"Allah" is NOT the true and living
God of the Bible. The Godhead was manifest in the man, Christ Jesus--God
in the flesh (John 1:1-3,14; Colossians 2:9; 1st Timothy 3:16). Islam is
repackaged polytheism. Islam is paganism wrapped in monotheistic dogma.
Islam Originates in
Pagan Moon Worship
The symbol to the left is used
extensively throughout the Islamic world. Just as Catholicism's origins
can be traced back to the pagan Babylon religion, so can Islam be traced back
to the pagan moon worship of the Assyrians and Babylonians. Who can deny
the paramount influence of the moon in a Muslim’s life? In Islam, the
moon is considered the holiest astronomical object, and the moon is the
guiding light of ALL Islamic rituals and festivals. Crescent moons and
stars are the symbolic sign in the national flags of many Muslim countries,
and it is present over the Mosques, in the Muslim graveyard, etc. Muslims do
NOT, and never did, follow the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They
worship a pagan false god.
"Although
the moon has not had great prominence in the history of religion, the
worship of it has been known since earliest recorded time—in the oldest
literatures of Egypt, Babylonia, India, and China—and still exists today in
various parts of the world, particularly among certain African and Native
American groups. Moon worship is founded on the belief that the phases of
the moon and the growth and decline of plant, animal, and human life are
related. In some societies food was laid out at night to absorb the rays of
the moon, which were thought to have power to cure disease and prolong life.
Among the Baganda of central Africa it was customary for a mother to bathe
her newborn child by the light of the first full moon. The moon was
frequently equated with wisdom and justice, as in the worship of the
Egyptian god Thoth and the Mesopotamian god Sin. In general, however, the
moon has been the basis for many amorous legends and some superstitions
(madmen were once considered to be moonstruck, hence the term lunatic) and
is particularly important in the practice of astrology.
Many ancient peoples regarded
the Moon as the chief of the two luminaries. “The sun was of smaller
importance than the moon in the eyes of the Babylonian astrologers.”
The Assyrians and the
Chaldeans referred to the time of the Moon-god as the oldest period in the
memory of the people: before other planetary gods came to dominate the world
ages, the Moon was the supreme deity. Such references are found in the
inscriptions of Sargon II (ca. -720)(2) and Nabonidus (ca. -550).(3) The
Babylonian Sin—the Moon—was a very ancient deity: Mount Sinai owes its name
to Sin.
Assyrian art reflects this
moon influence far more strikingly than that of Panammu I.The figure of
himself which he caused to be carved in relief on the left side of the
palace-inscription is in the Assyrian style , and so too is another of his
reliefs from Zenjirli. On the latter Bar-rekub is represented seated upon
his throne with eunuch and scribe in attendance, while in the field is the
emblem of full moon and crescent, here ascribed to "Ba`al of Harran", the
famous centre of moon-worship in Northern Mesopotamia." -SOURCE
The Word of God forbids any type of
moon worship...
"And lest thou
lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon,
and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship
them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations
under the whole heaven." -Deuteronomy 4:19
The following is from The Islamic Invasion, by
Dr. Robert Morey, Harvest House Publishers,
1992, pp 211-218...
ALLAH -THE MOON GOD
The Archeology of The Middle East
The religion of Islam has as its focus of worship a deity
by the name of "Allah." The Muslims claim that Allah in pre-Islamic times was
the biblical God of the Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles. The issue is thus
one of continuity. Was "Allah" the biblical God or a pagan god in Arabia
during preIslamic times? The Muslim's claim of continuity is essential to
their attempt to convert Jews and Christians for if "Allah" is part of the
flow of divine revelation in Scripture, then it is the next step in biblical
religion. Thus
Archeologists have uncovered temples to the Moon-god
throughout the Middle East. From the mountains of Turkey to the banks of the
Nile, the most widespread religion of the ancient world was the worship of the
Moon-god. In the first literate civilization, the Sumerians have left us
thousands of clay tablets in which they described their religious beliefs. As
demonstrated by Sjøberg and Hall, the ancient Sumerians worshipped a Moon-god
who was called many different names. The most popular names were Nanna, Suen
and Asimbabbar. His symbol was the crescent moon. Given the amount of
artifacts concerning the worship of this Moon-god, it is clear that this was
the dominant religion in Sumeria. The cult of the Moon-god was the most
popular religion throughout ancient Mesopotamia. The Assyrians, Babylonians,
and the Akkadians took the word Suen and transformed it into the word Sin as
their favorite name for the Moon-god. As Prof. Potts pointed out, "Sin is a
name essentially Sumerian in origin which had been borrowed by the Semites."
