one.m said:1- Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
one.m said:Until "...delighted"
If we consider "mine elect" as a noun then Mine elect = God's elect = Mustafa (1)(in Arabic) the name of our Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (SAV). Otherwise it is true for all prophets of God.
After " Delighted
All prophets after Jacob (pbuh) mentioned in the Bible came for Israelites not Gentiles. This includes Jesus (pbuh) (look Matthew 15:21-26, Matthew 10:5-6 and many more). And Jesus (pbuh) did not stay on earth long enough to do that. But Muhammad (pbuh) was a Gentile and he brought message and judgment to Gentiles first.
Wrong for several reasons.
(1) God chose all the prophets.
(2) This prophecy was fulfilled in Matthew 12:18
2- He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Here the word "not cry" is used as "not complain about the duty that I gave him" (1) because we see in verse 13 God says "... he shall cry". There is a difference between these two using of the word cry. Now if we read your Bible Matthew 26:39-42, we cannot say that Jesus (pbuh) never complained.
But if you read the life of Muhammad (pbuh), the history of Islam you cannot find even one complaining word of Muhammad (pbuh) about the mission (duty) that given by God Almighty.
(1) Cry here meant to make noise. So, according to that definition, Jesus did not come to Israel shouting in the streets or crying out loud saying, I am the Messaiah. I am Jesus.
3- A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench (1): he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
This is true almost all prophets.
(1) The verse could be interpreted on all the prophets except for the highlighted part. It means the wick of a lamp or candle, which is almost out, he will provide the light, that it may shine brighter.
So, this was only fulfilled when Jesus came.
4- He shall not fall nor be discouraged, till he had set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Until "earth:"
(1) Jesus (pbuh) couldn't finish his mission which had continued only for ~3 years. He fell and was discouraged (you will find many places in NT about this) and he couldn't set judgment in the earth, because his followers were a few and they had little faith (you will find many places in NT about this). And yet they "forsook him and fled" at the time that Roman soldiers came to arrest Jesus (pbuh). And Jesus (pbuh) himself says "My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence " John 18:36
But Muhammad established a state and ruled with his law that given by God. Therefore he set judgment in the earth and he did not fall and he was not discouraged.
After "earth:"
(2) Here God says "his law", and in verse 9 says, "Former things come to pass". This means that he (new prophet) will bring new law. But if we read the Bible again, we see that Jesus (pbuh) says Matthew 5:17 "Think not I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but fulfill". And if we read further we understand that Jesus (pbuh) did not come with new law.
But Muhammad (pbuh) came with new law.
(1) Set Judgment could be taken symbolically, meaning set all things in good order, which He did whether His kingdom from this world or not.
(2) Jesus did bring new laws as opposed to the Jews. You can find these new laws in Jesus sermon on the mountain starting from Matthew 5
6- I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.
Muhammad (pbuh) is a descendent of Abraham (pbuh) and came to Gentiles. (1)
(1) God "set forth" His Son "to be a propitiation (so as) to declare His (God's) righteousness, that God might be just, and (yet) the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus" (Romans 3:25,26; Isaiah 45:13, 50:8,9).
7- To open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
"To open blind eyes". If we read verse 19 we will see more clearly that the word blind is used as idiom.
Meaning, he will show people the things that they did not know and will show people how to comprehend God and His message.
Prison is used as an idiom too. If a spirit doesn't know God and doesn't obey Him, then that spirit is in prison of Satan, and that person is prisoner of Satan. By accepting oneness of God and by obeying Him, the spirit of a person will be free and this makes that person free from prison of Satan. And in verse 8 God clearly states what He meant.
8- I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
(With explanation of verse 7) we understand that the person that God is talking about will come to a place that people worship idols as their gods. If we read verse 17, we may understand this better.
From verses 7 and 8, we understand that God is not talking about Jesus (pbuh) but Muhammad (pbuh). Because Jesus (pbuh) came to Israelites and they were not worshipping idols. But Muhammad (pbuh) came during the Jahilliya (ignorance) period of Arabs and destroyed the idols. If we read verse 17, it will be understood more clearly.
Just for your information, Jews were ruled by Romans the time Jesus was on Earth and Romans were (1) gentiles, (2) idol worshippers.
So that answers both of your points where you said that Jesus did not come for the Gentiles & Jesus did not destroy idols.
9- Behold, the former things come to pass, the new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
As we read in verse 4 and my explanation of it, the person, God is talking about, will come new law. And this person cannot be Jesus (pbuh) because of the reasons stated above. This person is nobody but prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
I have proved this point wrong already.
10- Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles and inhabitants thereof.
If you want to hear this new song please listen to someone reciting the Qur'an. The new song that God talking about is Noble Qur'an. If you hear how people recite the Noble Qur'an, you will understand what God is talking about.
The way Sheikhs recite the Quran in a monotonic way cannot be done in English, or any other language for several reasons (a) the Quran was created in a poetic way, in other words, the Quran is like a piece of poetry that rhymes. Being translated to English, the Quran loses its rhymes. So, therefore, the monotonic recitation will not work.
Thus the Quran was not supposed to be for other people. Only for the Arabic speaking people.
11- Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12- Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
Kedar is son of Ishmael (pbuh) (Genesis 25:13-16), and has nothing to do with Jesus (pbuh). This verse (verse 11) is not talking about Jesus (pbuh) but Muhammad (pbuh). As you know Muhammad (pbuh) is descendent of Abraham (pbuh) through Ishmael (pbuh). And the cities that they inhabited are in Arabia namely Telma (Tema/Teman), Yathrib (Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah), Paran (Makkah) etc. And if you observe the ritual of Muslims (especially during Hajj), you will see that cities (Makkah and Al-Madinah) lift up their voices** and people shout and glorify Allah from top of mountains, especially Mt. Arafat**. The rock is the rock that God sent to Adam from heaven, and it is located at the side of Kaba. As you know Muslim people make 7 tours around Kaba and kiss this rock while glorifying the Lord.
It has been mentioned before that the battle agains the Kedarians mentioned in the bible was referring to the battle of Badr, where the few and ill muslim soldiers defeated the unbeatable Kedarians (Quraysh).
So, someone must be wrong. Either you, claiming that the Kedarians are related to Muhammed, or the other muslim poster who said that the battle agains Kedarians was referring to the Battle of Badr.
**in fact, you can see this in every Muslim country, when people are called to prayer, muezzins read the Adhan (calling to prayer) that sounds like a song. And even far from city you can hear this Adhan, it will look like that city lifted up its voice. Meaning of Adhan is
What if these songs mentioned in Isaiah was referring to the songs we (Christians) sing?
One more thing Id like to say about the adhan being a song.
Try go telling a sheikh that the adhan sounds like a song. Just dont forget to write your will before doing that.
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