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[1]     SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [VOL. 340A]
 
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.  29  For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:   Ephesians 5:28 – 29,  [authorized King James Bible; AV]
 
Yes, husbands should be loving their wifes as they love themselves and 1 Corinthians 7:32 – 33, [AV] makes this point as follows, “But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.  34  There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.”  
 
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[2]     ISLAM HATES TO HEAR THE TRUTH:
 
INTRODUCTION:
 
Pope Benedict XVI made remarks on 09/14/2006 that angered many members of Islam.   He quoted Emperor Manual II Paleologos of the Byzantine Empire whom members of Islam later took by sword and forced all to convert and/or leave their own land which members of Islam stole.   Of course, members of Islam do not want to hear these facts, i.e., that they stole the land of the Byzantine Empire and forced all in Jihad to convert at the edge of the sword or leave, but truth should be made known even if it is by the leader of another group which also has committed many wrongs in the name of religion - its really the kettle calling the pot black situation.
 
Also, members of Islam incorrectly blame the Catholic church for the Crusades, but conveniently overlook the fact that they, members of Islam actually lit the fuse for the Crusades, i.e., they conveniently ignore cause and effect.
 
But first a definition of terms to assist the understanding of all.
 
Cause = Something that brings about an effect or result [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Effect = 1. To cause to come into being, 2. To bring about often by surmounting obstacles: accomplish, b. to put into effect. [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Result = 1. Something that results as a consequence, issue, or conclusion, [from a cause or action] [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Therefor a cause is something that gives rise to effects or results as a consequence.    For example, if you light the fuse leading to sticks of dynamite the effect or consequence will be an explosion.   How big or destructive the explosion depends on the placement of the dynamite.   In an open field, the effect or consequences will be minimal, but in a crowded building the, the effect or consequences could be very significant.
 
THE TRUTH WITH RESPECT WRONGS OF THE OTTOMANS AND THEIR SUCESSORS:
 
A Muslim source gives this account, but neglects all was done by force of the sword, <<" The Caucasus region lies outside central Asia, but it too was absorbed ...by Russia in the late eighteenth century, and its Muslim populations once, attached to those of the Ottoman and Safavid empires, have become linked to those of central Asia. Islam was first introduced to Azabayjan and the surrounding areas by the Arab conquests in the seventh century. It was reinforced by the Seljuk migrations in the eleventh century. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the Golden Horde introduced Islam to the northern Caucusus, and the influence of the Crimean Khans and the Ottoman empire helped spread Islam among Caucasian peoples in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The hold of Islam on the local people prepared the way for later preachers who would make the Caucusus the bastion of Islamic Resistance to the Russians which it has remained till this day." [ source - http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/seerah/0075.htm]>>.
 
Now forced conversion has always been the order of the day for Islam as shown in an article by Michelle Malkin, <<"Forced conversions in Islamic history are not exceptional-they have been the norm, across three continents-Asia, Africa, and Europe-for over 13 centuries. Orders for conversion were decreed under all the early Islamic dynasties-Umayyads, Abbasids, Fatimids, and Mamluks. Additional extensive examples of forced conversion were recorded under both Seljuk and Ottoman Turkish rule (the latter until its collapse in the 20th century), the Shi'ite Safavid and Qajar dynasties of Persia/Iran, and during the jihad ravages on the Indian subcontinent, beginning with the early 11th century campaigns of Mahmud of Ghazni, and recurring under the Delhi Sultanate, and Moghul dynasty until the collapse of Muslim suzerainty in the 18th century following the British conquest of India.
Moreover, during jihad-even the jihad campaigns of the 20th century ...the (dubious) concept of "no compulsion" (Koran 2:256; which was cited with tragic irony during the Fox reporters "confessional"!), has always been meaningless. A consistent practice was to enslave populations taken from outside the boundaries of the "Dar al Islam", where Islamic rule (and Law) prevailed. Inevitably fresh non-Muslim slaves, including children, were Islamized within a generation, their ethnic and linguistic origins erased. Two enduring and important mechanisms for this conversion were concubinage and the slave militias-practices still evident in the contemporary jihad waged by the Arab Muslim Khartoum government against the southern Sudanese Christians and Animists." [source - Islam's long history of forced conversions by Michelle Malkin], and Front Page Magazine of Andrew G. Bostom of August 29, 2006 in relating the kidnapping of two reporters said, <<" Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and his accompanying cameraman Olaf Wiig were released on Sunday, August 27, 2006, following almost two weeks of captivity. ..As depicted in this disturbing video, Centanni and Wiig were forced to convert to Islam, and recite an anti-Western diatribe, complemented by treacly Islamic apologetics.
 
During the brief press conference...both men preferred to focus on the plight of the kind and benevolent denizens of Gaza. Momentarily acknowledging the coercive nature of their "conversion", Centanni admitted off camera, "We were forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint". .."[source - Front Page Magazine of Andrew G. Bostom of August 29, 2006]>>, clearly shows Islam's standard operating practice has not changed from its inception.
 
One writer said, <<" Among the deeds of the great founders of religions, such as Zoroaster, Confucius, Buddha, Moses, and Christ, one can find nothing comparable with Muhammad's plundering of caravans, ambushing of tribes, massacring of prisoners of wars, and enslaving of the women and children. Nor did any of these religious leaders have as many wives as Muhammad. In these and similar performances, Muhammad is unique and unparalleled.[source - "Fruits of Plunder" http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/index.php/FruitsOfPlunder]>>.
 
WITH RESPECT WHO CAUSED THE CRUSADES:
 
Let's look at what was really the cause of the Crusades that Islam blames on apostate (counterfeit) Christians, and a usual Islam is found to be responsible and the fuse lighter.   Now here are the facts,  <<" Most of Islam blames the apostate (counterfeit) Christians for the Crusades, but in reality Islam caused the Crusades which were the effect or result or consequences of a malicious wrong act by Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.   How so?    Well simple, in 1009 this Caliph sacked the pilgrimage hospice in Jerusalem and destroyed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It was later rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor, but this event was remembered in Europe and was the spark or cause for the crusades.
 
Now let's look at what an encyclopedia says, <<" This background in the Christian West must be matched with that in the Muslim East. Muslim presence in the Holy Land goes back to the initial Arab conquest of Palestine [[They stole land that did not belong to them from the Hebrews and others.]]in the 7th century. [b]This did not interfere much with pilgrimage to Christian holy sites or the security of monasteries and Christian communities in the Holy Land of Christendom, and western Europeans were not much concerned with the loss of far-away Jerusalem when, in the ensuing decades and centuries, they were themselves faced with invasions by Muslims and other hostile non-Christians such as the Vikings and Magyars. However, the Muslim armies' successes were putting strong pressure on the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire.
 
A turning point in western attitudes towards the east came in the year 1009, when the Fatimid caliph of Cairo, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, had the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem destroyed. His successor permitted the Byzantine Empire to rebuild it under stringent circumstances, and pilgrimage was again permitted, but many stories began to be circulated in the West about the cruelty of Muslims toward Christian pilgrims; these stories then played an important role in the development of the crusades later in the century.
 
The immediate cause of the First Crusade was Alexius I's appeal to Pope Urban II for mercenaries to help him resist Muslim advances into territory of the Byzantine Empire. In 1071, at the Battle of Manzikert, the Byzantine Empire had been defeated, and this defeat led to the loss of all but the coastlands of Asia Minor (modern Turkey)[[Another land theft.]]. Although the East-West Schism was brewing between the Catholic Western church and the Greek Orthodox Eastern church, Alexius I expected some help from a fellow Christian. However, the response was much larger, and less helpful, than Alexius I desired, as the Pope called for a large invasion force to not merely defend the Byzantine Empire but also retake Jerusalem.
 
When the First Crusade was preached in 1095, the Christian princes of northern Iberia had been fighting their way out of the mountains of Galicia and Asturias, the Basque Country and Navarre, with increasing success, for about a hundred years. The fall of Moorish Toledo to the Kingdom of León in 1085 was a major victory, but the turning points of the Reconquista still lay in the future. The disunity of the Muslim emirs was an essential factor, and the Christians, whose wives remained safely behind, were hard to beat: they knew nothing except fighting, they had no gardens or libraries to defend, and they worked their way forward through alien territory populated by infidels, where the Christian fighters felt they could afford to wreak havoc. All these factors were soon to be replayed in the fighting grounds of the East. Spanish historians have traditionally seen the Reconquista [[Retaking of lands that belonged to them.]] as the molding force in the Castilian character, with its sense that the highest good was to die fighting for the Christian cause of one's country.
 
