Luke 13:1-5: There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish." Jesus
The Islamic Resistance Movement is a distinguished Palestinian movement, whose allegiance is to Allah, and whose way of life is Islam. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine . . . Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it . . . [Peace] initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement . . . Those conferences are no more than a means to appoint the infidels as arbitrators in the lands of Islam . . . There is no solution for the Palestinian problem except by Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in futility . . . The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them. Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out: "O Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him."
Hamas believes Islam should "obliterate" Israel and "fight Jews and kill them" because that's what the Quran teaches, and it's what Muhammad taught and tried to do.
Hamas has slaughtered hundreds of innocent civilians. They raped women. They burned children alive. They videoed it and celebrate it, shouting Allahu Akbar! They kidnapped innocents. They butchered 40 infant babies in a Kibbutz. I had to turn off a video of them chopping a wounded man's head off with a garden hoe because I could not stomach the brutality. They did this because they are obeying their evil, Satanic false religion. These days are days for imprecatory prayers! Save them or stop them, Oh LORD! Pray for the salvation of Jews in Israel and all over the world! Pray for the salvation of Palestinians! Pray for the salvation of war criminals and terrorists and that God would stop them! Pray for the salvation of Muslims! Pray for God's justice and God's peace and God's salvation to prevail, for the glory of His holy name! Praise God that someday, we know that it will! Read Revelation 19-22!
A Testimony From The Inside Of Hamas
Mosab Hassan Yousef is the son of one of the founders of Hamas, and he grew to hate Jews because of the way the Jews treated his father. Eventually, he saw the evil of Hamas and chose to help Israel stop their wicked terror attacks. He also repented of his sins and trusted Jesus Christ as his LORD and Savior. He wrote a book about his experiences called Son Of Hamas. Tim Challies wrote a review of the book here. Dr. Albert Mohler interviewed Mosab Hassan Yousef here. Mohler says "one of the most historic conversations I ever had, certainly on the air, is with Son of Hamas, Mosab Hassan Yousef". And of Yousef's book, Mohler says "it's one of the most amazing things I have yet read . . . it is one of the most important books I think I can commend to you." In this interview, Yousef states these chilling words:
Islam is the problem. Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is the biggest lie in the human history . . . Muhammad lied to humanity 1,400 years ago, and people still believe in his lie . . . they want to come and kill everybody else if they don’t covert to that lie. So it’s a Satanic religion. It’s a religion full of hate. It’s a big lie . . . Muslims have been victims of this lie for the last 1,400 years . . . our problem is not with Muslims . . . their god is a god without morality. [Their god] is a terrorist . . . the god of Islam is a terrorist. And I guarantee you if you study the Quran, if you study the theology of Islam, you will figure out that the god of Islam is not more than Satan himself. He’s a terrorist. He’s a killer. He came here to steal. He stole Muslims’ hearts and souls, and he’s using them to destroy humanity.
Here are several helpful resources on Yousef's life and warnings about Islam and Hamas:
1) A documentary about Yousef on Tubi for free: The Green Prince (2014); 2) Here he speaks to the UN; 3) Here is a helpful video about him; 4) Here he talks about the conflict between Israel and Hamas; 5) He was just interviewed here about the current situation in Gaza and Israel; 6) Here he is interviewed by Piers Morgan.
In his book, Yousef writes:
Islamic life is like a ladder, with prayer and praising Allah as the bottom rung. The higher rungs represent helping the poor and needy, establishing schools, and supporting charities. The highest rung is jihad.
The ladder is tall. Few look up to see what is at the top. And progress is usually gradual, almost imperceptible . . . Traditional Muslims stand at the foot of the ladder, living in guilt for not really practicing Islam. At the top are the fundamentalists, the ones you see in the news killing woman and children for the glory of the god of the Qur’an. Moderates are somewhere in between.
A moderate Muslim is actually more dangerous than a fundamentalist, however, because he appears to be harmless, and you can never tell when he has taken that next step toward the top. Most suicide bombers began as moderates.
