The pre-Islamic
Arab culture spoke of 360 gods of which “Allah”
was one of them. The correct Arabic name for
“God” is the word “Al-ilah.” It became a generic
title for whatever god was considered the
highest god. Each Arab tribe used “Allah” to
refer to its own particular high god. For
example, the moon god called “Hubal” was the god
to whom Arabs prayed at the Kaa’ba and when they
prayed they used the name “Allah.” Historians
have said that “Allah” was the chief of the 360
gods that were worshipped in Arabia at the time
that Mohammed came to prominence. Some Muslims
will become angry when hearing this history
about “Allah.” They don’t want to believe or
accept that “Allah” was already being worshipped
at the Kaa’ba in Mecca by Arab pagans before the
time of Mohammed.
There is also evidence that
the term “Allah” was used by heathen Arabs not
only in Arabia but also among the Nabateans.
The name “Allah” was well known
in pre-Islamic Arabia (as even the Qur’an
testifies). The feminine form of the word is
“Allat” (simply means “the goddess”) and is
found in many inscriptions from North Africa as
well as in Arabic inscriptions prior to Islam.
“Allah” is not a common name in
Arabic for “God.” Muslims must use another word
or form to indicate any other than their own
peculiar deity.
Other gods mentioned in the
Qur’an are all female deities: “Al-Lat” and
“al-Uzza” and “Manat” which are represented by
the sun, the planet Venus, and Fortune or
Destiny. At Mecca they were regarded as the
daughters of “Allah.”
Among the pagan Arabs before the
time of Mohammed, the term “Allah” represented
the chief god of their pantheon at the Kaa’ba
with its 360 idols. The central shrine at Mecca,
the Kaa’ba, is a cube-like stone structure that
has a black stone in one of its corners (perhaps
a meteorite) that must be kissed as an essential
ritual of the Haj, the pilgrimage that all
Muslims must take at least once in their life to
Mecca.
Don't Believe the Lies
I Timothy 4:1-2 – The
Spirit expressly states that in the last days
some people will apostatize from the faith by
paying attention to deceiving spirits and things
taught by demons. Such teachings come from the
hypocrisy of liars whose own consciences have
been burned, as if with a red-hot branding iron.
Lies about
the History of Israel
1. Abraham
offered Ishmael, not Isaac, on Mt. Moriah!
Genesis 22:1-2; 9-12
After these things, God tested Abraham. He said
to him, "Abraham!" and he answered, "Here I am."
He said, "Take your son,
your only son, whom you love, Isaac; and go to
the land of Moriah. There you are to offer him
as a burnt offering on a mountain that I will
point out to you." ...They came to the place God
had told him about; and Abraham built the altar
there, set the wood in order, bound Isaac his
son and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Then Abraham put out his hand
and took the knife to kill his son. But the
angel of ADONAI called to him out of heaven:
"Abraham? Abraham!" He answered, "Here I
am." He said, "Do not lay your hand on the
boy! Do not do anything to him! For
now I know that you are a man who fears God,
because you have not withheld your son, your
only son, from me."
Hebrews 11:17
By trusting, Abraham, when he
was put to the test, offered up Isaac as a
sacrifice. Yes, he offered up his only son, he
who had received the promises.
James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father
declared righteous because of actions when he
offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
2. The Jews
never owned the Temple Mount – it is an Islamic
holy site!
II Samuel 24:18-25
Gad came to David that day
and said to him, "Go, set up an altar to ADONAI
on the threshing-floor of Aravnah the Y'vusi."
David went up and did what Gad had said, as
ADONAI had ordered. Aravnah looked out and saw
the king and his servants coming toward him.
Aravnah went out and prostrated himself before
the king with his face to the ground. Then
Aravnah said, "Why has my lord the king come to
his servant?" David said, "To buy your
threshing-floor, in order to build an altar to
ADONAI, so that the plague will be lifted from
the people." Aravnah said to David, "Let my lord
the king take and offer up anything that seems
good to him. Here are the oxen for the burnt
offering; you can use the threshing-sledges and
the yokes for the oxen as firewood. All this, O
king, Aravnah gives to the king." Then
Aravnah said to the king, "May ADONAI your God
accept you." But the king said to Aravnah, "No;
I insist on buying it from you at a price. I
refuse to offer to ADONAI my God burnt offerings
that cost me nothing." So David bought the
threshing-floor and the oxen for
one-and-a-quarter pounds of silver shekels. Then
David built an altar to ADONAI there and offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this,
ADONAI took pity on the land and lifted the
plague from Israel.
