Is Islam the Synagogue of Satan?, page 8
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reply posted on 21-10-2009 @ 02:53 AM by practicalthinker
Quote from Checkers:
"Many people believe that the Bible discusses Islam here:

Revelation 3
7 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia.
This is the message from the one who is holy and true,
the one who has the key of David.
What he opens, no one can close;
and what he closes, no one can open:
8 “I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me. 9 Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.
10 “Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.

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Some evidence seems to support their claim that the Bible discusses Islam as Satan's synagogue. For example:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Also, the Bible explains how to test whether or not Islam is from God:



1 John 4
1 Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. 2 This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. 3 But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.



Allah, Muhammad, and Islam did/do not confess Jesus as Christ. Some interpret this as meaning that the spirit of Islam is Antichrist since it directs Muslims to deny Jesus as Christ. The spirit of the Antichrist that directs people to deny Jesus as Christ could therefore be interpreted as "Satan's synagogue".

However, the Bible proclaims Jesus as Lord. So if Muhammad denied that Jesus is Lord then does that mean that he was an Antichrist? What is the Bible referring to as "Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not"?

The Bible refutes Islam by proclaiming that Jesus is Lord here:


Colossians 1
15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
16 for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
17 He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together.
18 Christ is also the head of the church,
which is his body.
He is the beginning,
supreme over all who rise from the dead.
So he is first in everything.
19 For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,
20 and through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross."

My opinions:

Frankly speaking I am a person with a spiritual crisis but I can confidently say that Islam in reality is a very logical and scientific religion although a couple of things mentioned in the surahs are harsh-hence causing my spiritual crisis.So basically I am neutral here.In response to your post, if you logically analyze the situation ,there is no real evidence that the any holy book revealed (whether it was Torah,Bible etc.)was preserved through out the ages and modification is a real possibility!But I am sure you have own reasons for your beliefs!


reply posted on 21-10-2009 @ 06:38 AM by oozyism
reply to post by checkers





Allah, Muhammad, and Islam did/do not confess Jesus as Christ. Some interpret this as meaning that the spirit of Islam is Antichrist since it directs Muslims to deny Jesus as Christ. The spirit of the Antichrist that directs people to deny Jesus as Christ could therefore be interpreted as "Satan's synagogue".


What about Atheists? Agnostics? Hindus? Buddhists? Jews? ETC ETC

Why Islam? Islam at least has a high respect for Jesus, there is a whole chapter about his life and how he was born in a miraculous birth, how he healed the sick etc.

Ignorance is a bless they say.


reply posted on 21-10-2009 @ 09:58 AM by searching4truth
reply to post by Prototype786



First, my apologies from have not checked on this thread in awhile, so excuse my delayed reply.


As to the claim that Muhammed had been mentioned but was deleted is baseless unless there is a copy of this that can validate it, the only instances where I come across this is by Muslims attempting to valid their own faith and how it was foretold, there have been no historical examples of this. I am happy that you have found a faith for yourself and if it helps you or others to be better people, that's great. But why is there a need to validate it through the Bible and by claims that are without merit. Which then leads me to ask where you came across the story of St. Barnabus that you told? To ease my own curiousity I would like to read it for myself.

I have read the Koran, and while I did find it interesting, to merely be impressed that it mentions Jesus, Mary, the Virgin Birth, and countless other similarities to Christianity but ignore the differences and how imo it incorrectly describes the traditions and basic beliefs (ie the Trinity) would be foolish. Of course, the Muslims that I have had this discussion with say that it is because it has been altered and altered and removed or changed etc. Again, I would to see proof of this. We have found many ancient manuscripts (gasp even by heretics) and nothing has outright invalidated the Holy Bible, nor has there been any mention of Muhammed or Islam.



reply posted on 24-10-2009 @ 09:27 AM by toasted
I put some comments inside the quote, in brackets;


Originally posted by badmedia



At that time, all muslims, Christians and Jews were called Jews. The different sects did not appear until after those things were written. If you followed Jesus, you were still a Jew.

[ You got part of this pretty messed up....THE PROMISE, was always to the HOUSE OF ISRAEL/ISRAELITES, when the Houses split over taxes about 950 BC, the House of Judah was now separate from Israel. And those who believed in the Father and followed the LAW, Were ISRAEL, those who did not, were no longer considered His. The Edomites were the ones who attached themselves to the PROMISE after CAPTIVITY which left an empty land to be filled, but they weren't Israelites nor Judah for the most part, they were sons of ESAU. It's like trying to figure out who a TEXAN is. Is he a WASP or latino, or mexican? ] [ do a search for the greatest love story never told, and you'll know more about this than you can possibly imagine ]

As such, Jews doesn't mean Jewish people only. It means all 3. [ I don't think I can go along with this either ]

It is referring to wolves in sheeps clothing, who carry the symbolisms and try to appear to be of that, but in reality they are just using such things for control. Gotta look beyond labels, and look at the fruits/actions.



[edit on 8/1/2009 by badmedia]



FWIW, the OT is NOT a jewish bible, it is a Hebrew Bible and an Israelite Bible, and the promise to Abraham went to his sons who were ISRAELITES, not jews, there was only one tribe called Judah, it cannot speak for all the other tribes....altho it sure likes to act like it can many times. Not to mention the people who assume and also just pass on that bad info as if it were gospel, which it is not.

The pharisees and Judah were getting infiltrated with outsiders known as IDUMEANS, look them up.

And to the OP, no islam is not the synagogue of satan. You really need a good teacher to help you out!

[edit on 24-10-2009 by toasted]


reply posted on 24-10-2009 @ 09:48 AM by KRISKALI777
reply to post by checkers



Nice thread. But why does anyone care- thats the real question?
You've got all the intolerant majors right there in one statement; let them fight their territorial-pissings out amongst themselves; most of us are just sick to death of the tired and futile debate.
Hopefully they will find a remote corner of the world and wipe each other out; and leave the rest of us to be progressive, rather than quibble over medieval rubbish.
How long are we going to waste time and energy on this; move on.
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