Is Islam a heavenly religion?
We have to think about religions as a thing that nobody can dismiss. The
pagans have their own gods, the Jews believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and Christians, of course, believe in the same God. The story is that
when God wanted to reveal himself to men, he chose Abraham. And through Abraham
he had Isaac; through Isaac he had Jacob; through Jacob he sent the people of
Israel to Egypt. He brought them back by Moses, and Judaism started at that
time. God gave the Jewish people His law, revealed Himself to them, and His
revelation was magnificent, because He appeared to them in a pillar of fire at
night, a pillar of cloud in the morning, and from there Judaism began. In that
religion He gave them the offerings, He gave them the prophets and prophetesses,
and it was a preparation for the final religion that will come, which is
Christianity. Because Christianity is based on Judaism. All the offerings in the
Old Testament refer to Jesus Christ, the only offerings, the Lamb of God. He was
the burned offering, He was the sin offering, He was the peace offering. He
completed in Himself and in His death on the cross, all the offerings of the Old
Testament. Prophets came, and they gave details about Jesus Christ, His blessed
birth, His virgin birth, His crucifixion, His burial, His resurrection, His
ascension. Then religion was completed. Judaism is the foundation, Christianity
is the building upon this foundation.
Now when we come to Islam, why for? For what reason? How could Islam say that it
is a divine religion? There was no former preparation for Islam. God did not
reveal any prophecies in the whole Bible concerning Mohammed or concerning
Islam. And why Islam at all? If the building is complete, we have the foundation
is Judaism, we have the building in Christianity, Jesus was the final revelation
of God to mankind. And we read here, in the book of Hebrews, and I want to read
it from here, in the book of Hebrews chapter 1, the words here are very clear
about Jesus Christ as the final revelation of God to mankind. "God who at
various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the father by the
prophets. Had in these last days spoken to us by his Son." So if God had
spoken to us by His Son, why would He send a servant after that? Islam is not a
divine religion. No foundation for it, no prophecies about it, it is not a
divine religion.