Jesus and Mohamed

Jesus and Muhammad

Jesus the Christ and Muhammad no two single men have touched more lives. They founded two related yet separate religions that today have 1.8 billion and 1.1 billion adherents respectively (Fisher, 2005). In the year, 0 B.C. near the town of Bethlehem Jesus was born. Almost 600 years later in the town of Mecca the Prophet Muhammad was born. These two events changed the course of history for all humankind.

Jesus life, ministry and death.

Much of the early life of Jesus Christ is a mystery. The preponderance of information on or about his life is found in the four gospels of the New Testaments. Jesus was born to the Virgin Mary in the year 0 B.C. near the town of Bethlehem in the manger outside of an inn. This humble beginning was the foreshadowing of a life of humility and service. At the age of 12 Jesus was seen in the temple talking with, listening to and teaching many learned men. It was then that Jesus declared that he was the Son of God with a divine purpose here on earth. Jesus lived a traditional Jewish life as a simple carpenter (Jesus-Institute, 2006). At the age of 30, Jesus was baptized and recognized by John the Baptist; it was now that he began his earthly ministry (Fisher, 2005). The main points of JesusпÑ--Ð... teaching were that God loves you and is with you, to love one another, of the immense value of each person, The Good News: kingdom of God has come to earth, The reality of judgment to heaven or hell and that God forgives those who ask (Jesus-Institute, 2006). One aspect of his teaching that brought adverse attention to him was his repeated assertion that he was the Son of God sent to the Earth to redeem humankind. This was in direct violation of Jewish law. For this he was condemned to die. Betrayed by one of his...

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