In ancient Syria and Canna, the Moon-god Sin was usually
represented by the moon in its crescent phase. At times the full moon was
placed inside the crescent moon to emphasize all the phases of the moon. The
sun-goddess was the wife of Sin and the stars were their daughters. For
example, Istar was a daughter of Sin. Sacrifices to the Moon-god are described
in the Pas Shamra texts. In the Ugaritic texts, the Moon-god was sometimes
called Kusuh. In Persia, as well as in Egypt, the Moon-god is depicted on wall
murals and on the heads of statues. He was the Judge of men and gods. The Old
Testament constantly rebuked the worship of the Moon-god (see: Deut.
4:19;17:3; II Kngs. 21:3,5; 23:5; Jer. 8:2; 19:13; Zeph. 1:5, etc.) When
Israel fell into idolatry, it was usually the cult of the Moon-god. As a
matter of fact, everywhere in the ancient world, the symbol of the crescent
moon can be found on seal impressions, steles, pottery, amulets, clay tablets,
cylinders, weights, earrings, necklaces, wal murals, etc. In Tell-el-Obeid, a
copper calf was found with a crescent moon on its forehead. An idol with the
body of a bull and the head of man has a crescent moon inlaid on its forehead
with shells. In Ur, the Stela of Ur-Nammu has the crescent symbol placed at
the top of the register of gods because the Moon-god was the head of the gods.
Even bread was baked in the form of a crescent as an act of devotion to the
Moon-god. The Ur of the Chaldees was so devoted to the Moon-god that it was
sometimes called Nannar in tablets from that time period.
A temple of the Moon-god has been excavated in Ur by Sir
Leonard Woolley. He dug up many examples of moon worship in Ur and these are
displayed in the British Museum to this day. Harran was likewise noted for its
devotion to the Moon-god. In the 1950's a major temple to the Moon-god was
excavated at Hazer in Palestine. Two idols of the moon god were found. Each
was a stature of a man sitting upon a throne with a crescent moon carved on
his chest . The accompanying inscriptions make it clear that these were idols
of the Moon-god. Several smaller statues were also found which were identified
by their inscriptions as the "daughters" of the Moon-god. What about Arabia?
As pointed out by Prof. Coon, "Muslims are notoriously loath to preserve
traditions of earlier paganism and like to garble what pre-Islamic history
they permit to survive in anachronistic terms."
During the nineteenth century, Amaud, Halevy and Glaser
went to Southern Arabia and dug up thousands of Sabean, Minaean, and
Qatabanian inscriptions which were subsequently translated. In the 1940's, the
archeologists G. Caton Thompson and Carleton S. Coon made some amazing
discoveries in Arabia. During the 1950's, Wendell Phillips, W.F. Albright,
Richard Bower and others excavated sites at Qataban, Timna, and Marib (the
ancient capital of Sheba). Thousands of inscriptions from walls and rocks in
Northern Arabia have also been collected. Reliefs and votive bowls used in
worship of the "daughters of Allah" have also been discovered. The three
daughters, al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat are sometimes depicted together with
Allah the Moon-god represented by a crescent moon above them. The
archeological evidence demonstrates that the dominant religion of Arabia was
the cult of the Moon-god.