While the Reconquista was the most prominent example of Christian war against Muslim conquests, it is not the only such example. The Norman adventurer Robert Guiscard had conquered the "toe of Italy," Calabria, in 1057 and was holding what had traditionally been Byzantine territory against the Muslims of Sicily. The maritime states of Pisa, Genoa and Catalonia were all actively fighting Islamic strongholds in Majorca and Sardinia, freeing the coasts of Italy and Catalonia from Muslim raids. Much earlier, of course, the Christian homelands of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, and so on had been conquered by Muslim armies [[More land grabs by Islam that should be returned]]. This long history of losing territories to a religious enemy, as well as a powerful pincer movement on all of Western Europe, created a powerful motive to respond to Byzantine emperor Alexius I's call for holy war to defend Christendom, and to recapture the lost lands, starting at the most important one of all, Jerusalem itself.">> [source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
 
So as can readily be seen, the actual cause of the Crusades was the land grabbing [[Stealing.]] by Islam from both the Hebrews and the apostate (counterfeit) Christians, and the final straw was the malicious sacking of the pilgrimage hospice in Jerusalem and the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
 
Interesting side note, the Hebrews when they retook some of their lands, the whole of Palestine really rightly being theirs, permitted the Al-Aqsa Mosque to remain on their former temple site showing a compassion very different than that exhibited by the land grabbing [[Stealing.]] members of Islam such as Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.   Of course, as we all know, the land grabbers [[Stealers.]] hated the Hebrews for rightly wanting their land back that had been stolen from them centuries earlier by Islam.  But of course they do NOT LIKE the effect or consequence of having to pay for their wrong act, the cause, land grabbing of others land, most notably that of the Hebrews." [source - Islam Does Not Know Difference Between Cause and Effect or Result: by Iris the Preacher]
 
CONCLUSION:
 
The entire middle eastern turmoil with respect the State of Israel is because Islam does not like giving back and/or forced to get out of lands they stole and pillaged.  However, they like to blame those being wronged for the results.  The Byzantine should be given back their lands and nations and the ancestors of all forced converts should revert to whatever their ancestors were.
 
[[ NOTE, I CHALLENGE ANY TO SHOW ANY ERROR IN THE FACTS I PRESENT. ]]
 
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[1]     SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [VOL. 342A]
 
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.   James 2:23, [authorized King James Bible; AV]
 
This was first mentioned in Genesis 15:6, “And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”  And in the New Testament the same reality is made known at Romans 4:3, [AV] “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.” 
 
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[2]     Discourse on the Mystery of the Cross:
 
Many believe that Jesus died on a cross, but let's consider whether this is so or not. First let's look at the Koine Greek word that many English translators translate as cross as given in Strong's Concordance with
Hebrew and Greek Lexicon shows, with the word commonly translated cross #4716.
 
4716 staurov stauros stow-ros'
 
from the base of 2476; TDNT-7:572,1071; n m
 
AV-cross 28; 28
 
1) a cross
1a) a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves
1b) the crucifixion which Christ underwent 2 an upright "stake", esp. a pointed one, used as such in fences or palisades
 
4716. staurov stauros stow-ros'; from the base of 2476; a stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specifically) a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ:-cross.
 
As can be seen, there is a translation problem here as the Koine Greek word staurov stauros stow-ros' actually means an upright "stake." But for a clearer understanding let's look at what scholars in this area have to say instead of leaning on our own understanding and/or preconceived concepts.
 
Hislop and Wilkinson have the following also: "Now, this Pagan symbol seems first to have crept into the Christian Church in Egypt, and generally into Africa. A statement of Tertullian, about the middle of the third century, shows how much, by that time, the Church of Carthage was infected with the old leaven. Egypt especially, which was never thoroughly evangelised, appears to have taken the lead in bringing in this Pagan symbol. The first form of that which is called the Christian Cross, found on Christian monuments there, is the unequivocal Pagan Tau, or Egyptian "Sign of life." Let the reader peruse the following statement of Sir G. Wilkinson: "A still more curious fact may be mentioned respecting this hieroglyphical character [the Tau], that the early Christians of Egypt adopted it in lieu of the cross, which was afterwards substituted for it, prefixing it to inscriptions in the same manner as the cross in later times. For, though Dr. Young had some scruples in believing the statement of Sir A. Edmonstone, that it holds that position in the sepulchres of the great Oasis, I can attest that such is the case, and that numerous inscriptions, headed by the Tau, are preserved to the present day on early Christian monuments." The drift of this statement is evidently this, that in Egypt the earliest form of that which has since been called the cross, was no other than the "Crux Ansata," or "Sign of life," borne by Osiris and all the Egyptian gods; that the ansa or "handle" was afterwards dispensed with, and that it became the simple Tau, or ordinary cross, as it appears at this day, and that the design of its first employment on the sepulchres, therefore, could have no reference to the crucifixion of the Nazarene, but was simply the result of the attachment to old and long-cherished Pagan symbols, which is always strong in those who, with the adoption of the Christian name and profession, are still, to a large extent, Pagan in heart and feeling. This, and this only, is the origin of the worship of the "cross." " [The Two Babylon's, by Reverend Alexander Hilsop]
 
The Cross and Crucifixion.
This Is Appendix 162 From The Companion Bible.
In the Greek New Testament two words are used for "the cross" on which the Lord was put to death.
1. The word stauros; which denotes an upright pole or stake, to which the crimminals were nailed for execution.
2. The xulon, which generally denotes a piece of a dead log of wood, or timber, for fuel or for any other purpose. Is is not like dendron, which is used of a living, or green tree, as in Matthew 21:8; Revelation 7:1, 3; 8:7; 9:4, etc.
As this latter word xulon is used for the former stauros, it shows us that the meaning of each is exactly the same.
The verb stauroõ means to drive stakes.1
Our English word "cross" is the translation of the Latin crux; but the Greek stauros no more means a crux than the word "stick" means a "crutch".
Homer uses the word stauros of an ordinary pole or stake, or a single piece of timber.2 And this is the meaning and usage of the word throughout the Greek classics.3
It never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle, but always of one piece alone. Hence the use of the word xulon (No. 2, above) in connection with the manner of our Lord's death, and rendered "tree" in Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29. Galatians 3:13. 1 Peter 2:24. This is preserved in our old English name rood, or rod. See the Encycl. Brit., 11th (Camb.) ed., volume 7, page 505d.
There is nothing in the Greek of the New Testament even to imply two pieces of timber.
The letter chi, , the initial of the word Christ , was originally used for His Name; or . This was superseded by symbols and , and even the first of these had four equal arms.
These crosses were used as symbols of the Babylonian sun-god, , and are first seen on a coin of Julius Cæsar, 100 - 44 B.C., and then on a coin struck by Cæsar's heir (Augustus), 20 B.C.4
On the coins of Constantine the most frequent symbol is ; but the same symbol is used without the surrounding circle, and with the four equal arms vertical and horizontal; and this was the symbol specially venerated as the "Solar Wheel". It should be stated that Constantine was a sun-god worshipper, and would not enter the "Church" till some quarter of a century after the legend of his having seen such a cross in the heavens (EUSEBIUS, Vit. Const. I. 37).
The evidence is the same as to the pre-Christian (phallic) symbol in Asia, Africa, and Egypt, whether we consult Nineveh by Sir A. H. LAYARD (ii 213), or Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir J. GARDNER WILKINSON, iii. pages 24, 26, 43, 44, 46, 52, 82, 136.
Dr. SCHLIEMANN gives the same evidence in his Ilios (1880), recording his discoveries on the site of prehistoric Troy. See pages 337, 350, 353, 521, 523.
Dr. MAX OHNEFALSCH - RICHTER gives the same evidence from Cyprus; and these are "the oldest extant Phoenician inscriptions"; see his Kypros, the Bible, and Homer : Oriental Civilisation, Art, and Religion in Ancient Times, Plates XIX, XXV, XXVI, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XL, LVIII, LXIX, etc.
The Catacombs in Rome bear the same testimony : "Christ" is never represented there as "hanging on a cross", and the cross itself is only pourtrayed in a veiled and hesitating manner. In the Egyptian churches the cross was a pagan symbol of life, borrowed by the Christians, and interpreted in the pagan manner. See the Encycl. Brit., 11th (Camb.) ed., volume 14, page 273.
In his Letter from Rome Dean Burgon says : "I question whether a cross occurs on any Christian monument of the first four centuries".
In Mrs. Jameson's famous History of our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art, she says (volume ii, page 315) : "It must be owned that ancient objects of art, as far as hitherto known, afford no corroboration of the use of the cross in the simple transverse form familiar to us, at any period preceding, or even closely succeeding, the time of Chrysostom"; and Chrysostom wrote half a century after Constantine!
"The Invention of the Cross" by Helena the mother of Constantine (in 326), though it means her finding of the cross, may or may not be true; but the "invention" of it in pre-Christian times, and the "invention" of its use in later times, are truths of which we need to be reminded in the present day. The evidence is thus complete, that the Lord was put to death upon an upright stake, and not on two piece of timber placed at any angle.
NOTES
1 There are two compounds of it used : sustauroo - to put any one thus to death with another (Matthew 27:44. Mark 15:32. John 19:32. Romans 6:6. Galatians 2:20); and anastauroo - to rise up and fix upon the stake again (Hebrews 6:6). Another word used is equally significant : prospegnumi - to fix or fasten anything (Acts 2:23).
2 Iliad xxiv. 453. Odyssey xiv. 11.
3 For example, Thucydides iv. 90. Xenophon, Anabasis v. 2. 21.
4 Other coins with this symbol were struck by Augustus, also by Hadrian and other Roman emperors. See Early Christian Numismatics, by C. W. King, M.A.
[http://www.therain.org/appendixes/app162.html]
 
"THE sign of the cross has been a symbol of great antiquity, present in nearly every known culture. Its meaning has eluded anthropologists, though its use in funerary art could well point to a defense against evil. On the other hand, the famous crux ansata of Egypt, depicted coming from the mouth, must refer to life or breath. The universal use of the sign of the cross makes more poignant the striking lack of crosses in early Christian remains, especially any specific reference to the event on Golgotha. Most scholars now agree that the cross, as an artistic reference to the passion event, cannot be found prior to the time of Constantine." [Ante Pacem-Archaeological Evidence of Church Life Before Constantine (1985), by Professor Graydon F. Snyder, page 27]
 
The Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, by M'Clintock and Strong, comments:
'Much time and trouble have been wasted in disputing as to whether three or four nails were used in fastening the Lord. Nonnus affirms that three only were used, in which he is followed by Gregory Nazianzen. The more general belief gives four nails, an opinion which is supported at much length and by curious arguments by Curtius. Others have carried the number of nails as high as fourteen.'- [The Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, by M'Clintock and Strong, Volume II, page 580]
 
"It is strange, yet unquestionably a fact, that in ages long before the birth of Christ, and since then in lands untouched by the teaching of the Church, the Cross has been used as a sacred symbol. . . . The Greek Bacchus, the Tyrian Tammuz, the Chaldean Bel, and the Norse Odin, were all symbolized to their votaries by a cruciform device." [The Cross in Ritual, Architecture, and Art (London, 1900), G. S. Tyack, p. 1. ]
 
"The shape of the [two-beamed cross] had its origin in ancient Chaldea, and was used as the symbol of the god Tammuz (being in the shape of the mystic Tau, the initial of his name) in that country and in adjacent lands, including Egypt. By the middle of the 3rd cent. A.D. the churches had either departed from, or had travestied, certain doctrines of the Christian faith. In order to increase the prestige of the apostate ecclesiastical system pagans were received into the churches apart from regeneration by faith, and were permitted largely to retain their pagan signs and symbols. Hence the Tau or T, in its most frequent form, with the cross-piece lowered, was adopted to stand for the cross of Christ." [n Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (London, 1962), W. E. Vine, p. 256.]
 
I believe the ANK may have been a form of cross, from the Egyption period. I would need to do some research to back this up, this is just a knee-jerk response to this post. Paul --- Mark McFall <markmcfall@jps.net> wrote: > Heinz (quoting 21st Century NT appendix) > > Christians are sometimes disturbed to learn that > the cross, > > considered for centuries as a Christian symbol, > had its origin long > > before Christ and was actually used in pagan > mythology.It was the > > symbol of the god Tammuz, and Bacchus, and the > Egyptian Osiris. > > Mac: Hey Heinz, I've read and heard similar comments > before. However, in > regards to Osiris, I have never come across > something that suggests that > the ancient Egyptians identified a cross with > Osiris. I've read quite a > bit from _The Book of the Dead_ and other primary > Egyptian texts (by > means of translations of course), but I haven't > found anything that > would hint at that beyond what I read from lazy > scholars like Feke and > Gandy. [Heinz Schmidt, Bible Scholar]
 
The concept of a cross as an item of veneration is admittedly pagan, "At successive periods this was modified, becoming curved at the extremities, or adding to them more complex lines or ornamental points, which latter also meet at the central intersection. The swastika is a sacred sign in India, and is very ancient and widespread throughout the East. It has a solemn meaning among both Brahmins and Buddhists, though the elder Burnouf ("Le lotus de la bonne loi, traduit du sanscrit", p. 625; Journ. Asiatic Soc. of Great Britain, VI, 454) believes it more common among the latter than among the former. It seems to have represented the apparatus used at one time by the fathers of the human race in kindling fire; and for this reason it was the symbol of living flame, of sacred fire, whose mother is Maia, the personification of productive power (Burnouf, La science des religions). It is also, according to Milani, a symbol of the sun (Bertrand, La religion des Gaulois, p. 159), and seems to denote its daily rotation. Others have seen in it the mystic representation of lightning or of the god of the tempest, and even the emblem of the Aryan pantheon and the primitive Aryan civilization. Emile Burnouf (op. cit., p. 625), taking the Sanskrit word literally, divided it into the particles su-asti-ka, equivalents of the Greek eu-estike. In this way, especially through the adverbial particle, it would mean "sign of benediction", or "of good omen" (svasti), also "of health" or "life". The particle ka seems to have been used in a causative sense (Burnouf, Dictionnaire sanscrit-français, 1866). The swastika sign was very widespread throughout the Orient, the seat of the oldest civilizations. The Buddhist inscriptions carved in certain caves of Western India are usually preceded or closed by this sacred sign (Thomas Edward, "The Indian Swastika", 1880; Philip Greg, "On the Meaning and Origin of the Fylfot and Swastika"). The celebrated excavations of Schliemann at Hissarlik on the site of ancient Troy brought to light numerous examples of the swastika: on spindle-racks, on a cube, sometimes attached to an animal, and even cut upon the womb of a female idol, a detail also noticeable on a small statue of the goddess Athis. The swastika sign is seen on Hittite monuments, e.g. on a cylinder ("The monuments of the Hittites" in "Transactions of the Soc. of Bibl. Archæology", VII, 2, p. 259. For its presence on Galatian and Bithynian monuments, see Guillaume and Perrot, "Exploration archéologique de la Galatie et de la Bithynie", Atlas, Pl. IX). We find it also on the coins of Lycia and of Gaza in Palestine. In the Island of Cyprus it is found on earthenware vessels. It originally represents, as again at Athens and Mycenæ, a flying bird. In Greece we have specimens of it on urns and vases of Botia, on an Attic vase representing a Gorgon, on coins of Corinth (Raoul-Rochette, "Mém. de l'acad. des inscr.", XVI, pt. II, 302 sqq.; "Hercule assyrien", 377-380; Minervini in "Bull. arch. Napolit.", Ser. 2, II, 178-179), and in the treasury of Orchomenus. It seems to have been unknown in Assyria, in Phnicia, and in Egypt. In the West it is most frequently found in Etruria. It appears on a cinerary urn of Chiusi, and on the fibula found in the famous Etruscan tomb at Cere (Grifi, Mon. di Cere, Pl. VI, no. 1). There are many such emblems on the urns found at Capanna di Corneto, Bolsena, and Vetulonia; also in a Samnite tomb at Capua, where it appears in the centre of the tunic of the person there depicted (Minervini, Bull. arch. Napolit., ser. 2, Pl. II, 178-179) This sign is also found in Pompeian mosaics, on Italo-Grecian vases, on coins of Syracuse in Sicily (Raoul-Rochette, "Mém. de l'acad. des inscr." Pl. XVI, pt. II, 302 sqq.; Minervini, "Bull. arch. Nap.", ser. 2, Pl. II, p. 178-179); finally among the ancient Germans, on a rock-carving in Sweden, on a few Celtic stones in Scotland, and on a Celtic stone discovered in the County of Norfolk, England, and now in the British Museum. The swastika, appears in an epitaph on a pagan tombstone of Tebessa in Roman Africa (Annuaire de la Société de Constantine, 1858-59, 205, 87), on a mosaic of the ignispicium (Ennio Quirino Visconti, Opere varie, ed. Milan, I, 141, sqq.), and in a Greek votive inscription at Porto. In the last monument the swastika is imperfect in form, and resembles a Phnician letter. We shall explain below the value and symbolical meaning of this crux gammata when found on Christian monuments. But the swastika is not the only sign of this kind known to antiquity. Cruciform objects have been found in Assyria. The statutes of Kings Asurnazirpal and Sansirauman, now in the British Museum, have cruciform jewels about the neck (Layard, Monuments of Nineveh, II, pl. IV). Cruciform earrings were found by Father Delattre in Punic tombs at Carthage. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IV, Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York]
 
The Scriptures, by the Institute for Scripture Research, also uses the term "impale" (it also uses "stake"), but the 21st Century NT ignores the term. The Jewish NT has "execute him on a stake." The term "impale" may not be the best rendering here for an English reader, but it can have the meaning other than something being thrust thru. Consider Esther 9:13: "have the bodies of Haman's ten sons hung from the gallows." GNB However, the New Jewish Publication Society has: "let Haman's ten sons be impaled on the stake." [comments by Bible scholars and the New Jewish Publication Society]
 
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[2]     Islam Protest Hearing The Truth:
 
INTRODUCTION:
 
Pope Benedict XVI made remarks on 09/14/2006 that angered many members of Islam. He quoted Emperor Manual II Paleologos of the Byzantine Empire whom members of Islam later took by sword and forced all to convert and/or leave their own land which members of Islam stole. Of course, members of Islam do not want to hear these facts, i.e., that they stole the land of the Byzantine Empire and forced all in Jihad to convert at the edge of the sword or leave, but truth should be made known even if it is by the leader of another group which also has committed many wrongs in the name of religion - its really the kettle calling the pot black situation.
 
What the Pope quoted was a far cry from an even worse truth.   For starters, Islam sacked Rome in 846 A.D. and never paid for the damages done so the Pope and NOT Islam should be protesting loudly.    Of course this was NOT their only evil attempt to convert by the figurative sword and then try and throw the blame on the other side.   This has been Standard Operating Procedure for Islam to the present time.
 
How so?   Let's look at the most recent example, the State of Israel - Lebanese dysfunctional situation.   In a 'nut-shell' the situation was caused by a criminal group, Hezbollah, that Lebanese gave sanctuary to crossing an international boundary and murdering eight (8) Israelis and kidnapping two (2) Israelis with a view of creating turmoil.   Then crying when Israel justly struck back saying Israel had committed atrocities, but the truth is Islam has the inability of many to distinguish between cause and effect in the crisis between Lebanon (Hezbollah) and Israel (year 2006).  Many point to the number killed and which side did it, i.e., hospital in Israel and town of Qana in Lebanon, but ignore the fact that both are but effects of a causative act.  Now the causative act that resulted in so much adverse effects, destruction and death, was of course the previously mentioned surprise unprovoked across boarder attack by a criminal organization, Hezbollah, given tacit approval by the government of Lebanon who even permits members of this group to be members of its parliament.  So this attack was the 'trigger' and/or cause responsible for all the adverse effects, death and destruction, that results; therefore, total responsibility for all the effects rest solely on this criminal organization and the Lebanese government for permitting their operation in Lebanon, i.e., on Islam.
 