3. There
never was a king named David!
Psalm 78:70-72
He chose
David to be his servant, taking him from the
sheep-yards; from tending nursing ewes he
brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel
his heritage. With upright heart he shepherded
them and guided them with skillful hands.
Psalm 89:34-37
I will not
profane my covenant or change what my lips have
spoken. I have sworn by my holiness once and for
all; I will not lie to David, his dynasty will
last forever, his throne like the sun before
me. It will be established forever, like the
moon, which remains a faithful witness in the
sky."
King David
is mentioned 1085 times in the Bible
4. The Jews
never built a temple on the Temple Mount and
there never was a king named Solomon!
I Kings
6:1;
II Chronicles 3:1-2
5. The city
of Jerusalem never belonged to the Jews – it was
and is a holy site for Muslims.
(Jerusalem is
mentioned 811 times in the Bible; not once in
the Koran!) I Kings 11:36; II Chron. 6:6
6. The land
was and is called “Palestine” until the modern
State of Israel occupied it. Matthew 2:20-21 –
The name “Palestine” was not officially given to
the land until the 2nd century AD when Hadrian
named it after the Jewish Revolt under Bar
Kochba to offend the Jews by naming it after
their ancient enemies – the Philistines.
7. The modern
State of Israel was started by Jews who took
land away from the Palestinians! The Jews were
given a homeland by international agreement but
never took any land away from anyone! When the
holocaust Jewish survivors came to Israel, Egypt
told some 300,000 Arabs to leave their homes in
Palestine for a few days while the armies of
seven Arab nations would wipe out the Jews. When
they lost the War of Liberation in 1948, the
Jews invited all of these “refugees” to return.
Some did; others did not. The Jews paid huge
prices for land from a few Arab landowners –
mostly swamps, desert land that was filled with
rocks.
There never
were a Palestinian people, culture, nation, or
language. There never was an Arab state on that
land. The late Syrian leader, Hafez Assad, said:
“There is no such thing as a Palestinian people;
there is no Palestinian entity – there is only
Syria!”
8. Tel Aviv
is the capital of Israel, not Jerusalem!
Jerusalem is the only capital Israel has ever
had, both from ancient times to the present day!
Lies about
the Land
1. Israel
forfeited its right to the land by their
disobedience and sin! Leviticus 26:40-45
2. This land
belongs to Islam! NO - it belongs to the GOD of
ISRAEL - Leviticus 25:23
3. God’s
covenant to Israel about the land was
conditional and temporary! Wrong - Genesis
17:7-8 and Psalm 105:8-10 says it is an
“EVERLASTING” covenant!
4. If the
Jews give up land to the Palestinians, it will
bring peace! The policy of “land for
peace” has failed 10 times (including GAZA)!
Psalm 83:2-5
5. There is
nothing unbiblical about dividing the land
between the Jews and the Palestinians! Wrong
again - Joel 3:1-2; Daniel 11:36-39
Lies about
Arabs
1. All Arabs
are Islamic!
No - over 50% are Christians!
2. All
Palestinians are Arabs.
NO -Many Palestinians
(those who have lived in this land prior to
1948) are Jews. Most of today’s so-called
“Palestinians” are Jordanians who lived on land
held by Jordan from 1948 to 1967.
3. Most
nations in the Middle East are Arab nations!
WRONG AGAIN! Most nations are Islamic, but
not Arab. The Arabs live within those nations.
Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and
even Saudi Arabia, are not Arabs. The Arabs are
the direct descendants of the 12 sons of
Ishmael, the son of an Egyptian handmaiden named
Hagar – I Chronicles 1:29-31
4. Jewish
settlements are being built on Arab land.
No
settlements have ever been built on confiscated
or privately-owned Arab land. The land upon
which they exist was given to Israel by God, and
the modern State purchased much of this land
from Arab land owners who never lived in this
land.
5. The Middle
East problem is between Jews and Arabs!
NO - the
problem is between Jews and Muslims - the latter who are
committed to the destruction of the State of
Israel and the extermination of the Jewish
people.
The
“Lies” Continue to be Told
The Bible tells us exactly who
is behind all the “lies” - it is SATAN Himself,
the “father of lies” - John 8:44.