In Old Testament times, Nabonidus (555-539 BC), the last
king of Babylon, built Tayma, Arabia as a center of Moon-god worship. Segall
stated, "South Arabia's stellar religion has always been dominated by the
Moon-god in various variations." Many scholars have also noticed that the
Moon-god's name "Sin" is a part of such Arabic words as "Sinai," the
"wilderness of Sin," etc. When the popularity of the Moon-god waned elsewhere,
the Arabs remained true to their conviction that the Moon-god was the greatest
of all gods. While they worshipped 360 gods at the Kabah in Mecca, the
Moon-god was the chief deity. Mecca was in fact built as a shrine for the
Moon-god. This is what made it the most sacred site of Arabian paganism. In
1944, G. Caton Thompson revealed in her book, The Tombs and Moon Temple of
Hureidha, that she had uncovered a temple of the Moon-god in southern Arabia.
The symbols of the crescent moon and no less than twenty-one inscriptions with
the name Sin were found in this temple. An idol which may be the Moon-god
himself was also discovered. This was later confirmed by other well-known
archeologists.
The evidence reveals that the temple of the Moon-god was
active even in the Christian era. Evidence gathered from both North and South
Arabia demonstrate that Moon-god worship was clearly active even in Muhammad's
day and was still the dominant cult. According to numerous inscriptions, while
the name of the Moon-god was Sin, his title was al-ilah, i.e. "the deity,"
meaning that he was the chief or high god among the gods. As Coon pointed out,
"The god Il or Ilah was originally a phase of the Moon God." The Moon-god was
called al-ilah, i.e. the god, which was shortened to Allah in pre-Islamic
times. The pagan Arabs even used Allah in the names they gave to their
children. For example, both Muhammad's father and uncle had Allah as part of
their names. The fact that they were given such names by their pagan parents
proves that Allah was the title for the Moon-god even in Muhammad's day. Prof.
Coon goes on to say, "Similarly, under Mohammed's tutelage, the relatively
anonymous Ilah, became Al-Ilah, The God, or Allah, the Supreme Being."
This fact answers the questions, "Why is Allah never
defined in the Qur'an? Why did Muhammad assume that the pagan Arabs already
knew who Allah was?" Muhammad was raised in the religion of the Moon-god
Allah. But he went one step further than his fellow pagan Arabs. While they
believed that Allah, i.e. the Moon-god, was the greatest of all gods and the
supreme deity in a pantheon of deities, Muhammad decided that Allah was not
only the greatest god but the only god. In effect he said, "Look, you already
believe that the Moon-god Allah is the greatest of all gods. All I want you to
do is to accept that the idea that he is the only god. I am not taking away
the Allah you already worship. I am only taking away his wife and his
daughters and all the other gods." This is seen from the fact that the first
point of the Muslim creed is not, "Allah is great" but "Allah is the
greatest," i.e., he is the greatest among the gods. Why would Muhammad say
that Allah is the "greatest" except in a polytheistic context? The Arabic word
is used to contrast the greater from the lesser. That this is true is seen
from the fact that the pagan Arabs never accused Muhammad of preaching a
different Allah than the one they already worshipped. This "Allah" was the
Moon-god according to the archeological evidence. Muhammad thus attempted to
have it both ways. To the pagans, he said that he still believed in the
Moon-god Allah. To the Jews and the Christians, he said that Allah was their
God too. But both the Jews and the Christians knew better and that is why they
rejected his god Allah as a false god.
Al-Kindi, one of the early Christian apologists against
Islam, pointed out that Islam and its god Allah did not come from the Bible
but from the paganism of the Sabeans. They did not worship the God of the
Bible but the Moon-god and his daughters al-Uzza, al-Lat and Manat. Dr. Newman
concludes his study of the early Christian-Muslim debates by stating, "Islam
proved itself to be...a separate and antagonistic religion which had sprung up
from idolatry." Islamic scholar Caesar Farah concluded "There is no reason,
therefore, to accept the idea that Allah passed to the Muslims from the
Christians and Jews." The Arabs worshipped the Moon-god as a supreme deity.
