What normally happens in the Islamic world when a Muslim accuses another Muslim of some crime against Islam, the accuser can leave with a smile on his face in the satisfaction that he has served Allah.
To those who don’t buy into the primitive religion of Islam, this is seen as an injustice to the accused because the action does not fit the so-called crime. But in this case REAL justice has prevailed.
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Here is a detailed bit of information that I hope doesn't bore you to tears: The Koran's god is Allah, and its Jesus is Isa. These are not the same god and savior of Christianity. Isa is a meaningless name, not the Arabic for Joshua, which is the actual Hebrew name for Jesus. Names mean things, especially in Hebrew, which is why almost all names are related to God somehow. Joshua means God Saves, and in Hebrew it becomes Yeshua. This is what Arabic speaking Christians called Jesus. Either Y'eshua or Y'esua. This distinction is quite important, as names mean more in Judaism, Christian, and Muslim cultures. One of my Moroccan friends was named Nooradin, which is Arabic for Light of the Faith. Another common name is Abdallah, which is slave of Allah. Many years ago, Christians took Allah to mean God, and this has been a stumbling block for Muslims accepting Christ. Oddly enough, in Persian there are two words for God. Khodah and Allah. The older versions of the Arabic Bible use Issa or Isa, which is the Muslim Jesus, and as of late, Christians have begun reclaiming their Savior and referring to him as Y'eshua and Y'esua. If speaking to a Muslim about Christ and he calls Jesus Issa, a good witnessing tool is to explain why Issa is wrong, and Y'eshua or Y'esua is correct.
I am slowly coming to the belief that all of us Christians probably should refer to Jesus by His real name, which is
Yeshua (or the Anglicized spelling, Joshua).
The book of Zechariah actually tells us that the Messiah's name would be Yeshua.
If one understands that this was Jesus name, the prophecies become much more clear.
So, Issa doesn't mean anything, huh?
Is that, literally, true?
Yes. I found some highly detailed sites concerning this misunderstanding that English speaking Christians were having in relationship to their witness in Islamic lands, especially in the West Bank and Gaza, where the Christians have an almost parasitic relationship to their Muslim betters. They use Issa, whereas Copts and Assyrians and Maronites use Yeshua or Yesua, depending on the dialect. Using Issa at first might seem like a good idea, but it keeps the Muslim in his Muslim frame of thinking with the Koran as his authoritative reference point. Issa was invented by Mohammed, perhaps from paganized Jews of his day. Jews were still volatile against Christians in the early days and centuries of Christianity. If you read Josephus or parts of the talmud and other Jewish commentaries, the vitriol spilled out against Yeshua is bracing in its depth of hatred. It is quite possible that Issa came from them in order to deny a fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures. I am studying Arabic, and have been for awhile. I am not really doing this for security reasons, as much as for spiritual ones. I am of the belief, and every bone in my body and hair on my head feels justified in saying that we are on the brink of a major spiritual awakening in Dar el Islam. I cannot pinpoint it, but it is there, just under the surface. I often go to Arabic Christian sites, and Issa is not spoken of, but Yeshua is. I am listening to a sermon in standard Cairene Arabic from Pastor Joseph Costa, and while I can't make out most of it, clarion bolts of understanding hit me when I hear certain groups of words, and then meaning, contextually speaking, becomes clear. I tell you, brother, it is one of the fastest ways to learn a foreign language, if you are well-versed in the bible in your own language. I see more and more visible, public conversions of Muslims to Christ. There is a slackening off of fear that I have not seen before. I pray and hope that Walid Shoebat is not like one of those scamming Viet Nam Vet fakes who go public only to be humiliated publicly. If he is a scammer, like Jim Bakker was, I will be deeply saddened and angered. Remember Ananias and Sapphira....and do likewise.
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