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THE RESURRECTION
Before discussing the resurrection, it should be
mentioned that the holiday of Easter, the
supposedly day of Jesus’ resurrection was
originally a pagan festival honoring Eostre, a
Teutonic (Germanic) goddess of light and spring.
At the time of the vernal equinox (the day in the
spring when the sun crosses the equator and day
and night are of equal length), sacrifices were
offered in her honor. As early as the eighth
century, the name “Easter” was used to designate
the annual celebration of the resurrection of
Jesus. 15 Again, the Christians have taking the
ignorance of paganism and associated it with
Jesus.
So where do Christians get the belief of the
resurrection from? They got it from the teachings
of Paul (Acts 17:18). Paul, who said he was an
appointed apostle by Jesus according to his own
vision. He never saw Jesus, declared Jesus as the
Son of God (Acts 9:20), and admitted that the
resurrection was his gospel (II Timothy 2:8). So
Christianity in its present belief that the
crucifixion/resurrection is necessary for the
redemption of sin is not a teaching of Jesus.8 The
sins of people were being forgiven before the
alleged crucifixion or resurrection as shown in
Mark 2:5:
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the
paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven,” and
Luke 7:48: And he said unto her, “Thy sins are
forgiven. “
Further, knowing that Jesus forgave sins before
the crucifixion or resurrection contradicts the
belief that the blood of Jesus as washing away
sins. For according to Deuteronomy 24:16:
“The father shall not be put to death for the
children, nor shall the children be put to death
for the fathers; every man shall be put to death
for his own sins.”
This belief of present day Christians is of Paul’s.
Paul justified his doctrine with the use of Romans
7:1–4:
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to
them that know the law) how that the
law hath dominion over a man as long
as he liveth? For the woman which hath
a husband is bound by the law to her
husband so long as he liveth; but if the
husband be dead, she is loosed from the
law of her husband. So then; if, while
her husband liveth, she be married to
another man, she shall be called an
adulteress: but, if her husband be dead,
she is free from the law, so that she is no
adulteress, though she be married to
another man. Wherefore, my brethren,
ye also are become dead to the law by
the body of Christ; that ye should be
married to another, even to him who is
raised from the dead, that we should
bring forth fruit unto God.
The above-mentioned verses clearly show that
Paul made a distinction between Jesus and Christ.
According to his reasoning, the law which had
bound Jesus and his followers was no longer
necessary since Jesus had died. Now they were no
longer “married” to Jesus but to Christ, who had
brought another law in a direct revelation to him
(Paul). It was, therefore, necessary to follow
Christ and not Jesus. Thus, anyone who held to
Jesus’ teaching had gone astray_ It was the use of
this reasoning that Paul assembled his doctrine of
redemption and atonement. Jesus never taught this
theory. It was a great success, since, in so many
words, it preached that a man could do what he
wanted and not face the inevitable consequences
of his actions, provided that, at the end of the day,
he said: “I believe in Christ.” However, the basic
premise on which Paul’s reasoning was based is
false, since Jesus was neither crucified nor
resurrected. His doctrines of redemption and
atonement are fallacious. 7
Do you know that the doctrine of atonement was
accepted by the church three to four centuries after
Jesus left the earth?8 Read Deuteronomy 24:16,
Jeremiah 31:30 and Ezekiel 18:20 and you will
see that this doctrine of atonement contradicts the
Old TestamentlmLaw:
Deut 24:16
“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children,
neither shall the children be put to death for the
fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own
sin.”
Jeremiah 31:30
“ …everyone shall die for his own iniquity;”
Ezekiel 18:20
“A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor
a parent suffer for the iniquity of a child; the
righteousness of the righteous shall be his own, and the
wickedness of the wicked shall be his own.”
Now read Matthew 7:1 & 2, and 1 Corinthians
3:8. There is no reason for atonement of “original
sin” for Matthew 19:14 clearly states that children
(everybody at one time) belong to the kingdom of
Heaven. This notion of “belonging to the kingdom
of Heaven” is in line with the Islamic belief that:
“Every newborn child is born in complete
submission to Allah (as a Muslim). Then his
parents change him/her into Judaism, Christianity
or Magianism. “
Further, Jesus states in Mark 11 :25–26 and Luke
11:1–4 that trespasses (sins) are forgiven by God.
So, there is no reason for Jesus’ atonement of sins.
Mark 11:25–26
“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought
against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may
forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither
will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Luke 11:1–4
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain
place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him,
Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And
he said unto them, “When ye pray, say, Our Father which
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by
day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also
forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into
temptation; but deliver us from evil.”
Once again, Jesus came not to destroy the law. It
was Paul who abolished the [Mosaic] law. Read
Acts 13:39:
“And by him that believes are justified fn,!co all
things, from which ye could not be justified by
the law of Moses.”
The “authority” that Paul amassed allowed him to
claim that the blessings of the Gospel were not
limited to the Jews, but to all who believed.? This
also is an absolute contradiction to the mission,
purpose and teachings of Jesus. Jesus’ true
message was the law. The same law that guided
Adam, Abraham, Moses, Noah and all the other
prophets, to include the prophet of Islam Mohammed,
who is prophesied in the Bible as
mentioned in the Quran.
