Bible Question: the Islam faith "believes" Christ to be the messiah..where do they fall short, what is one thing they are lacking that makes them different than a christian? |
Bible Answer: Greetings friendly stranger! The main defference between the Islam faith and Christian beliefs is that the Muslem does not beleve that Christ is the Messiah. The Koran lists 22 prophets of Allah. These include Adam, Noah, Moses, David, and Jesus. There are 5 doctrines of Islam that Moslems are required to believe. One is mentioned above. The other 4 are that there is only one true God and his name is Allah. 2) The chief angel is Gabriel who appeared to Mohammed in a dream in which Allah had called to him to be a prophet. 3)Moslems believe in 4 God-inspired books. The torah of Moses (what we call the Pentateuch), the Zabur (the Psalms of David), the Injil (Gospel) and the Koran. But the Koran is Allahs final word to mankind and supercedes and overrules all previous writings. And last they must believe on the last day that all the dead will be resurrected and Allah will judge whether each person should be sent to heaven (a place of sensual pleasure) or hell where those who oppose Allah will be. The Koran contradicts the bible in numerous ways. One is that the Koran denies that Jesus is the son of God. He is considered to be a prophet and ranked far below that of Mohammed. It also says that Christ never really died on the cross. According to Islam, Allah took Jesus to heaven before the crucifixion and that it was really Judas, made up to look like Jesus that was crucifified. The Surah 4:111 declares that man must take care of his own sins. The muslim must earn salvation from sin (failure to do Allah's will) by following the 5 Pillars of Faith statement of belief, prayers, Alms, Observance of Ramadan, and at one pilgrimage to Mecca (the holy city). Hope this helps. prayon |