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GENESIS

hundred years of violence and bloodshed around the world… Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini declared: ‘The purest joy in Islam is to kill and to be killed for Allah’… Muhammad, the founder of Islam, slaughtered thousands of people in establishing and spreading Islam… the Islamic terrorists are not fanatics–but devout followers of Muhammad who are following his example and doing what their Islamic Bible teaches them to do. 3 13. Whereas Mohammed taught that his God could only love conditionally (Sura 19:96 & 11:91-92 & 85:12-14), Jesus taught that the Triune Godhead of the Jewish Scriptures always loves unconditionally (Jn 3:16) 14. Whereas the Allah of Islam sends your sons to die for him, the God of the Jewish Scriptures sent His SON to die for you Ergun and Emir Caner in Unveiling Islam notes: 16:12 Harvard University’s Samuel P. Huntington in The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order warned Americans about deceiving themselves concerning the true nature of Islam , which came from Ishmael’s descendants, when he said: Some Westerners, including President Bill Clinton, have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam, but only with violent Islamic extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise. 6 The ANGEL OF THE LORD , CHRIST Himself, prophesized 4000 years ago that the descendants of Ishmael (the Arabs) would terrorize the world ( his hand will be against every man ), as well as themselves. Sadly, the Arab people, who are blessed by God ( Gen 16:10 ), have slaughtered themselves by the millions in the name of Islam . 16:15 Ishmael’s name means “God hears.” He is referred to 6 times in the NT (Gal 4:22-24,29-31). 17:1 How do we know that the term “ LORD ” here is referring to GOD THE SON and not GOD THE FATHER ? CHRIST said to Moses in Exodus 6:3: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of GOD ALMIGHTY, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them . The greatest difference between Jesus Christ as God and Savior and Muhammad as prophet of Allah, comes at this point. Jesus Christ shed His own blood on the cross so that people could come to God. Muhammad shed other people’s blood so that his constituents could have political power throughout the Arabian Peninsula. 5

1 Lockyer, Herbert. All the Doctrines of the Bible , Grand Rapids, MI, Zondervan., 1964. Print. 2 Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz. World Religions and Cults 101 , Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2005. Print. 3 Hagee, John. Jerusalem Countdown , Lake Mary, FL: Front Line. 2006. 2007. Print. 4 “Lying.” Answering Islam . (2009). 20 Apr 2009 . 5 Ergun and Emir Caner. Unveiling Islam , Grand Rapids, MI, Kregel Pub., 2002. Print. 6 Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order , NY, NY, Simon & Schuster, 1998. Print.