CONFLICT BETWEEN THE QURAN AND THE KJV BIBLE
{Quran says Jesus is only a Prophet – Bible says Jesus is many things}
The teaching of the Qur’an …
Muslims hold the view of Jesus being only a man in the line of the prophets. Yet, nowhere in their Qur’an does it say this.
However, the Qur’an does go to great lengths to specifically deny what Christianity {i.e. the Bible} teaches on Jesus.
If this is true, that Jesus is only a man as many cults and religions view him, then we would have to question everything written about him from eyewitnesses and even what He said about himself.
In the Qur’an it says in Sura 2:136 “Say ye: “We believe in God, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and another of them: And we bow to God (in Islam)” (Identical statement in Sura 3:84.)
According to Islam, there are 28 main prophets with 124,000 prophets throughout the history of the human race (Note: No one has ever seen the listing of all the names).
Qur’an states: “Whenever someone tells them: ‘Believe in what God has sent down;’ they say: ‘we believe [only] in what has been sent down to us,’ while they disbelieve in what has come after that, even though it is the Truth confirming what they already have” (Sura 2:87).
KJV BIBLE STATES … THAT JESUS CHRIST IS A:
- PROPHET,
- THE SON OF GOD,
- GOD WITH US,
- SAVIOR OF MANKIND,
- REDEEMER,
- THE JEW’S MESSIAH,
- JUDGE OF MANKIND
- KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS:
(1) Jesus acknowledged that he was a prophet
Matthew 13:57-58 – and they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. (KJV)
(2a) Jesus is the Son of God
John 20:29-31 – Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.
John 3:16 – 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and (KJV)
(2b) Jesus is the Son of God
Matthew 16:13-18 – when Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, who do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ [i.e. Messiah}, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (KJV)
(3) God with us –
Matt. 1:21-23 – and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. (KJV)
(4) Savior of mankind –
Eph. 5:23-24 – for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. (KJV)
(5) Redeemer, Redemption
A. Verbs. – 1. exagorazo NT:1805, a strengthened form of agorazo, “to buy” (see BUY, No. 1), denotes “to buy out” (ex for ek), especially of purchasing a slave with a view to his freedom. It is used metaphorically (a) in Galatians 3:13 and 4:5, of the deliverance by Christ of Christian Jews from the Law and its curse; what is said of lutron (RANSOM, No. 1) {Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words}
Gal. 4:4-5 – But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (KJV)
Titus 2:14 – Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (KJV)
(6a) The salvation of both Jews and Gentiles
Acts 13:26-32 – Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. for they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired them Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher. but God raised him from the dead: and he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
(6b) The salvation of both Jews and Gentiles
1 Cor. 12:12-14 – for even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. for by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. for the body is not one member, but many. (NASU)
(7) Judge of mankind
(Both Jews and Gentiles {i.e. includes all humankind})
John 12:47-48 – and if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (KJV)
Acts 10:42- and he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Acts 17:31 – Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (KJV)
(8a) King of Kings and Lord of Lords
1 Tim. 6:14-16 – That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings , and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. (KJV)
(8b) Jesus Christ Is Now Reigning Over The Kingdom
Col. 1:13-20 – Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (KJV)
(8c) Jesus Christ Is Now Reigning Over The Kingdom
1 Cor. 15:25-26 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. [For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet.] This is according to the promise,
Ps. 110:1: “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
Therefore the kingdom cannot be given up until all rule and government be cast down. So that while the world lasts, Jesus, as the Messiah and Mediator, must reign; and all human beings are properly his subjects, are under his government, and are accountable to him.
Consider this:
Since these observations are truth; are provable from the two sources listed; we conclude that the Quran is mistaken in that it teaches that Jesus Christ is a prophet and only a prophet.
We are encouraged that the Bible {KJV} teaches that Jesus is many things in addition to being a prophet. Therefore we conclude that the person who takes the Quran as absolute truth will not believe the teaching of the Bible {i.e. KJV Version, etc} because both cannot be correct.
This is true of those that accept the Bible {i.e. KJV, etc} to be from the mind of GOD; they believe the teaching about Jesus Christ differently because they subscribe to the teaching therein rather that to the teaching of the Quran.
It should be expected that the adherents to the Quran would defend and seek to convert those that do not accept their Book. They same can be said of those that believe the Bible {i.e. KJV, etc,}. Indeed; Bible believers will defend their Book and its teaching while they seek to convert those that subscribe to some other source of religious authority. This process by Bible believers will be as sincere as those that believe and subscribe to the Quran. This will be a continued problem to any hope of unity with those that subscribe to any source of authority other than the Bible {i.e. KJV, etc}. Those with whom Bible believers disagree are many; they include the Jehovah’s Witnesses; the Muslims; Mormons; the Seventh Day Adventists; and et. This includes any who deviate from the Bible {i.e. the accepted source of religious authority of the Christian system.