ISLAM'S ATTOCITIES THAT ACTUALLY WERE THE FUSE FOR THE CRUSADES:
 
Let's look at another fact than many are NOT aware of, Islam actually brought on the Crusades by their own evil actions against so called Christians, the Roman Catholics and the Eastern or Orthodox Church.
 
First let's consider that Islam sacked Rome in 846 A.D., here is one account of this evil activity on Islam's part, <<" These crises were aggravated by the rise of another foreign power, the Arabs or, as the Middle Ages Italians called them, the Saracens: these newcomers, sailing from their bases in Northern Africa, had conquered Sicily and had began a steady penetration of Southern Italy. Infiltration of band of pirates brought terror in the territories around Rome. Under Pope Paschal I (817-824) all the spoils of the holy martyrs were transferred into the walls. But this move did not prevent a groups of Muslim to predate the St. Peter's Basilica itself, which was outside the ancient walls, sacking it in 846. In 852 Pope Leo IV commissioned therefore the construction of another wall around an area on the opposite side of the Tiber from the seven hills of Rome, which has since been called the Leonine City."
[source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
 
To wit, in 846 Rome is attacked.   This sack of Rome by the Muslims transcended in intensity and horror of human carnage any that had occurred in the past.    The Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul, and all the surrounding
buildings, are razed. Thousands of priests, nuns, and innocents are slaughtered. Although the city of Rome was not destroyed, the attack focused on the sacred center of Christendom, in the hope of anihilating the Christian faith. [references, to be called reference T - 1. Brehier, Louis. "Crusades." Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04543c.htm. K. Knight, 2005, 2. Coffman, Elesha. "Secrets of Islam's Success." Christian History. Vol. XXI, No. 2, Issue 74, 16-18. Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 2002, 3. Crawford, Paul. "A Deadly Give and Take." Christian History. Vol. XXI, No. 2, Issue 74, 19-24. Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 2002, 4. "History of the Arabs." http://www.historyworld.net. History World, 2005, 5. Lattourette, Kenneth Scott. A History of Christianity: Beginnings to 1500. Peabody, MA: Prince Press, 2003, 6. Lewis, Bernard. Cultures in Conflict. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, 7. Maalouf, Amin. The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. New York: Shocken Books, 1984.
Moosa, Matti. "The Crusades: An Eastern perspective, With Emphasis on Syriac Sources." Muslim World. Vol. 93, Issue 2, 249-290. April, 2003, Rempel, Gerhard. "The Crusades." http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc1/lectures/21crusades.html Western New England College, 2000, 8.
Renick, Timothy M. "Crusader Zeal." Christian Century. Vol. 122, Issue 2, Jan. 25, 2005, 9. And Riley-Smith, Jonathan. "Rethinking the Crusades." First Things. Issue 101, 20-23. March 2000.]
 
And here is a timeline history of evil acts by Islam that lit the fuse for the Crusades that Islam likes to point their fingers at so called Christians for starting and carrying out.   As usual, Islam is the causative agent for turmoil, but falsely accuses others for what Islam brings about as will be shown by the time line of History of provocations by Islam:
 
624 Battle of Badr. Expulsion of the Jews from Madina.
627 Battle of the Trench. Expulsion of the Jews at Banu Quraiza.
630 Conquest of Makkah. Battles of Hunsin, Auras, and Taif.
634 Muslim armies stormed out of the Arabian Peninsula and began
their conquests.
635 Siege and conquest of Damascus.
638 Christian Jerusalem and Syria conquered by Muslim armies.
641 Muslims conquer Persia.
642 Conquest of Egypt from the Christians, followed by the rest of
North Africa.
647 Conquest of the Island of Cyress.
648 Campaigns against the Christian Byzantine. The armies of islam
launch a series of attacks against the Christians in the east that
culminate in the siege of its capitol Constantinople in 673.
651 Naval battle against the Byzantine.
666 Raid of Sicily.
672 Conquest of the island of Rhodes.
673 Siege of Constantinople. Muslim armies lay siege to the Byzantine
Christian capitol, Constantinople. The siege lasts for five years,
until the final capture of the city in 678.
688 Construction begins on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
711 Conquest of Spain begins.
716 Invasion of Constantinople.
725 Muslims occupy Nimes in France.
732 The Battle of Poitiers in France. Charles Martel halts the advance
of Muslims into Central Europe in this decisive battle.
737 The Muslims are defeated in Avignon, France.
756 Founding of the Umayyad State in Spain.
777 Battle of Saragossa in Spain.
792 Invasion of Southern France.
805 Campaigns against the Byzantines. Recapture of Rhodes and Cypress.
818 Capture of the islands of Izira, Majorca, and Sardinia.
831 Muslims capture Palermo, Italy.
839 Muslims occupy all of southern Italy. Capture of the city of Messina
in Sicily. This is the main assault on Europe before the First Crusades.
Th goal of Islam appeared to be the destruction of Christianity, hence
its thrust to attack the heart of Christendom, the Papal Seat in Rome.
846 Rome is attacked. The sack of Rome by the Muslims transcended in
intensity and horror of human carnage any that had occurred in the
past. The Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul, and all the surrounding
buildings, are razed. Thousands of priests, nuns, and innocents are
slaughtered. Although the city of Rome was not destroyed, the attack
focused on the sacred center of Christendom, in the hope of annihilating
the Christian faith.
909 Sicily and Sardinia fall to the Muslims.
937 The Church of the Resurrection (Church of the Holy Sepulchre) is
burned down by Muslims. Many more churches in Jerusalem are
attacked and burned.
966 Anti-Christian riots in Jerusalem.
970 Muslim Fatamids invade Palestine and destroy it through a century
of war, which devastated the Jewish population.
973 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is burned to the
ground by Muslims.
1003 Al-Hakim begins his persecutions by destroying the Church of
St. Mark in Fustat, Egypt. He continues his persecutions by destroying
the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem in 1009. And later in
1012, he issues many oppressive decrees against Jews and Christians. [reference - reference T previously given].
 
So we can see indeed that Islam was NOT a religion of peace as they falsely claim, but committed many evil acts of aggression.  Finally, others struck back at them and called their strike back the Crusades.  Now in evil hypocrisy Islam tries through false propaganda to blame so called Christians for the Crusades.  As usual Islam fails to distinguish between cause and effect since it would show them in an evil light, so let's review cause and effect:
 
Cause = Something that brings about an effect or result [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Effect = 1. To cause to come into being, 2. To bring about often by surmounting obstacles: accomplish, b. to put into effect. [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Result = 1. Something that results as a consequence, issue, or conclusion, [from a cause or action] [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Therefor a cause is something that gives rise to effects or results as a consequence.    For example, if you light the fuse leading to sticks of dynamite the effect or consequence will be an explosion.   How big or destructive the explosion depends on the placement of the dynamite.   In an open field, the effect or consequences will be minimal, but in a crowded building the, the effect or consequences could be very significant.
 
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE START OF THE CRUSADES AS SHOWN BY HISTORY?
 
If we listen to Islamic propaganda, it was of course the so called Christians, the apostate (counterfeit) Christians, but it was in reality Islam by their continued attacks on so called Christianity previously detailed in timeline forum.   But let's look at how Islam tries to put the blame always on the victim, <<""The derogatory remarks of the Pope about the philosophy of jihad and Prophet Mohammed have injured sentiments across the Muslim world and pose the danger of spreading acrimony among the religions," the AFP news agency quoted the resolution by the country's national assembly as saying.
 
In India, which has a sizeable Muslim population, Minority Commission Chairman Hamid Ansari said: "The language used by the Pope sounds like that of his 12th-Century counterpart who ordered the crusades..."[source - BBC].
 
As shown above, Islam is in denial and does NOT WISH to see or hear the truth, but to cover it up with misleading propaganda.  Now let's look at the facts, <<" Most of Islam blames the apostate (counterfeit) Christians for the Crusades, but in reality Islam caused the Crusades which were the effect or result or consequences of a malicious wrong act by Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.   How so?    Well simple, in 1009 this Caliph sacked the pilgrimage hospice in Jerusalem and destroyed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It was later rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor, but this event was remembered in Europe and was the spark or cause for the crusades.
 
Now let's look at what an encyclopedia says, <<" This background in the Christian West must be matched with that in the Muslim East. Muslim presence in the Holy Land goes back to the initial Arab conquest of Palestine [[They stole land that did not belong to them from the Hebrews and others.]]in the 7th century. [b]This did not interfere much with pilgrimage to Christian holy sites or the security of monasteries and Christian communities in the Holy Land of Christendom, and western Europeans were not much concerned with the loss of far-away Jerusalem when, in the ensuing decades and centuries, they were themselves faced with invasions by Muslims and other hostile non-Christians such as the Vikings and Magyars. However, the Muslim armies' successes were putting strong pressure on the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire.
 
A turning point in western attitudes towards the east came in the year 1009, when the Fatimid caliph of Cairo, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, had the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem destroyed. His successor permitted the Byzantine Empire to rebuild it under stringent circumstances, and pilgrimage was again permitted, but many stories began to be circulated in the West about the cruelty of Muslims toward Christian pilgrims; these stories then played an important role in the development of the crusades later in the century.
 