But this was not biblical monotheism. While the Moon-god was greater than all
other gods and goddesses, this was still a polytheistic pantheon of deities.
Now that we have the actual idols of the Moon-god, it is no longer possible to
avoid the fact that Allah was a pagan god in pre-Islamic times. Is it any
wonder then that the symbol of Islam is the crescent moon? That a crescent
moon sits on top of their mosques and minarets? That a crescent moon is found
on the flags of Islamic nations? That the Muslims fast during the month which
begins and ends with the appearance of the crescent moon in the sky?
CONCLUSION
The pagan Arabs worshipped the Moon-god Allah by praying
toward Mecca several times a day; making a pilgrimage to Mecca; running around
the temple of the Moon-god called the Kabah; kissing the black stone; killing
an animal in sacrifice to the Moon-god; throwing stones at the devil; fasting
for the month which begins and ends with the crescent moon; giving alms to the
poor, etc. The Muslim's claim that Allah is the God of the Bible and that
Islam arose from the religion of the prophets and apostles is refuted by
solid, overwhelming archeological evidence. Islam is nothing more than a
revival of the ancient Moon-god cult. It has taken the symbols, the rites, the
ceremonies, and even the name of its god from the ancient pagan religion of
the Moon-god. As such, it is sheer idolatry and must be rejected by all those
who follow the Torah and Gospel.
Clearly, Islam is a Satanic deception that is leading
billions of people to Hell.
A Muslim Man I Witnessed
to Concerning Jesus Christ
I once knew a Muslim man, named Ed
Esau, who was required to pray five times a day in synchronization with the
moon. He would place his little prayer rug on the floor, face Mecca
Saudi Arabia, and then pray to his false god. Ed was a miserable person,
and it showed. Every time I saw him, I couldn't help but think of the
words of Jesus in Matthew 11:28-30, "Come
unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and
ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden
is light." Jesus offers salvation to all men, free and clear, no
strings attached, no burdens, just freedom (Acts 16:31). Ed was so
indoctrinated by his religious tradition, due to family history and ties, that
I couldn't reason with him.
I once asked Ed if he "knew" he was
going to Heaven. He looked at me with contempt and exclaimed, "How
arrogant! How could anyone be so proud as to claim that they KNOW
they're gong to Heaven? You better do your best and hope that Allah is
pleased with you." You see, Muslims don't see God the way us Christians
do. We see a loving Heavenly Father, Who sent His Son to this sin-cursed
world to die for our sins, offering the free gift of salvation to all
humanity; BUT, Muslims see God as capricious, unpredictable, and judgmental.
As believers, we know that our salvation is based upon God's love for us, and
the blood that Jesus shed for us, and not upon our personal good works
or merit. Muslims on the other hand view their salvation as dependent
upon their merit and adherence to strict Islamic religious laws.
Ed was really messed up doctrinally.
He used to carry a water bottle with him into the bathroom to cleanse himself
after using the toilet. I was in disbelief when he told me that he would
go to Hell if he urinated on himself. What a religion of bondage!
Muslims are required never to face Mecca when using the bathroom, and they
cannot use both hands. It's an absolutely crazy religion! Also,
Muslims are required, if they can afford it, to make a once in a lifetime
pilgrimage to Mecca Saudi Arabia. If you'll research further into the
Islamic religion, you'll find all sorts of weird and unbiblical teachings and
requirements. Such false religions lay heavy burdens upon men's
shoulders, grievous to be borne.
Proof that Islam is a
False Religion!
To me, it is abundantly clear that
Islam is a lie because Muslims continually claim that Christians and
Muslims worship the same God. Many false religions continually try
to compare themselves with Christianity; BUT, Christianity stands alone.
