Subject: [ETI Informal 1AD.02.01.21] Islam and The Holy Qur'an
From: "James@End Time Issues" <[email-masked]>
To: "Lists@ End Time Issues" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 12:49:36 +0200

Greetings

This message started out as another short informal message but has increased in scope and content to carry a message which is VERY challenging!

I testify that Yahweh has indicated that this message is 98% as He would have it!

In a number of messages over the past year, reference has been made to Islam and the Qur'an.

In particular, on several occassions the writer has shared how Yahweh has repeatedly challenged him on his beliefs with regard to Islam bringing this to a head with the message 1A1.01.10.09 "Black Beam Over Dome of The Rock At Tabernacles 2001 – A Prophetic Sign" (18 October 2001) and the subsequent message 1AD.01.10.04 "The Muslim "Threat" - a Lie from Satan!" (23 October 2001).

During this process Yahweh has progressively confronted the writer by showing him that many Muslims have a very close personal relationship with Yahweh but are spiritually disempowered because they do not have a revelation of who Yahshua is and what he accomplished through his death on the stake (tree / cross).

During the course of the third quarter of 2001 Yahweh then confronted the writer with the statement that "Muhammed was my prophet" and that "the Qur'an in it's original form was inspired and the present version contains less corruption than the 'New Testament'".

Yahweh then instructed the writer to "read the Qur'an from cover to cover as quickly as possible without asking questions"!

On completion of this exercise the writer was confronted with the following conclusions:

1) Allah is simply an Arabic name which roughly equates to "God" and, as has been seen in recent postings, "God" is NOT a valid name for Yahweh.  Essentially, it appears that Allah is not an accurate name for Yahweh just as God, the LORD, Elohim and Adonai are ALSO not accurate names for Yahweh.  In other words, Islam is no more in error with regard to the true Name of Yahweh than Christianity and Judaism are.

2) Islam respects Yahshua (Isa = Jesus) as a notable prophet, in fact as the greatest apostle and prophet who has ever lived.

3) Islam accepts the Bible although they allege, correctly as we have seen in recent weeks, that there IS corruption.  Something which Yahweh has clearly stated to the writer.

4) Muslims believe that Muhammed was the last prophet of Yahweh, something that the Qur'an itself does NOT claim and something which Yahweh states is not valid.

5) Islam simply means "True religion in the service of Yahweh" and a Muslim is simply a person who has "set themselves apart to the service of Yahweh" - writers paraphrase in each case - in other words, any person on this list who has truly committed themselves to the service of Yahweh is, per the definitions of Islam, a "Muslim" (a true believer) and their religion is "Islam" (the true religion).

The fact that many have appropriated these words for other purposes is no different to the manner in which terms like "Christian" have also been appropriated for non-scriptural purposes.

6) More than 99% of the content of the Qur'an gave the writer no reason for discomfort whatsoever.

7) There were a few short passages dealing with the early life of Moses, Joseph, the birth of Yahshua, etc which differed somewhat from those the writer was familiar with but in nearly all cases not in areas that in any way materially affected the reports of what those people did.  On subsequent enquiry Yahweh indicated that some of these discrepancies resulted from commonly believed "folk tales" that had been included without Yahweh's leading.  At the same time Yahweh ALSO indicated that there were ALSO a number of folk tales in the Protestant Bible!

8) The Qur'an includes a number of miracles attributed to Yahshua which are GREATER than the miracles reported in the traditional Protestant Bible.  Specifically that he spoke to his mother's detractors immediately after his birth and that he formed a dove out of clay and breathed life into it.  Yahweh indicates that both of these fall into the category of "folk tales".  What IS significant is that the Qur'an attributes GREATER miracle working power to Yahshua than "Christians" do.

9) There are certain things attributed to Ishmael which we understand to relate to Isaac but they again, do not in material measure alter much of significance.

10) Finally, there are a very small number of short passages, about six in all, which totally contradicted or challenged some very fundamental beliefs of the writer but which Yahweh said WERE CORRECT!

11) The Qur'an presents a consistently strict message of coming judgment and righteous, set apart living.  Things which readers of this list will recognize as being entirely consistent with what Yahweh is saying to the Body of believers generally.

12) The most notable ommission in the Qur'an is any material reference to the Set Apart Holy Spirit, barring a few brief mentions and any reference at all to the sacrifice of Yahshua and what Yahshua accomplished on the stake at Golgotha.

Yahweh has indicated to the writer that all covenant promises relating to the Set Apart Holy Spirit and to the covenant sacrifice of Yahshua were made to the descendants of Isaac and specifically to the descendants of Israel which includes the Jews and most of the Western European world including the United States.  Yahweh was legally constrained from offering those blessings to the children of Ishmael and therefore Muhammed and Islam and therefore the message that was given to Muhammed was, of necessity, a hard message of coming judgment and righteous living and salvation by works - prayer, etc since Yahweh was not at liberty to offer them more!!

