36 Jesus: My Kingdom Is Not Of This World

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36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”
Muslims interpret that as if Jesus olny wanted spiritualn power. Meanwhile, Prophet Muhammad did not look for it. (Muhammad Nabi yang Dijanjikan, 2013, p.136) Having used some passages in the Old Testament, muslims also use some from the
New Testament. (Muhammad Nabi yang Dijanjikan, 2013, p.136-137)
a. Jesus and the Comforter. For this reason, muslims use a passage from John (or Yahya AS in Islam).
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with …show more content…

He received revelations of God who created heaven and earth through the Ruhul Qudus (Jibril/Gabriel). Therefore, Prophet Muhammad made some rules and duties, such as being a hajj, fasting in Ramadhan, and more.
Summary
Muslims believe that the Promised One was Prophet Muhammad. They mistook when God said that He would also bless Ismael and make his offspring great nations because Prophet
Muhammad was Ismael’s offspring. Islam rejects the concept of the Triune God. They have a belief that God is only one, who is Allah SWT.
Islam misinterprets some Bible verses to convince us, Christians, that the Promised One was Prophet Muhammad not Jesus Christ. They believe that Jesus was just a messenger of Allaah while Prophet Muhammad was the last messenger of Allaah who was sent to perfect the previous religious. They also use Jesus’ sayings. For example, Jesus mentions the Comforter in John. The Muslims take Muhammad as the Comforter that Jesus mentions.
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1. In 100-150 words, explain what Islam views of Jesus and Muhammad!
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Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in anyone other than Yahweh himself. According to the Institute of Literature Baptist (LLB) (in Ismail, 2012), the movement originally stems from a Bible study group led by Charles Taze Russell was born in 1952. When he was little, he was very interested in theology and had became a missionary. However, he later left the church after he came to know the concept of hell. According to him, the rights are contrary to God's love. He also felt that he had been appointed by God as a translator of

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