The immediate cause of the First Crusade was Alexius I's appeal to Pope Urban II for mercenaries to help him resist Muslim advances into territory of the Byzantine Empire. In 1071, at the Battle of Manzikert, the Byzantine Empire had been defeated, and this defeat led to the loss of all but the coastlands of Asia Minor (modern Turkey)[[Another land theft.]]. Although the East-West Schism was brewing between the Catholic Western church and the Greek Orthodox Eastern church, Alexius I expected some help from a fellow Christian. However, the response was much larger, and less helpful, than Alexius I desired, as the Pope called for a large invasion force to not merely defend the Byzantine Empire but also retake Jerusalem.
 
When the First Crusade was preached in 1095, the Christian princes of northern Iberia had been fighting their way out of the mountains of Galicia and Asturias, the Basque Country and Navarre, with increasing success, for about a hundred years. The fall of Moorish Toledo to the Kingdom of León in 1085 was a major victory, but the turning points of the Reconquista still lay in the future. The disunity of the Muslim emirs was an essential factor, and the Christians, whose wives remained safely behind, were hard to beat: they knew nothing except fighting, they had no gardens or libraries to defend, and they worked their way forward through alien territory populated by infidels, where the Christian fighters felt they could afford to wreak havoc. All these factors were soon to be replayed in the fighting grounds of the East. Spanish historians have traditionally seen the Reconquista [[Retaking of lands that belonged to them.]] as the molding force in the Castilian character, with its sense that the highest good was to die fighting for the Christian cause of one's country.
 
While the Reconquista was the most prominent example of Christian war against Muslim conquests, it is not the only such example. The Norman adventurer Robert Guiscard had conquered the "toe of Italy," Calabria, in 1057 and was holding what had traditionally been Byzantine territory against the Muslims of Sicily. The maritime states of Pisa, Genoa and Catalonia were all actively fighting Islamic strongholds in Majorca and Sardinia, freeing the coasts of Italy and Catalonia from Muslim raids. Much earlier, of course, the Christian homelands of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, and so on had been conquered by Muslim armies [[More land grabs by Islam that should be returned]]. This long history of losing territories to a religious enemy, as well as a powerful pincer movement on all of Western Europe, created a powerful motive to respond to Byzantine emperor Alexius I's call for holy war to defend Christendom, and to recapture the lost lands, starting at the most important one of all, Jerusalem itself.">> [source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
 
So as can readily be seen, the actual cause of the Crusades was the land grabbing [[Stealing.]] by Islam from both the Hebrews and the apostate (counterfeit) Christians, and the final straw was the malicious sacking of the pilgrimage hospice in Jerusalem and the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
 
Interesting side note, the Hebrews when they retook some of their lands, the whole of Palestine really rightly being theirs, permitted the Al-Aqsa Mosque to remain on their former temple site showing a compassion very different than that exhibited by the land grabbing [[Stealing.]] members of Islam such as Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.   Of course, as we all know, the land grabbers [[Stealers.]] hated the Hebrews for rightly wanting their land back that had been stolen from them centuries earlier by Islam.  But of course they do NOT LIKE the effect or consequence of having to pay for their wrong act, the cause, land grabbing of others land, most notably that of the Hebrews." [source - Islam Does Not Know Difference Between Cause and Effect or Result: by Iris the Preacher]>>.
 
So as can clearly be seen, Islam is responsible for the Crusades launched by so called Christianity since it was the response to the evil and continuing attacks from Islam.  Islam says it does not convert by the figurative sword, but of course as can be seen from the above this is just an un-truth. 
 
CONCLUSION:
 
Many of Islam claim that others have a misconception of Islam because they claim it is spread by the 'sword', but let's look at the facts from Muslim sources themselves.
 
Muslim forces overran the Byzantine Empire by force, i.e., use of the sword, and eventually forced all to convert to Islam or get out, i.e., they stole the land and people belonging to the Byzantine Empire. Here is the proof in their own words, <<" It was not until the 10th century that the Turks reverted in any great number. Islamicization was accomplished largely through the missionary efforts supported by the Samanids, whose Muslim state of Central Asia straddled the river Oxus. At the end of the 10th century a group of Turks destroyed the hegemony of the samanids. Subsequently, those victors were themselves vanquished by a mighty group of nomadic Turks led by the descendents of a chieftain named Seljuk. Following a significant victory in 1040, the Seljuks divided the spoils of war. Seljuk's grandson Tughril received direction of the Seljuk thrust into the Islamic heartland. A combination of sound leadership, military prowess, unbridled energy and zeal, as well as a deteriorating economic and political situation in the Islamic territories in their path, enabled the Seljuks quickly to make themselves masters of the Iranian plateau, taking Isfahan in 1043. Sweeping down from that region into the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent in 1055, Tughril took the Caliphal seat of Baghdad.
As Seljuk leadership became more politically ad culturally more sophisticated, and identified its interests with those of the urban elites it had conquered, the more it became necessary to keep the predatory Turcomans out of the settled areas. The Turcomans were encouraged to satisfy their thirst for plunder and adventure in the north against Christian kingdoms in Georgia and Armenia. There they joined other Muslim warriors for the faith (ghazis) in the Holy struggle for the greater glory of Islam.
 
It was in Byzantium that the ghazis found a rich lode worthy of their efforts. Its own internal difficulties compounded the threat posed by the ghazis. Fifty years of strife between the bureaucracy and the army had weakened it. However under Alp Arslan, the Seljuks chose to maintain a tranquil northern flank whilst moving against the Shi'ite Fatimids in the south and the Byzantines and the Seljuks reached an accord in 1070.
 
This stalemate with Byzantium ended the following year, when the Emperor Romanus Diogenes gathered a large army and marched eastward across Anatolia. In august 1071 the two armies clashed at Manzikert near lake Van. At first the battle went in favour of the Emperor; but the tide swung and Romanus was captured (some sources say through treachery), and his army fled. Anatolia was now open to permanent Turkish settlement to become the Seljuks of Rum (Arabic term for Roman empire)." [source - www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/seerah/0075.htm under the title of Seljuks of Rum]
 
Also, they tried to steal much of Europe by force of the sword to convert them to Islam per <<" This clearly shows how they love to obfuscate and distort the issue of whose land it is, but this has always been the Standard Operating Principle (SOP) of the greedy members of Islam. Let's look at the facts, as previously shown by an Australian newspaper, 95 percent of the violence and destruction we see in the world so far in 2006 has been caused by greedy members of Islam, such things as train bombings, their different sects bombing each other's mosques and killing each others members, suicide bombers, road side bombs, bus bombings, kidnapping of other peoples soldiers to ignite violence, going irrationally insane over stupid cartoons, etc.
 
As one anonymous poster on the Internet said, <<" Mahmoud Ashour, the former deputy of Cairo's Al-Azhar Mosque, the Sunni Arab world's most powerful institution, told Al-Arabiya TV immediately after the pope's speech that, "It is not enough. He should apologize because he insulted the beliefs of Islam. He must apologize in a frank way and say he made a mistake." (Forget the fact completely of the flipping Ack-madman of Iran saying all the crap he has about the Holocaust, wiping Israel off the map and killing Christians. Who has apologized for the Kobar Towers? The USS Cole? The American Embassy's? 9-11" [source - an anonymous poster on the Internet]>>, who really well summarized the present situation and Islam's denial of reality.
 
As A. M. Whittaker said, <<"Reasons for the Crusades
Upon reflection, I could only wonder how the Crusades could come about; what sparked this reaction from Christians who are supposed to love their enemies and be committed to peace?
 
I shall list the various reasons...
1. 613 Persians capture Damascus and Antioch
 
2. 614 Persians sack Jerusalem
 
3. 633 Muslims conquer Syria and Iraq...(all provocations previously listed in this article along with many more in a time-line of provocations)""[source A. M. Whittaker]>>.
So the Pope was correct, but too soft with respect the quotation of an Byzantine emperor.   It is high time that the Muslims give back the land and goods they stole from the Byzantine Empire and the ancestors of the people they forced to convert revert back to what they were before.
 
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[1] SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [VOL. 346A]
 
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.   1 John 4:21,  [authorized King James Bible; AV]
 
This truth is emphasized at Matthew 22:37 - 39, [AV] “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  38  This is the first and great commandment.  39  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”  Jesus also commented on this reality as John 13:34 – 35, [AV] “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.  35  By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
 
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[2]     Provocation and Evil by Islam, a Sampling From History and the Present:
 
INTRODUCTION:
 
The Pope Benedict XVI's comments made on a visit to Germany angered members of Islam when he quoted a 14 th. Century so called Christian emperor, Emperor Manual II Paleologos of the Byzantine Empire, the Orthodox Christian empire which had its capital in what is now the Turkish city of Istanbul, who said, "Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things."
 
Of course, Islam said the Pope was only trying to vilify Islam and did NOT understand the term 'Jihad,' but what are the real facts, the truth, in keeping with John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (Authorized King James Bible; AV)?
History and current events will show the truth that throughout its history, Islam has perpetuated itself and made converts with the proverbial use of the sword, but that members of Islam are now in denial with respect to this fact.   In fact, they are so much in denial of the truth, they deny that 'Jihad' or Holy War means actual warfare and evil provocations; yet some members of Islam immediately show that Jihad does mean actual warfare and evil provocations even today.   Let's look at a statement by members of Islam that show the true nature of Jihad, <<" DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group led by al Qaeda vowed a war (Jihad) against worshippers of the cross" in response to a recent speech by Pope Benedict on Islam that sparked anger across the Muslim world.
 
