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Subject: Islamic View of Crucifixion? |
Bible Note: EdB, you are so right – well, almost anyway. I hear what you are saying, and, basically, it’s true. One thing you don’t seem to see in what has happened throughout HIS-story, is it isn’t ONLY “you either become a follower of Allah or you become a slave or die”, it’s even worse. At the same time - it's exciting, the great things our God is doing amongst those HE WANTS to come unto Him. Remember the war between Iraq and Iran? Both are Muslim countries, where, during that outrageous war each side slaughtered the other under the “permission and sanction of Allah”. It reminds me of Joseph’s words in Genesis – sort of. What Satan meant for evil, God made good things happen as a result. Until that war, Iranians had NO reason to seek the face of the Lord our God. Mothers in Iran watched their sons being forced to march out for the purpose of being slaughtered. (Perhaps, you recall the horrific scenes depicted on TV every night, months on end.) The Iranians image of Islam was gravely and quickly questioned. The result. By the thousands, they received, accepted and believed the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ruled, with an iron fist, THE MUSLIMS. The result? Many fled their country, and many have come richly into the saving grace of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ. I buy gas from such a “refugee.” One Iranian found Christ because there was no Mosque here, so she would go into a huge Baptist Church for her prayer time. You ought to listen to her talk about "how Jesus, God's Son delievered her from the bondage of Islam." Powerful lady. While in the Middle East I worked side by side with a Lebanese man. He had been a soldier fighting with and against other Lebanese citizens in Lebanon. The three “religions” The Shiites, the Sunnis, the “Christians” all fought the two other sides. My friend BECAME a follower of Jesus Christ after losing his leg during a battle with his fellow country-men. So, if you can hear what I am saying, Paul IS CORRECT. We, as believers, don’t fight against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and powers that “control” them. And, EdB, GOD is winning the battle. I, today, have personal friends working in Iraq, Philippines, Albania and Pakistan. These American friends, who have made their home in those countries, are personal friends of mine. I’m not talking about someone who passed out a “prayer card” in some mission service. I’m talking - sitting in my home, let’s eat, talk, pray, laugh, cry - friends. Please pray for them as they serve OUR God. One such set of friends returned from Pakistan to have a baby. Now that the baby is a few months old they are moving back - this time to Afghanistan to live and work. Blessings, Taleb |