15:34).

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⁷⁷ Kinnaird, Jimmy. Eight Victories in the Eight Resurrection Appearances of Jesus. Council Road Baptist Church, April 1, 2021. Source: https://www.councilroad.church/blog/2021/4/1/eight-victories-in-the-eight- resurrection-appearances-of-jesus#

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Islam’s Deceptions, Lies & False Gospel

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Islam’s Deceptions, Lies & False Gospel

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The ideology of Islam is rapidly gaining a foothold in every aspect of American life. While Muslims only represent about 1-2 percent of the population in America, their influence is disproportionately seen and felt in America’s politics, educational institutions, justice systems, churches and synagogues, seminaries, small towns and cities. Unfortunately, the real truth about Islam and its objectives in America and the West has been deliberately or ignorantly portrayed in countless false and deceptive narratives that have misled millions of Americans, and Muslims as well, down a dangerous path that could forever change the landscape and foundation of the United States of America. This short book provides an easy-read overview of some of the critical truths about Islam and its ideology that is being hidden from public view. Muslim clerics preach a false gospel that is the antithesis of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and has led billions astray and away from the true loving God of the Bible who offers salvation and eternal life to all.

This book is a “primer” to the author’s more in depth versions of Understanding Islam in the Light of Christianity for everyone who desires to be fully informed about Islam as it compares to Christianity and how to reach the world’s largest unreached people group with the unadulterated Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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The Gift

James F. Gauss

December 25, 2023

By nature, and by culture, we as Americans, like to give and receive gifts.  We like to, if we can afford to, give gifts, not only at Christmas, our favorite time, but also on a person’s birthday, graduation, wedding and many other special occasions.  We also like to receive gifts at those times too.  We may even give or receive gifts for no particular reason at all.  Just because we feel like it.

People of many other cultures like to do the same.  Even in poorer cultures, or families, gifts are often given and received.  They may be torn, battered, used or handcrafted, but the spirit in which they are given or received is the same: A spirit of love in giving and a spirit of thankfulness in receiving.

Have you ever given someone a gift and charged them a sum of money or some other extraction from them, like a favor, or promise?  No, if it is a gift, you can’t.  Otherwise it would not be a gift.  If you did receive something of value—other than a “thank you”, a kiss, a hug, or a smile—it would no longer be a gift, it would be a bribe.  A gift, by nature and purpose, is free to the receiver, otherwise it is not a gift, but a purchase by you and/or a payoff by the giver.

Have you ever been given a gift and told by the giver to never open it? It may be beautifully and expensively wrapped.  It may be tiny or huge, but if you could never unwrap it, how would you know what it is or the giver’s intention?  How or when would you ever thank them for their gift? The gift might be worthless, like a block of wood.  Unless, of course, you needed wood to cook or stay warm.  Then it may be invaluable and highly cherished.  It could be something very valuable, like a gold watch or a thousand shares in a large company.  However, such a gift might be viewed as meaningless if the receiver already had dozens of gold watches or a million shares of the company already. 

It’s all a matter of perspective, expectation and spirit of the receiver.  The receiver may place a far different value on the gift received then the giver intended.  While the giver may give the gift out of love, the receiver may not appreciate the gift or the intent of the giver, because they were expecting something else.  Something more expensive, bigger, flashier or in keeping with one’s image and desires.

What is the most cherished, or expensive, or biggest, or most appreciated gift you have ever been given?  In your childhood, it might have been a shiny new bike, or a much sought after electronic device, or puppy.  For a special occasion, like a graduation or wedding, it might be something that you attach more symbolic or heirloom value to, rather than monetary value.  Most of us can remember such gifts and may even still have one or two.

Many, many years ago, there was a gift given to all mankind.  A gift that was enthusiastically received by some, but rejected by most.  Some excitedly unwrapped the gift immediately and fully embraced its substance.  Others struggled to open the gift or fully unwrap it, and therefore could not fully enjoy its purpose, nor be fully thankful to the giver.

Two thousand years later, the majority of people worldwide still struggle to freely receive that gift.  Millions of people have freely accepted this gift, but sadly, many millions more reject it, even though it is free, yet given at a great price.  Some desire the gift, but reject the giver.  Others willingly receive the gift, but forget all about the giver as time passes.  Many more think there is a “catch” to the gift and they must “earn” the giver’s favor in order to fully benefit from the gift.  If they only knew the true nature of the gift and fully embraced the giver and his intentions, they would be set free and the world would be a different place.

What is this Gift? It is the gift that was purchased at the greatest price ever known to mankind, by the greatest giver of all creation.  It is a gift that is beyond man’s full comprehension and appreciation.  Yet, it is free and without any “strings” attached.  It cannot be purchased by anyone, at any price, but only by the One who paid the ultimate price.