"We tell the worshipper of the cross (the Pope) that you and the West will be defeated, ...said an Internet statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council, an umbrella group led by Iraq's branch of al Qaeda.   We shall break the cross and spill the wine. ... God will (help) Muslims to conquer Rome. ... God enable us to slit their throats, and make their money and descendants the bounty of the mujahideen," said the statement.  
 
It was posted on Sunday on an Internet site often used by al Qaeda and other militant groups.   Pope Benedict said on Sunday he was deeply sorry Muslims had been offended by his use of a Medieval quotation on Islam and violence. The remarks outraged Muslims and triggered protests and attacks on churches in several Arab towns.
Another militant group in Iraq, Ansar al-Sunnah, also vowed to fight Christians in retaliation.
 
"You will only see our swords until you go back to God's true faith Islam," it said in a separate Internet statement.
Al Qaeda in Iraq and other militant groups have staged suicide bombings and killings of foreign forces and members of the U.S.-allied government and security forces." [source - Reuters 9/18/2006 @6:40 AM ET]>>.
 
Now let's look at some of the evil provocations by Islam on a time line of history:
 
HISTORICAL TIME LINE OF EVIL PROVOCATIONS BY ISLAM:
 
Provocations of evil by Islam against others:
 
624 Battle of Badr. Expulsion of the Jews from Madina (Al Madinah al Munawwarah ) although they had lived there for over 1,000 years and were NOT squatters as are the Palestinians on the lands given to the Israelites by the true God (YHWH) of Abraham.
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627 Battle of the Trench. Expulsion of the Jews at Banu Quraiza, historical note, <<" After Muhammad's entry in Medina and the subsequent Battle of Badr, a member of the Banu Qaynuqa was alleged to have murdered a Muslim woman, and was killed in retaliation by a Muslim, leading to a chain of revenge killings. Arbitration failed, and full scale war broke out, until Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul, an old ally of Qaynuqa, interceded on their behalf and persuaded Mohammed to send the entire Banu Qaynuqa into exile, consequently confiscating their land and property. The intersession of ibn Salul saved the Jewish tribe but gained him the enmity of Muhammad.[1] The conflict led to a ruling that such future action by any of the other parties to the Constitution of Medina would constitute a voiding of their benefits under the system, and subsequent punishment. The punishment was legally left up to the amir - the leader of the Islamic army - as to whether it should be execution, slavery, exile, or simply merciful forgiveness.  And Disagreements between followers of Islam and people of other beliefs, or between different Muslim groups, have at times resulted in the persecution of non-Muslims or other Muslims in Muslim ruled areas. Persecution in this sense refers to any arrest, imprisonment, beating, rape, torture, murder, execution or ethnic cleansing based on belief in a contrary religious practice. This persecution can extend to confiscation and/or destruction of property, or incitement to hate." [source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]>>.
 
630 Conquest of Makkah. Battles of Hunsin, Auras, and Taif.  The facts in Islam's own words, <<" The conquest of Makkah takes one even further back in time. Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and his son Ismael had purified and raised the foundation of Bait-Allah, the House of Allah, the Kaaba in Makkah, for the sole worship of God. Later the people degenerated into shirk (polytheism), associating partners with God. The Arabs started believing in hundreds of gods and goddesses, and kept stone idols in the Kaaba.
 
With the historical conquest of Makkah and the return of Islam to Arabia, the Kaaba was cleansed and purified. As he entered the Kaaba and smashed the idols, the Prophet recited, "And say, the Truth has come and falsehood gone, verily falsehood is bound to perish". [source - IslamiCity, http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=DT0411-2519]>>.
 
634 Muslim armies stormed out of the Arabian Peninsula and began their conquests of forced conversion by the proverbial sword and by stealing the lands of others by force.
 
635 Siege and conquest of Damascus, an example of, <<" This is how Islam spread by sword. So much for religion of peace. Submit to arab way of life(Islam) or die."   Muslims' movement speak for itself, even today after 1400 years of bloodshed." [source - Iranian Weblog, http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/2/4793]>>.
 
638 Christian Jerusalem and Syria conquered by Muslim armies.   The Muslims took Jerusalem by force, i.e., stole the city and then levied a tax on the so called Christians and Israelites, its rightful owners, <<"The history of Islamic Jerusalem begins with the conquest of the city by Arab Muslims under Caliph Umar in AD 638. 'Umar was a relatively magnanimous conqueror and allowed the Christians a measure of religious freedom, in return for the traditional jizya tax levied by Muslims from non-Muslims. He ensured that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was safeguarded for Christian worship, and, despite the subsequent influx of Muslims from Medina, the city retained a largely Christian character' [source - Jerusalem and Islam by Patrick Sookhdeo, http://www.c4israel.org/articles/english/e-e-00-0-sook-jerusislam.htm]>>, but worse evil is to come as we will later see in this time line of history.
 
641 Muslims conquer Persia was nothing but a land steal by force and a forced conversion by the proverbial sword, <<" After the battle of Jalaula the Persian emperor Yazdjurd went to Rayy and from there he moved to Khurasan where he set up his capital at Merv. >From Merv, the emperor sent a call to his people to rise to a man to drive away the Muslims from their lands. In response to the call, hardened veterans and young volunteers from all parts of Persia marched in large numbers to join the imperial standard.
 
The Persian forces were required to assemble at Nihawand south of Hamadan. Mardan Shah the son of Hurmuz was appointed to the chief command of the Persian forces. The banner of Kavah, regarded by the Persians as the harbinger of victory was unfurled and entrusted to Mardan Shah by the emperor.
 
As the Persian forces assembled at Nihawand their number exceeded 60,000. They were fully equipped, and were fired with the urge to drive away the Muslims from the Persian soil. As Mardan Shah surveyed the Persian forces, he thought that no power on earth could defeat them. He was very bitter against the Muslims. Addressing the Persian forces he said: "[source - Expansion of Islam and Military Campaign by Wponline.Org, http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/companion/18_umar_bin_al_khattab.htm]>>.    Clearly shows Islam as an imperial force out to steal the land of others and make forced conversions, a false religion.
 
642 Conquest of Egypt from the Christians, followed by the rest of  North Africa, <<" When the Muslims conquered Egypt, Alexandria was the capital of the country. When the Muslims conquered Alexandria, most of the Byzantine population evacuated the city. The vacant houses were occupied by the Muslims. Alexandria was the queen of cities. Amr bin Al-Aas and the other Muslims with him were much attracted by the city. Amr wanted to make Alexandria the capital of Muslim Egypt." "[source - Expansion of Islam and Military Campaign by Wponline.Org, http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/companion/18_umar_bin_al_khattab.htm]>>.    Also, the Muslims destroyed the wonderful library of Alexander, <<"However, when a Christian called John informed the local Arab general that there existed in Alexandria a great Library preserving all the knowledge in the world he was perturbed. Eventually he sent word to Mecca where Caliph Omar ordered that all the books in the library should be destroyed because, as he said "they will either contradict the Koran, in which case they are heresy, or they will agree with it, so they are superfluous." Therefore, the books and scrolls were taken out of the library and distributed as fuel to the many bathhouses of the city. So enormous was the volume of literature that it took six months for it all to be burnt to ashes heating the saunas of the conquerors." [source - Bede's Library, The Mysterious Fate of the Great Library of Alexandria}>>.    Sounds like modern times when the Taliban, members of Islam, destroyed to giant historical Buddhas clearly proving religious tolerance not part of Islam, once more.
 
647 Conquest of the Island of Cyress is just one more example of Jihad by Muslims in their lust to plunder and steal what belongs to others and to force conversions by the proverbial sword.  Notice how closely Islam's inception is associated with war. From 623 to 777, a span of only 154 years, there are over 83 significant military conflicts involving the Muslims recorded.
 
648 Campaigns against the Christian Byzantine.   The armies of islam launch a series of attacks against the Christians in the east that culminate in the siege of its capitol Constantinople in 673.  The provocations and evil battles launched against the Byzantine Empire for the purpose of imperialistic expansion and conversion by the proverbial sword by Muslims starting around 648 resulted in what we call The Crusades was Western Europe playing defense for over 90% of the 1000 years of Muslim expansion.  Places like Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary do not remember the Crusades as expansionist Christianity. They remember it as the only times they had any help. These countries absorbed the damage and protected Europe for centuries.
 
<<"Also from Bernard Lewis: Islamic histories did not record the Crusades as such until recently. The invasions were often only part of tribal wars amongst themselves, and several factions actually allied with the Christians from time to time for reasons of their own. Only when Muslims began to study in the West in the 1800's did they "discover" the Crusades." [source - Bernard Lewis]>>.
 
651 Naval battle against the Byzantine, just more wicked provocations by Muslims that forced so called Christians to lunch the Crusades as a defensive measure.
 
666 Raid of Sicily, <<" Muslims under Ibn Hudayj raid Sicily. Meanwhile muslim forces of Caliph Muawiya conquer the state of Fazzan in what is now Libya. " [source - Everything2 article by Mauler]>>.
 
