"JESUS WAS A PROPHET OF THE JEWS" -- Roman Decree.

 

"Jesus Was A Prophet Of

The Jews!" – Roman Decree

The Romans Did A Great Service

To The Jews & Christians By

Clarifying The Status Of Jesus

(M. Javed Naseem)

يٰأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَاطِلِ

وَتَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

“O followers of the Book! Why do you

confound the truth with the falsehood

and hide the truth while you know?”

(al-Quran 3:71)

The Romans are accused by the Jews and the Christians, sometimes rightly and sometimes wrongly, of many ills and injustices to their religious and social lives. Despite all evils and all negative propaganda, the Romans did a great service to the Jewish and Christian communities by clarifying the status of Jesus Christ. They did not interfere with their religious, cultural and social activities. On the contrary, it was the Jews and the Christians who kept fighting with each other and hurt their own religious and cultural cause. The Romans only tried to resolve their problems in consultation with Jewish Rabbis and the Christian priests. The Romans even declared that Jesus was a Jewish Prophet and not God or son of God. They announced death penalty for those who believed otherwise and created trouble in the society concerning Jesus. Here are some excerpts from the Gospel of Barnabas.

Death penalty decreed for violators:

On the request of the high priest, as recommended by the Roman governor, the Roman Senate declared that Jesus, the son of Mary, was a prophet of the Jews, and was neither God nor the son of God. The penalty of death was decreed for those who believed otherwise. This fact has been mentioned in Chapter 98 of the Gospel of Barnabas that starts with these words:

“And having said this, the multitude departed with the priest and the governor with Herod, having great disputations concerning Jesus and concerning his doctrine. Whereupon the priest prayed the Governor to write to Rome to the Senate the whole matter, which thing the Governor did; wherefore the Senate had compassion on Israel, and decreed that on pain of death none should call Jesus the Nazarene, Prophet of the Jews, either God or son of God. Which decree was posted up in the Temple, engraved upon copper.”

Allah the Almighty says in the Quran:

لَقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ

ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَقَالَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ يَابَنِيۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ

ٱعْبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ

فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيهِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ ٱلنَّارُ

وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ

“They do blaspheme who say: Allah is

Christ the son of Mary. But said Christ:

O Children of Israel! Worship Allah,

my Lord and your Lord. Whoever joins

other gods with Allah, Allah will forbid

him the Garden, and the Fire will be his

abode. There will for the wrong-doers

be no one to help.”

(al-Quran 5:72)

The Bible says:

Exodus 20:3: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Exodus 34:14a: “For thou shalt worship no other god.”

The trinity is idolatry, it puts Jesus Christ as a god before God. Man has been fooling around with Scriptures for centuries. The holy Word of God has been changed by people to suit their desires and lifestyles. People of the Book have been blaming the Romans for every evil custom and ritual but the Romans did a great favor to the believers. They put things straight and even issued an imperial decree. It is that some Jews and Christians wanted to believe otherwise by disregarding the Law of God, and eventually crucifying Jesus. The friends of the Devil disguised as the friends of Moses and Jesus, never abandoned their mission!

And Allah also clarifies the status of Jesus, the son of Mary, in the Holy Quran. Jesus was a messenger of God, like many others before him, and he, as well as his mother Mary, was a human being. Here is the verse:

مَّا ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلاَّ رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ

مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُ صِدِّيقَةٌ كَانَا

يَأْكُلاَنِ ٱلطَّعَامَ ٱنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ

لَهُمُ ٱلآيَاتِ ثُمَّ ٱنْظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

“Christ the son of Mary was no

more than a messenger; many were

the messengers that passed away

before him. His mother was a woman

of truth. They had both to eat their

(daily) food. See how Allah does

make His signs clear to them; yet

see in what ways they are deluded

away from the truth!”

(al-Quran 5:75)

The Bible says:

Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord.”

The Lord God Almighty, the Creator, the Father of Jesus Christ is one God not three, not three-in-one, not one-in-three, ONE! And only ONE! God is not a three-headed multi-personality trinity.’

The world vs the Hereafter

“No man can in any wise serve two masters that are at enmity one with the other; for if the one shall love you, the other will hate you. Even so I tell you in truth that ye cannot serve God and the world for the world lies in falsehood, covetousness, and malignity. Ye cannot therefore find rest in the world, but rather persecution and loss. Wherefore serve God and despise the world, for from me ye shall find rest for your souls. Hear my words for I speak unto you in truth.” – Jesus Christ.

Offence

“If your eye be an offence to you, pluck it out. For it is better that you go with one eye only into paradise than with both of them into hell.”

“If your hand or your foot offend you, do likewise; for it is better that you go into the Kingdom of Heaven with one foot or with one hand, than with two hands and two feet into Hell.” – Jesus Christ.

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