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Although I have never seen it suggested in any Muslim source, I cannot refrain from pointing out that the Prophet Isaiah, who foresaw the coming of Jesus, foresaw also the sufferings of the African and Asian Christians, and correctly predicted their outcome. In two places in the Book bearing his name, Isaiah addressed himself to these problems. The first such place is in Chapter 19, verses 23-25:
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, [even] a blessing in the midst of the land:
Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
In annotated versions of the Bible, both Jewish and Christian, these verses are quickly passed over. They cannot be made to accommodate themselves to any historical events of note in the history of either Jews or Christians.
But these prophecies were clearly fulfilled in the life and ministry of Muhammad, whose efforts alone brought about the enduring legacy of the worship of the God of Abraham, through Islam, in these nations.
The relationship of these prophecies to the events of the early Christian church is clear. We have seen that the centers of dissent, eventually called "heresy", were Alexandria and Antioch. Alexandria is in Egypt, and, in the days of Isaiah, the nation in which Antioch is now located was called Assyria.
The restoration of proper worship of God to Egypt and to the nations of the Middle East, with Israel as "third" with them, is such an obvious reference to Islam that I cannot help but marvel that no commentary, not even one of Muslim origin, has seen fit to mention it.
Yet Isaiah mentioned it, not only once but twice. Again, in Chapter 27, verse 13, he prophesied:
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Thus, the Dome of the Rock, built in 638 AD either directly on, or else close to, the site of Solomon's Temple, may seem like an affront to Jews and Christians, but it was known to the prophet Isaiah one thousand years before it was built.
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, [even] a blessing in the midst of the land:
Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
In annotated versions of the Bible, both Jewish and Christian, these verses are quickly passed over. They cannot be made to accommodate themselves to any historical events of note in the history of either Jews or Christians.
But these prophecies were clearly fulfilled in the life and ministry of Muhammad, whose efforts alone brought about the enduring legacy of the worship of the God of Abraham, through Islam, in these nations.
The relationship of these prophecies to the events of the early Christian church is clear. We have seen that the centers of dissent, eventually called "heresy", were Alexandria and Antioch. Alexandria is in Egypt, and, in the days of Isaiah, the nation in which Antioch is now located was called Assyria.
The restoration of proper worship of God to Egypt and to the nations of the Middle East, with Israel as "third" with them, is such an obvious reference to Islam that I cannot help but marvel that no commentary, not even one of Muslim origin, has seen fit to mention it.
Yet Isaiah mentioned it, not only once but twice. Again, in Chapter 27, verse 13, he prophesied:
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Thus, the Dome of the Rock, built in 638 AD either directly on, or else close to, the site of Solomon's Temple, may seem like an affront to Jews and Christians, but it was known to the prophet Isaiah one thousand years before it was built.
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masjid al aqsa built by muslims becomes the 3rd temple.
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