672 Conquest of the island of Rhodes.
 
673 Siege of Constantinople. Muslim armies lay siege to the Byzantine Christian capitol, Constantinople. The siege lasts for five years, until the final capture of the city in 678, then the Standard Operating Procedure of Islam was put into place, steal the land from whom it belonged - the Byzantines, and force their conversion by the proverbial sword.  The Byzantines had to either convert to the false religion of Islam or leave the property that belonged to them.  This evil act proved very successful as can be shown by the fact that about 99% of Turkey is now Muslim and the biggest church of the so called Byzantine Christians became a mosque and then a museum, but of course should revert back to its true owners.
 
688 Construction begins on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.  The Muslims stole the land from the Israelites that had been given them by the true God of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael, and took it for their own - plunder and thievery.  They even built the Dome of the Rock on the site of the ruined temple of the Israelites <<" is a famous Islamic shrine in Jerusalem. It was built between 687 and 691 by the 9th Caliph, Abd al-Malik. It is sometimes called the Mosque of Umar , as 2nd Caliph Umar prayed at the site after the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 637." [source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]>>, and the gracious Israelites when they retook Jerusalem back even allowed it to stay, can you imagine?
 
711 Conquest of Spain begins , <<" In 711 CE Tariq ibn Ziyad, the governor of Tangiers, landed in Gibraltar with around 10,000 men, mostly Berbers (indigenous North Africans). He had some of Roderick's Visigoth rivals as allies. In the same or following year in the Cadiz province, Roderick's army was decimated and he is thought to have drowned as he fled. The Visigothic survivors fled to the north of Spain, and within a few years, the Muslims had taken over the rest of the Iberian Peninsula bar a few areas in the Asturian Mountains bordering France. [source - http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/seerah/0075_popup9.htm]
 
As can easily be seen, the greedy Ishmaelites, note this refers only to the greedy Ishmaelites and not all Ishmaelites,  were out to swipe land NOT belonging to them and used Tariq ibn Ziyad, a Muslim general, to accomplish this terrible wrong. This of course is not being peaceful in any way.
 
716 Invasion of Constantinople - refer back to 673 for details on this evil Jihad by Muslims.
 
725 Muslims occupy Nimes in France.  In their lust for that which belonged to others, Muslims even occupied Nimes in France, what provocation and wickedness.
 
732 The Battle of Poitiers in France. Charles Martel halts the advance of Muslims into Central Europe in this decisive battle.  As can be seen, Muslims were continually out to steal and pillage from others and to evilly convert by the proverbial sword; however, here they met their match, <<"Charles Martel (or, in modern English, Charles the Hammer) (23 August 686 - 22 October 741) was the Mayor of the Palace and duke of the Franks. (Whatever the titles, he ruled the Frankish Realms.) He expanded his rule over all three of the Frankish kingdoms: Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy. Martel was born in Herstal, in what is now Wallonia, Belgium, the illegitimate son of Pippin the Middle and his concubine Alpaida (or Chalpaida).
 
He is best remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732, which has traditionally been characterized as an action saving Europe from the Muslim expansionism that had conquered Iberia. "There were no further Muslim invasions of Frankish territory, and Charles's victory has often been regarded as decisive for world history, since it preserved western Europe from Muslim conquest and Islamization."
 
Though primarily remembered simply as the leader of the Christian army that prevailed at Tours, Charles Martel was a truly giant figure of the Dark Ages. A brilliant general in an age generally bereft of the same, he is considered the forefather of western heavy cavalry, chivalry, founder of the Carolingian Empire, (which was named after him), and a catalyst for the feudal system that would see Europe through the Dark Ages. (Although recent scholastic findings have suggested he was more of a beneficiary of the feudal system than a knowing agent for social change.)" [source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]>>.
 
737 The Muslims are defeated in Avignon, France.  See 732 above for details.
 
756 Founding of the Umayyad State in Spain is a typical evil and suppression of others, but here are the details on the Umayyads in Spain, <<" Under the Umayyads, the Muslim empire grew rapidly. To the West, Muslim rule expanded across North Africa and into Spain. To the East, it expanded through Iran and ultimately to India. This made it one of the largest empires in the history of West Eurasia, extending its entire breadth.
 
However, the Umayyad dynasty was not universally supported within Islam itself. Some Muslims supported prominent early Muslims like az-Zubayr; others felt that only members of Muhammad's clan, the Banu Hashim, or his own lineage, the descendants of ?Ali, should rule. There were numerous rebellions against the Umayyads, as well as splits within the Umayyad ranks (notably, the rivalry between Yaman and Qays). Eventually, supporters of the Banu Hisham and Alid claims united to bring down the Umayyads in 750. However, the Shi?at ?Ali, "the Party of ?Ali", were again disappointed when the Abbasid dynasty took power, as the Abbasids were descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib and not from ?Ali. Following this disappointment, the Shi?at ?Ali finally split from the majority Sunni Muslims and formed what are today the several Shi?a denominations. .)" [source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]>>.
 
777 Battle of Saragossa in Spain.  As usual, the Islamic SOP was in full force.
 
792 Invasion of Southern France, just another attempt to steal other's lands and to force proverbial conversion by the sword on the part of Islam.
 
805 Campaigns against the Byzantines. Recapture of Rhodes and Cypress, just another attempt to steal other's lands and to force proverbial conversion by the sword on the part of Islam.
 
818 Capture of the islands of Izira, Majorca, and Sardinia, just another attempt to steal other's lands and to force proverbial conversion by the sword on the part of Islam.
 
831 Muslims capture Palermo, Italy, just another attempt to steal other's lands and to force proverbial conversion by the sword on the part of Islam.
 
839 Muslims occupy all of southern Italy. Capture of the city of Messina in Sicily. This is the main assault on Europe before the First Crusades.  Th goal of Islam appeared to be the destruction of Christianity, hence its thrust to attack the heart of Christendom, the Papal Seat in Rome.  Jihad in action, clearly showing it to be an evil force or action to just another attempt to steal other's lands and to force proverbial conversion by the sword on the part of Islam.
 
846 Rome is attacked. The sack of Rome by the Muslims transcended in intensity and horror of human carnage any that had occurred in the past. The Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul, and all the surrounding buildings, are razed. Thousands of priests, nuns, and innocents are slaughtered. Although the city of Rome was not destroyed, the attack focused on the sacred center of Christendom, in the hope of annihilating the so called Christian faith.  Some historical details of the evil Jihads of Islam, <<" These crises were aggravated by the rise of another foreign power, the Arabs or, as the Middle Ages Italians called them, the Saracens: these newcomers, sailing from their bases in Northern Africa, had conquered Sicily and had began a steady penetration of Southern Italy. Infiltration of band of pirates brought terror in the territories around Rome. Under Pope Paschal I (817-824) all the spoils of the holy martyrs were transferred into the walls. But this move did not prevent a groups of Muslim to predate the St. Peter's Basilica itself, which was outside the ancient walls, sacking it in 846. In 852 Pope Leo IV commissioned therefore the construction of another wall around an area on the opposite side of the Tiber from the seven hills of Rome, which has since been called the Leonine City."
[source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]>>.
 
909 Sicily and Sardinia fall to the Muslims.  Just another attempt to steal other's lands and to force proverbial conversion by the sword on the part of Islam.
 
937 The Church of the Resurrection (Church of the Holy Sepulchre) is burned down by Muslims. Many more churches in Jerusalem are attacked and burned.  As usual, the Muslims practice evil against others by destroying what belongs to others and this evil and provocative practice continues to modern times, some of which are as follows:
(1) World Trade Center - 9/11 - unprovoked attack and mass murder by Muslims.
(2) London Subway Bombing by Muslims
(3) Continued mosque bombings in Iraq by Muslims.
(4) Suicide bombings in Israel by Muslims.
(5) Suicide bombing of a wedding reception in Jordan by Muslims.
(6) Daily roadside bombings in Iraq by Muslims.
(7) Train bombings in Spain my Muslims.
(8) Riots and car burnings and murders in France by Muslims.
(9) Suicide bombings in Iraq by Muslims.
(10) Car and truck bombings in Iraq by Muslims.
(11) Unprovoked murder of 8 Israelis and the kidnapping of 2 by Muslims to provoke turmoil and violence in Lebanon and Israel by Muslims.
(12) Unprovoked murder of 2 Israelis and the kidnapping of 1 by Muslims to provoke turmoil and violence in Gaza by Muslims.
(13) Bombing of restaurants and cafes in Bali, Indonesia by Muslims.
(14) Bombing of a trains in India by Muslims.
(15) Take over of a grammar school in Russia resulting in the deaths of many students by Muslims.
(16) Attempted shoebombing of a plain by a Muslim.
(17) Conspiracy to bomb about 10 planes going from UK by Muslims.
(18) Attempted murder of several Indian politicians in Kashmir by Muslims.
(19) Many violent acts by Muslims in Afghanistan.
(20) Murder of a girl by Shiite Muslims in Iran.
(21) Conspiracy to bomb trains in Germany - as previously posted for you.
(22) And the list could go on and on, get it?
 
966 Anti-Christian riots in Jerusalem.  Just one more evil provocation by Islam.
 
970 Muslim Fatamids invade Palestine and destroy it through a century
of war, which devastated the Jewish population.  As usual till this day, Muslims want to steal/posses what belongs to their brother tribe, the Israelites, the descendents of Abraham's son Isaac.  Why?  Greed, that is why.  Just another evil Jihad.
 
973 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is burned to the ground by Muslims.  This evil provocation speaks for itself.
 
