Allah and Elohim - Are they the same God? Part 7

Holy God, Shedding innocent blood

Leviticus 11:45, "For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy."

From Genesis to Revelation the Bible tells us that God is holy and we must live a holy life. Genesis 17:1, "When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless."  Here God directs Abraham to remain blameless.  So we can see that God wants us to live a spotless, blameless or pure life and to walk in His holiness, as He is holy.  But we do not see the qualities of Yahweh/Elohim (the God of the Bible) in Allah.  Mohammed the founder of Islam did not live a clean life.  He not only married his adopted son's wife but justified himself giving a new rule for the follower of Islam as we read in

The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces

Sura 33:37 Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Allah and thy favour: "Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear Allah." But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that thou shouldst fear Allah. Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with her, with the necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee: in order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers in (the matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have dissolved with the necessary (formality) (their marriage) with them. And Allah's command must be fulfilled.

But Bible considers it as adultery.  God gave the ten commandments to Moses and one of the commandment was "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's." (Exodus 20:17)

Also God gave Moses Laws so that a person can get forgiveness of their sins by the sacrificial lamb.  And Jesus the lamb of God came for the very purpose to take away our sins.  But Muslims say that, "it is arrogance to say that our sins are forgiven. No one can know that their sins are forgiven before the Day of Judgment."  Mohammed asked forgiveness to Allah but Quran does not say whether his sins were forgiven.  But he died in fear and gave the same fear to the followers of Allah.  I asked many, "what if you die today, where would you go?"  They said, "we are in between fear and hope.  We can not say for sure but on the Day of Judgment we will be admitted in heaven."  And Mohammed the founder of Islam said to his daughter and aunt in a Hadith that he cannot save them from the punishment.

Abu Huraira related that when the verse, "Cause thy near relatives to fear," was revealed to the Prophet of Islam, the Prophet arose and began to proclaim: "Oh people of the Quraysh, and you sons of Abdul Manaf, and you Abbas, son of Abdul Muttalib, and you, Safiyyah my aunt, I cannot save you from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection. Take care of yourself, O my daughter Fatimah; you may use my property, but I cannot save you from God. Take care of yourself" (Bukhari).

Mohammed said about himself as we read:

Abu Huraira reported that the Prophet of Islam said: "No one of you will enter Paradise through his good works." They said: "Not even you, O Apostle of God?" "Not even I," he replied, "unless God cover me with His grace and mercy. Therefore be strong, and morning and evening, nay every moment, try to do good."

 But contrary to this, all the prophets of the Bible were sure that their sins were forgiven and they were sure of going to heaven. Jesus said in John 5:24,  "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life."

Yes, if you are in Christ Jesus you need not to fear of punishment of judgment.  You need not to be in between fear and hope but Jesus gives assurance of heaven by forgiving our sins.

Shedding innocent blood is abomination to God:

Prov 6:16-17, "These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,"

Bible says that shedding of innocent blood is abomination to God and God cannot tolerate it, but Mohammed the founder of Islam made rules of Jihad saying that those who speak anything against Islam, Allah, Mohammed or about their rules may be brutally killed.

So we can see that God of the Bible is not Allah. Both are different from each other and the characteristics of the God of the Bible and Allah do not match.  God of the Bible is holy while Allah is not holy. God of the Bible forgives our sins and gives us eternal life while Allah does not forgive sins nor gives eternal life. God of the Bible says that shedding innocent blood is abomination while Allah does not consider it as abomination.

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