As shown at the beginning of this article, Christianity and Islam are NOT in
agreement in any sense of the word. The Bible absolutely condemns Islam
as a Satanic false religion; yet, Muslims keep saying that we all worship the
same God. It is this blatant denial of their own god's distinctiveness
and individuality that PROVES that Allah is a scam. If I were a devout
Muslim, I would NEVER claim to follow the Christian God. The Koran
clearly defines Allah as a monotheistic God, totally CONTRARY to the Biblical
teaching of the Godhead: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
So why do Muslims continue to make such FALSE and ERRONEOUS claims? It's
because they want to be accepted as a legitimate religion, like cancer telling
your brain that it's your friend. Islam is a spiritual cancer, and it's
billions of victims are burning in Hell because they died in their sins,
having refused to believe upon Jesus Christ as their Saviour. Think
about what I am saying. Why do Muslims keep denying and insulting their
god by claiming such a big lie? There is NO common ground between Islam
and Christianity. Islam is straight from the pits of Hell.
The Bible Calls the followers of Islam/Muslims Liars
By David
J. Stewart
1st John
2:22-23, “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the
Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he
that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.”
The Bible is God's Word. The Bible irrefutably teaches that anyone,
whether it be Jew or Gentile, who denies that Jesus is the Christ,
is a LIAR. That is what the Bible says.
I love Jews and Gentiles
alike. The issue has absolutely nothing to do with one's nationality
or heritage. The issue is a Biblical matter. 1st John 2:22 calls all
Christ-rejecters, liars!
I am saddened that there
are so many liars in the world today. The religions of Islam and
Judaism BOTH vehemently deny that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God.
1st John 2:23 says that
anyone who denies Jesus has also denied God the Father. Most Jews
today, who are followers of Judaism, claim to believe in the God of
Moses; but the Bible calls them antichrists and condemns them to
spend eternity in Hell. I didn't say that, 2nd Thessalonians 1:8-9
does...
“In flaming fire taking
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from
the glory of his power.”
Every human being who
refuses to obey the Gospel will be cast into the Lake of Fire
forever. This is tragic, but Biblical. Perhaps you don't believe in
Hell, or think that God is too loving to send anyone to Hell
forever' but that is what YOU THINK! That is not what God thinks.
Isaiah 55:8, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways My ways, saith the LORD.” You had better forsake your
heathen ways, humble yourself and turn to the Lord God of the Bible.
His precious name is Jesus! Without Jesus Christ, no one can go to
Heaven (Acts 4:10-12).
Both Muslims and Judaizers
claim to worship God; but the Bible says that anyone who denies
Jesus Christ has also denied the Father. Jews who claim to love and
worship God the Father, while rejecting God the Son, are deceived.
God is angry with them for rejecting His Son (John 3:36). Muslims
who speak of God, are not talking about the God of the Bible,
because God has a Son, and His precious name is Jesus.
It is tragic that
Judaizers and Muslims alike, who are the descendents of Abraham in
the Old Testament, would all deny the very Messiah which Abraham
believed upon for salvation. Genesis 15:6, “And he believed in
the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” Amen and
amen! And again we read in Romans 4:3-6, “For what saith the
scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for
righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of
grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on
him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the
man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.”
Thus, we are saved solely
by Christ's righteousness, which is imputed to us by faith alone. A
man's faith is COUNTED for righteousness. We cannot be saved by our
own self-righteousness; but rather, by God's righteousness which is
in His Son, Jesus. Romans 10:3-4, “For they being ignorant of
God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own
righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness
of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every
one that believeth.” What will you do with Jesus my friend?
Islam openly denies in the
Qur'an that Jesus is the Son of God. They deny that He is Christ.
Judaism denies Jesus as their Messiah. Judaizers today, just as
Muslims, are looking for a savior to return. Unfortunately, the
savior they are looking for, and will wholly embrace when he comes,
is the Antichrist. In view of the Biblical teaching that the
Antichrist will stand in the temple in Jerusalem (2nd Thessalonians
2:4), it is likely that BOTH the Jews and Arabs will worship the
Antichrist in the 3rd temple to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Whereas
both false religions adamantly reject the true Savior, Jesus Christ;
they will both eagerly embrace the false savior, the man of sin, the
Antichrist, and I believe it will be soon.
