Islam - The Summit of Religious Evolution — Page 111
111 The current Christian teaching of a New Covenant in Jesus's blood is simply repulsive and can not be correct because it contradicts both Jesus' objective for coming to this world and also the conditions of God's covenant with Abraham. Jesus had stated that "he had not come to destroy the law of Moses but to uphold it and restore it to its original form". Thus ascribing this new covenant to Jesus contradicts his stated goal. Similarly God had made a covenant with Abraham for which he had demanded that the righteous from among Abraham's progeny should maintain the practice of male circumcision forever. 45 In view of God's own condition for His covenant with Abraham, Jesus could never have established a new covenant because he was still from Abraham's progeny. Moreover Christians also fail to fulfill God's condition of male circumcision which He had made with Abraham. Thus by default, Christians have distances themselves from God's command to Abraham. It is only the Muslims, who continue to keep this condition. Christians who believe in the concept of trinity believe that Jesus himself is at least a third of God. They summarize their beliefs as: "God came in the person of Christ and took the sin (not only the punishment but the sin itself) upon Himself. " "Without the death of Jesus, sin cannot justly be forgiven and made righteous". This Christian belief is thus tantamount to believing that God committed suicide on the Cross and went into hell for three days, and that He has no right to forgive the sins of His creation without punishing them. That He is not compassionate nor merciful, but like a judge who is bound to punish the culprit according to the law given to him by higher authorities. According to Biblical teachings explained earlier, killing an innocent person for the sins of others is not acceptable to God. Ask any compassionate father who has an only son, what kind of mercy and justice would that be? To think that sins can be washed out by the blood of Jesus is not only irrational but also inconsistent with all conceptions of mercy and justice as well. This Christian concept of justice and mercy is simply illogical and will not even in the work daily lives. How can then God, in His infinite wisdom, design a Law for this universe which is illogical. Interestingly, Jesus by his own admission in the Bible contradicts Paul's teaching and the current Christian belief. In the parable of the householder and the vineyard, 46 Jesus is quoted as saying: "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own"? The master has therefore the right to forgive his servants also. Islam's concept of God is that He is merciful, compassionate, and most forgiving to His servants. God says in the Holy Quran: 47 "O Prophet, say, O My servants who have acted extravagantly against their own should, do not despair of the Mercy of Allah; surely He is the Most Forgiving, the Merciful". He is the sole Master and Creator of all beings. He may forgive whom He likes and may punish when the punishment would benefit the culprit. The death of Jesus on the Cross, therefore, as Christians believe, is not the means by which sin can be forgiven. It is in itself a great sin to believe that the Merciful God shed the blood of His innocent Son or His own blood for the sins of others, and cursed His Son or Himself. The above