1003 Al-Hakim begins his persecutions by destroying the Church of St. Mark in Fustat, Egypt. He continues his persecutions by destroying the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem in 1009. And later in 1012, he issues many oppressive decrees against Jews and Christians.  This was the final evil provocation by lustful Islam bent on pillage and stealing and destruction of what belonged to others that brought on a defensive position by so called Christians called the Crusades.  Actually, The Crusades was Western Europe playing defense for over 90% of the 1000 years of Muslim expansion. Places like Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary do not remember the Crusades as expansionist Christianity. They remember it as the only times they had any help. These countries absorbed the damage and protected Europe for centuries.
 
Bernard Lewis states, <<"Islamic histories did not record the Crusades as such until recently. The invasions were often only part of tribal wars amongst themselves, and several factions actually allied with the Christians from time to time for reasons of their own. Only when Muslims began to study in the West in the 1800's did they "discover" the Crusades." [source - Bernard Lewis]>>.
 
CONCLUSION:
 
Members of Islam incorrectly blame the Catholic church for the Crusades, but conveniently overlook the fact that they, members of Islam actually lit the fuse for the Crusades, i.e., they conveniently ignore cause and effect.  But let's make this fact very clear as follows:
 
Cause = Something that brings about an effect or result [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Effect = 1. To cause to come into being, 2. To bring about often by surmounting obstacles: accomplish, b. to put into effect. [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Result = 1. Something that results as a consequence, issue, or conclusion, [from a cause or action] [source - Webster New Collegiate Dictionary].
 
Therefor a cause is something that gives rise to effects or results as a consequence.    For example, if you light the fuse leading to sticks of dynamite the effect or consequence will be an explosion.   How big or destructive the explosion depends on the placement of the dynamite.   In an open field, the effect or consequences will be minimal, but in a crowded building the, the effect or consequences could be very significant.
 
So we can see, Islam continued to launch evil Jihads against others, but cries crocodile tears when others respond in defense, and this only after 100's of years of provocation.  Thus, Islam, and NOT the Catholic church (both of which are false) is responsible for the Crusades and all that resulted from them.
 
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Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.   1 John 2:15 – 17,  [authorized King James Bible; AV]
 
The Apostle Paul wrote at Romans 12:1 – 3, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  3  For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”  He also wrote at Titus 2:11 – 13, [AV] “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,  12  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;  13  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”  Clearly emphasizing the need for all genuine true followers of God’s son Jesus (Yeshua) to keep apart from worthless worldly pursuits, and to be doing God’s will.  
 
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[2]      Discourse on Moses Foretold the Coming of Jesus (Yeshua):
 
INTRODUCTION:
 
The coming of Jesus (Yeshua), the Messiah, was foretold by the Prophet Moses (Mosche).   In fact, Moses (Mosche)  prefigured Jesus (Yeshua) Christ.   How so?   For one the Prophet Moses was a mediator between God (YHWH) and the nation of Israel; whereas, Jesus (Yeshua) would later be made by God (YHWH), his Father, the only mediator between God (YHWH) and mankind per 1 Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, [himself] man, Christ Jesus," (American Standard Version; ASV).   Interestingly even in death there was a parallel between the Prophet Moses and Jesus (Yeshua) in that is both cases God (YHWH) disposed of their bodies, but we will get into that in more detail later.  But unlike the Prophet Moses who stumbled, and Jesus (Yeshua) did not.   Now let's go into depth on the subject.
 
 
PREFIGURED JESUS (YESHUA) CHRIST:
 
When Jesus (Yeshua) was on earth, he made it clear that Moses (Mosche) had written about him.   On one occasion he told his opposers, John 5:43-47, "I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that [cometh] from the only God ye seek not? 45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, [even] Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. 46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" (ASV).   In fact, this was affirmed also when Jesus (Yeshua) was speaking to his disciples at  Luke 24:25-27,  "And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? 27 And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself." (ASV); and by the disciple Philip at John 1:45, "Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel. 50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. 51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." (ASV).
 
Moses (Mosche) himself wrote many things concerning Jesus (Yeshua), for example at Deuteronomy 18:17-19, "And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him." (ASV).   Interestingly the Apostle Peter, when he quoted from this prophecy left no doubt that it was referring to Jesus (Yeshua) as shown at Acts 3:18-22,  "But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled. 19 Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, [even] Jesus: 21 whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of His holy prophets that have been from of old. 22 Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me. To him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you." (ASV).  
 
Interestingly this fact that Jesus (Yeshua) was the prophet spoken of by the Prophet Moses(Mosche)  was made vividly clear in the transfiguration scene that the the Apostles Peter, James, and John were permitted to see where Moses and Elijah were seen figuratively speaking with Jesus.   This scene represented the Law Covenant, the theocratic government or arrangement of the congregation, the deliverance of the nation, and the coming of the Promised Land.  This vision clearly showed that Jesus (Yeshua) would do greater works than Moses, and that he would also do work like that of Elijah, but in a more grand way.  Thus it was clearly manifested that Jesus (Yeshua) was the Son of God (YHWH) and was indeed the 'Prophet greater than was Moses', but let's look at what the Bible shows about the transfiguration at Matthew 17:1-3, "And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: 2 and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light. 3 And behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him." (ASV).
 
In fact, there was a significant pictorial correspondency  between these two, Jesus (Yeshua) and Moses (Mosche).  Both infants escaped a wholesale slaughter of male infants ordered by a ruler of their time.
 
 Moses (Mosche) - Exodus 1:22 and 2:1-10, "And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive." And "And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.   5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. 6 And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water." (ASV). 
 
Whereas, Jesus (Yeshua) - Matthew 2:13-18, "Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. 14 And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt; 15 and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.   16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 18 A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not. " (ASV).
 
Both were at one time called out of Egypt with God's (YHWH's) 'firstborn', the nation of Israel.  Jesus (Yeshua) was called out of Egype as God's (YHWH) firstborn son.
 
Moses (Mosche) - Exodus 4:22-23, "And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: 23 and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born." (ASV), And Hosea 11:1, "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." (ASV)
 
Jesus (Yeshua) - Matthew 2:15 and 19-21, "and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son." And "But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 20 Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child's life. 21 And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel." (ASV)
 
Both Moses (Mosche) and Jesus (Yeshua) were exceptionally humble and meek.
 
Moses (Mosche) - Numbers 12:3, "Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.
 
Jesus (Yeshua) - Matthew 11:28-30, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (ASV)
 
Both Moses (Mosche) and Jesus (Yeshua) fasted for 40 days in a wilderness location.
 
Moses (Mosche) - Exodus 34:28, "And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments." (ASV)
 
Jesus (Yeshua) - Matthew 4:1-2, "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered. " (ASV).
 
MOSES (MOSCHE) AND JESUS (YESHUA) AS MEDIATORS:
 
Moses (Mosche) was the mediator of the Law Covenant between God (YHWH) and the ancient nation of Israel for God (YHWH); whereas, Jesus (Yeshua) became the Mediator of the New Covenant between God (YHWH) and his nation of faithful followers, the 'spiritual Israel,' as shown at 1 Peter 2:9-12, "But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul; 12 having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation."; and at Galatians 6:16-19, " And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace [be] upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 17 Henceforth, let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen" (ASV); and at Exodus 19:3-9, "And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah." (ASV); and at Luke 22:19-20, "And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, [even] that which is poured out for you" (ASV); and at Hebrews 86-7,  "But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises. 7 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second" (ASV).
 
BOTH WERE JUDGES AND LAWGIVERS.
 
Both Moses (Mosche) and Jesus (Yeshua) Christ served as lawgivers, leaders and judges of the congregation.   This was shown with respect Moses (Mosche) as a judge at Exodus 18:13, "And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening." (ASV); and as a leader at Exodus 32:34, "And now go, lead the people unto [the place] of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them." (ASV); and Daniel 9:25, "Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times." (ASV).
 
Whereas, Jesus (Yeshua) was shown to be the appointed leader at Matthew 23:8-12,  "But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, [even] he who is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, [even] the Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted." (ASV); and as the appointed judge at John 5:21-30,  "For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. 22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: 27 and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. 30 I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." (ASV); and that he would be the leader of a new congregation is shown at John 1334-35,:  "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." (ASV); and affirmed at John 15:14-17,  "Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you. 16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, that ye may love one another." (ASV).
 
Whereas, Moses (Mosche) was given the stewardship over the ancient nation of Israel or God's (YHWH's) congregation at that time, Jesus (Yeshua) is given the stewardship over spiritual Israel, the congregation of God (YHWH) today per  Numbers 12:7 in the case of Moses (Mosche), "My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:".   With respect Jesus (Yeshua) Hebrews 3:1-6 says, "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, [even] Jesus; 2 who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. 3 For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house. 4 For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God. 5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken; 6 but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end." (ASV).
 
MEDIATOR OF A NEW COVENANT:
 
Whereas Moses (Mosche) was a mediator and judge under the old Law Covenant, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ is the mediator of the new covenant as has been shown above.   He is the greater prophet spoken of by Moses (Mosche) who prefigured him.   Some try and falsely claim that Jesus (Yeshua) Christ was just a prophet and fail to recognize he was much more since God (YHWH), his Father, has appointed him as the mediator over the New Covenant as previously shown.   In fact 1 Corinthians 15:22-28 shows that God (YHWH) has given him all authority over everything but himself who was exempted at 1 Corinthians 15:27, let's look at these scriptures, " For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming. 24 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be abolished is death. 27 For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him. 28 And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all." (ASV).   Clearly this scripture leaves no doubt with respect to his authority and shows clearly he is the prophet greater than Moses (Mosche) that Moses (Mosche) said was coming.
 
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