THE RESURRECTION OF MOSES IN THE BIBLE

Makes Jesus’ alleged resurrection look like a boy’s failed trick!

 

By: Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد بن وحيد

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمدلله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على اشرف الانبياء وسيدالمرسلين نبينا محمد صل ا لله عليه وعلى آله واصحابه وازواجه اجمعين - امابعد

All the praises and thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.

 

Christianity’s foundation stands or falls on the alleged claim of Jesus’ resurrection i.e. allegedly dying and then allegedly rising from dead after three days, as no Christian in the world fails to claims this alleged miracle of Jesus with chest-beating. In this very brief treatise we will take Christians claims as their face value and the Biblical accounts also as their face value for the sake of argument.  And we will prove without a shadow of a doubt that Jesus’ alleged miracle (resurrection) is in fact like a failed trick attempted by little boy to imitate some one.

 

The irony of our evidence is that it also is from the Bible (to be exact from the Synoptic Gospels) and proves that Moses’ out performed Jesus’ making Jesus look like a Boy Scout.

 

Let us examine the accounts and/or evidence from the Bible that shows Moses resurrected even before Jesus’ alleged resurrection and also met with Jesus:

 

Gospel according to Matthew

Gospel according to Mark

Gospel according to Luke

Matthew 17:1-4 (New International Version)

1After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.

4Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters–one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

 

 

Mark 9:2-5 (New International Version)

2After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. 3His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. 4And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

5Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters–one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

 

 

Luke 9:28-31 (New International Version)

28About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. 29As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. 30Two men, Moses and Elijah, 31appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem.

 

 

Readers should note that Matthew and Mark has mentioned “six days” whereas Luke says “eight days” we will ignore this obvious contradiction since it is not the scope of this treatise.

 

According to Judeo-Christian accounts and/or timeline Moses was born around 1526 B.C. whereas Jesus was born around 6/5 B.C. according to same sources, about 1520 years after Moses’ death. The same sources tell us that Jesus was reportedly crucified around 30 A.D. Therefore we have to add the thirty (30) years to Moses’ timeline, which will bring the numbers of years to 1550 years before Jesus’ alleged resurrection. This only means that according to the Christian Bible and Christian belief Moses died, was buried and rose from dead after 1550 years and also visited Jesus, met Jesus in presence of his disciples (Peter, James and John).

 

So if the alleged death of Jesus and then his alleged resurrection is the greatest miracle and proof of Jesus being Son of God and/or God and/or both; for Christians, than Moses out performed Jesus by rising from dead after 1550 years. That is 1549 years 362 days longer than Jesus, thus, is the far grater miracle performed by Moses than chest-beating Christians claims was allegedly performed by Jesus. Are Christians ‘ worshipping the wrong God? Are Christians’ wrong for their claims about Jesus being the Son of God and/or God? You be the judge, but we cannot turn a blind eye to the facts cited above from the Christians’ own Bible, which proves conclusively that Christians’ cock and bull story about the alleged resurrection of Jesus’ is not that big deal at all that may qualify Jesus to be Son of God and/or God and/or both. Not that we believe in such cock-a-hoop, but to all fairness if one want to set the criteria of dying and rising from dead qualifies one to be Son of God and/or God and/or both, than Moses certainly takes the cake by out-performing Jesus for remaining dead over fifteen centuries, then rising from dead and meeting Jesus along with Elijah, in presence of three Jesus’ disciples. This is a checkmate to Christians, their Bible and Christianity!

 

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

 

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