The believers in Yahweh THROUGH the covenant sacrifice of Yahshua are the ones who have received the gifts of the Set Apart Spirit and the other gifts of the New and Better Covenant and THEY are responsible to bring this revelation to the rest of the world INCLUDING Islam.  A task in which we have, to date, failed miserably and for which we are currently incurring Yahweh's wrath in great measure!

In reading the copy of the Qur'an that the writer had obtained at the leading of Yahweh, which contained a substantial commentary, the writer sought to avoid reading the commentary unless specifically impressed to do so.

What was consistently apparent is that MOST of what Westerners attribute to the "Qur'an" and to "Islam" is based on what the proponents of that religion INTERPRET from the Qur'an and from their traditions and NOT what the Qur'an itself says.

A number of very specific statements regarding Jews and Christians were encountered in the commentary which represented serious deviation from what the writer read in the body of the Qur'an itself.

However, these deviations are no more serious than the deviations that one will find reading through any commentary on the traditional Protestant Bible, including fanciful explanations of why the Sabbath was changed from Saturday to Sunday, why Yahweh suddenly prohibited more than one woman from marrying the same man, etc, etc.

PROVIDED we restrict ourselves to the words inspired by Yahweh we will have little difficulty.

Insofar as most of us are not well versed in Hebrew, Aramaic or Arabic this represents a problem since we are then dependant on another man's interpretation and translation which, as we have seen in recent weeks, is almost always flawed to a greater or lesser extent.

This realization is VITAL if we are to bridge the gap between believers in the sacrifice and covenant of Yahshua and the people of Islam who represent over 1.2 billion of Yahweh's servants who currently have very little hope of salvation as a consequence of the gross negligence and arrogant racism and prejudice of those who have the revelation - that is those who call themselves by the name of "Christ" most of whom likewise currently have little hope of salvation as we have seen in articles over the last six months.

To assist readers who are truly interested in seeking all of Yahweh's truth and are willing to put aside their prejudices with regard to Islam and the Qur'an, attached please find copies of a number of web pages where copies of the Qur'an can be located.

The URL's plus brief comment follow:

A) Attachment A is from the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City and the page attached is an "Introduction to the Noble Reading of the Qur'an". 
http://isgkc.org/introduc.htm

This introduction contains some very sensible comment on the problems of translation from Arabic to English which are just as relevant in considering the problems of translation from Hebrew to English and to a large extent from Greek to English.

The full table of contents of this version is available at:
http://www.isgkc.org/translat.htm

This seems to be a well presented and easily read version.

B) Attachment B is a version from:
http://islamicity.com/mosque/SURAI.HTM

C) A Rough Translation of the Meaning of The Noble Quran by Al-Hilali and Khan from a United Kingdom Web site at:
http://www.unn.ac.uk/societies/islamic/quran/naeindex.htm

D) Three translations of the Qur'an on an interleaved basis at
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/

The translations are by Yusufali, Pickthal and Shakir and, from casual inspection, demonstrate some noticeable differences in translation.

The first Chapter or "Sura" or opening of the Qur'an for all of these versions are also attached as A_Opening, B_Opening, C_Opening and D_Opening.

In considering what is presented in this article, it is vital that readers recognize that Yahweh desires that ALL MEN MIGHT BE SAVED and that there is an enormous amount of division between the people of "Christianity" and the people of "Islam" which Yahweh has shown the writer has NO FOUNDATION in Yahweh's Word.

Yahweh requires us to understand how to reach out to the people of Islam with the truths that we have, however we can only do this once we have removed the massive tree trunks from our own eyes as evidenced by the recent Prophetic Strategic SWOT analysis and other documents published on the ETI list over the past two years which indicate the massive level of apostasy of the "Christian Church".

The reality is that Satan has seduced those who have some revelation of Yahshua into great apostasy and error as well as into great arrogance and racism toward the people of Islam, yet, today, Yahweh declares that the people of Islam are "MORE RIGHTEOUS than the Jews and the Christians" (Yahweh's words!)

We have to see the massive need for change on our side before we can preach the Good News of the Covenant Sacrifice of Yahshua to ALL THE WORLD AND TO EVERY CREATURE!

Matthew 24:14 ""And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." (NKJ)

Mark 16:15 "And He [Yahshua] said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." (NKJ)

As a final observation, some months ago, as the writer was watching a CNN report on the "War Against Terrorism", as a clip was being shown of Osama bin Laden, Yahweh stated VERY CLEARLY to the writer "That man is closer to me than most Christian leaders", Yahweh went on to say, "I did not say that he was VERY CLOSE, I simply stated that he is closer to me than most political and church leaders in the West"

The truth is we DO NOT COMPREHEND what is currently going on in the Spirit realm and, until we do, we are going to SERIOUSLY MISJUDGE WORLD EVENTS RIGHT NOW!

Warm regards and blessings

Dr James Robertson
Prophet of Yahweh
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