A rabbi proudly proclaimed that the Jews gave the world Islam and Christianity. In other words, according to him, both Islam and Christianity originated from Judaism. The Muslims on the other hand say that Judaism and Christianity are different stages in the development of Islam.
The advent of Muhammad is foretold in the Old Testament in Deuteronomy 18:15 in the clearest of term but the Jews rejected it for the following reasons:
1. They were the first people to accept monotheism. In the early stage, God was very pleased with them. So they became swelled headed and began to think of themselves as the "Chosen People". Such being the case, they think only Jews were good enough to be prophets. And Muhammad was an Arab - a non Jew , and so he was not qualified for prophet.
2. Al-Imran Verse 183 says "As for those (Jews) who maintain ' Behold, God has forbidden us not to believe in any apostle unless he comes to us with burnt offering' ".But Muhammad did not bring the required burnt offering and so he was considered a false prophet.
The Jews however were not consistent in the requirement for burnt offering. Both Zachariah and John the Baptist came with burnt offering but the Jews rejected them and killed them. In Matthew xxxiii:37, Jesus expressed his dismay over the killing.
I don't think the Jews will ever come back to Islam. In many places in the Quran God talks about "Putting a veil" over the eyes of the rebellious Jews
The advent of Muhammad is foretold in the Old Testament in Deuteronomy 18:15 in the clearest of term but the Jews rejected it for the following reasons:
1. They were the first people to accept monotheism. In the early stage, God was very pleased with them. So they became swelled headed and began to think of themselves as the "Chosen People". Such being the case, they think only Jews were good enough to be prophets. And Muhammad was an Arab - a non Jew , and so he was not qualified for prophet.
2. Al-Imran Verse 183 says "As for those (Jews) who maintain ' Behold, God has forbidden us not to believe in any apostle unless he comes to us with burnt offering' ".But Muhammad did not bring the required burnt offering and so he was considered a false prophet.
The Jews however were not consistent in the requirement for burnt offering. Both Zachariah and John the Baptist came with burnt offering but the Jews rejected them and killed them. In Matthew xxxiii:37, Jesus expressed his dismay over the killing.
I don't think the Jews will ever come back to Islam. In many places in the Quran God talks about "Putting a veil" over the eyes of the rebellious Jews
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