The Bible says that sin entered the world and mankind when the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God and rebelled against Him.  Apostle Paul, who considered himself chief among sinners, wrote, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23).

“Therefore,” Paul penned, “as through one man’s [Adam’s] offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s [Jesus’] righteous act [death on the cross] the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life” (Romans 5:18).

“For the wages of sin is [spiritual] death,” Paul clearly stated, “but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

God’s gift to those who will accept it takes on many forms.  First, those who accept His gift are brought into right relationship with Him through Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection from the dead.  If one accepts those facts, then he or she will receive the gift of redemption and forgiveness for their sins.

Jesus Himself said, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18).  The gift of eternal life with Father God and His Son is the most amazing gift of God.  However, it does not start upon death, it starts with that assurance once one calls upon Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of one’s life.  When that happens believers receive another astonishing gift. “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God” (1 Corinthians 2:12).

“For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”  For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.  For ‘whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’” (Romans 10:9-13).

Come! Receive your free gift from God.

Allah Says that Palestine is for the Jews

An excerpt from my latest book, Israel and the Middle East: Will There Ever Be Peace?

What does the Bible and the Qur’an say about Palestine and Palestinians?  In a word: Nothing! The two words do not appear anywhere in the Bible or the Qur’an. The terminology is a fairly recent invention of militant Arabs living in the Jewish Promised Land in an effort to corrupt and hijack both biblical and traditional history.

Throughout Islamic history, Arabic Muslims, following the teaching and example of Muhammad, have relentlessly persecuted the Jews—not only in what Muslims consider Palestine, but throughout the world. The claim of Arabic Muslims is that Palestine—that is, Canaan or the “Holy Land”—was always the inherited land of Muslims and that the Jews have no right to it and are to  be driven out. Yet, the Qur’an—and this will be a shocker to both Muslims and infidels—states that Allah promised Moses and the Jews the land of Canaan or the Holy Land.

And when Musa [Moses] said to his people: O my people! Remember the favor of Allah upon you when He raised prophets among you and made you kings and gave you what He had not given to any other among the nations.

O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you and turn not on your backs [i.e., turn away or depart] for then you will turn back losers (surah 5:20-21, author’s emphasis).

Four things are noteworthy in the preceding surah.  The entire rendition of Moses and the Promised Land, along with its incongruities, in surah 5:20-26, is taken from the Bible version in Numbers 13.  It is not unique to the Qur’an.  The Bible story tells of Moses sending the twelve spies into the Promised Land with ten of them returning fearful and only two, Joshua and Caleb coming  back with a positive report.  The Qur’an tries to copy the story, but leaves all the significant details about the spies.

First, it is revealed that God (not Allah) did, indeed, promise the Jews that they would occupy the  Holy Land or Canaan.

Second, there were no kings ruling over the Jews during Moses’ lifetime. Moses died before the Jews entered Canaan and almost 200 years before the prophet Samuel anointed Saul as the first king of the Israelites.

Third, Allah tells his followers that he gave the Holy Land to the Jews and no other nation among them.

Fourth, God (not Allah) commands the Jews to never give up the land of Canaan that he has prescribed for them. It is important to note that Allah never spoke to the Jews, but the Qur’an claims that he did. Despite this revelation of the Jews’ right to Palestine in perpetuity in the Muslim’s own holy book, Muslims are bent on annihilating or forcing the Jews from their rightful homeland as guaranteed to them by God in the Bible and Allah in the Qur’an. Nevertheless, in surah 7:157, Allah commands his followers to follow that which is written in the Torah and the Gospel.

There is, however, another convoluted possibility when considering Muhammad’s mindset and theology. Remember, Muhammad claims that Allah revealed that all the prophets of the Bible were indeed Muslims. Therefore, in surah 5:20 when Allah is talking about Moses and his people, maybe Muhammad believed that Allah was proclaiming the holy land was for Muslims since Musa (Moses) was a “Muslim.”

When it comes to the Jews, Allah is apparently very changeable. “And certainly you have known  those [Jews] among you who exceeded [profaned] the limits of the Sabbath, so We said to them: Be (as) apes, despised and hated” (surah 2:65). This derogatory view of Jews by Allah is repeated  in surah 7:166. In surah 5:60, Jews are referred to by Allah not only as apes but as swine, as well, thus giving Muslims the perceived right to habitually dehumanize Jews by referring to them  as pigs and monkeys to this day.

Say: Shall I inform you of (him who is) worse than this in retribution from Allah? (Worse  is he) whom Allah has cursed and brought His wrath upon [the Jews], and whom He made apes and swine, and he who served the Shaitan [evil spirit, demon, Satan]; these are worse in place and more erring from the straight path.

Surah 5:60

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