The day my father first put his foot on the bottom rung of the ladder, he could never have imagined how far from his original ideals he would eventually climb. And thirty-five years later, I would want to ask him: Do you remember where you started? You saw all those lost people, your heart broke for them, and you wanted them to come to Allah and be safe. Now suicide bombers and innocent blood? Is this what you set out to do? But speaking to one’s father about such things is not done in our culture. And so he continued on that dangerous path. (Pages 11-12)
Watch this interview with Mosab Yousef on November 9th, 2023:
The Quran Commands Violence Against Jews
Dr. A. S. Ibrahim, professor of Islamic studies and director of the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes:
To Hamas, the Jews are the enemies. Why? Because the Quran and Muhammad’s statements explicitly state so. Not only is fighting Israeli soldiers commanded and commended, but attacking Jews—even noncombatants—becomes a religious commitment, since the Quran explicitly states that the “strongest in enmity” to the Muslims are “the Jews.” Notice the designation of a religious group as an enemy. This forms and fuels hatred against humans based on their religious loyalty.
For Hamas, the Islamic designation of the Jews as enemies doesn’t distinguish military commanders from civilians—all are in one basket. Whether Hamas and its militias care about Islam and its advancement is not the issue, as they clearly use its ideological claims to advance their political agenda.
This is evident in the way Hamas persuades Muslims to serve as suicide bombers and human shields by encouraging them to wage jihad against the Jewish enemy, the state of Israel.
In Islam, jihad is chiefly armed fighting with religious meaning. Jihad is the most commendable of actions, and martyrs are promised immediate admittance to paradise. Hamas uses this claim to encourage Muslims to fight the Jews by waging jihad for religious causes. If killed, the Islamic logic goes, Muslims receive the highest eternal reward. Any attack against the Jewish state is thus viewed as a jihadi mission for Allah’s cause. Hamas understands that the Israelis will hesitate to bomb buildings full of civilians, and the group uses these buildings to secure weaponry and launch attacks, convincing Palestinians they are serving a high religious cause.
Hamas preachers advance the attack on the Jews as an emulation of Muhammad’s precedent. In Muhammad’s biography, he fought “the three main Jewish tribes of Medina,” after identifying them as hypocrites and unbelievers of his religious message. The example is loaded with religious weight for those who want to follow Muhammad’s model. In one account, Muhammad seized the Jews, and “all adult males are executed, and the women and children are enslaved.” Devotees can hardly escape yearning to imitate such a model.
The political dilemma is indeed complex, but the ideological hatred toward a religious enemy is driven by and amplified through ancient statements deemed sacred and foundational for religious enthusiasts to attack the Jews.
With such a foundation, fighting is not likely to cease any time soon.
Surah 9:29: Fight those people of the Book (Jews and Christians) who do not believe in Allah, nor in the Last Day, and do not take as unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have declared as unlawful, and do not profess the Faith of Truth; (fight them) until they pay jizyah with their own hands while they are subdued.
Surah 9:73: O Prophet! Strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.
Surah 9:123: O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you
Surah 2:216: Fighting is ordained for you
Surah 5:33: the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land.
Surah 5:51: O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other.
Surah 8:12: I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.
Surah 8:59-60: And let not those who disbelieve think that they can outstrip (escape from the punishment). Verily, they will never be able to save themselves (from Allah's Punishment). And make ready against them all you can of power, including steeds of war (tanks, planes, missiles, artillery) to threaten the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides whom, you may not know but whom Allah does know. And whatever you shall spend in the Cause of Allah shall be repaid unto you, and you shall not be treated unjustly.
Surah 8:65: O Prophet! Urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are people who do not understand.
Surah 47:4: So, when you meet, those who disbelieve smite (their) necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them
Surah 48:29: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, And those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves.
Bukhari (vol. 4, p. 124): Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' and whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' his life and property will be saved by me . . . ."
Bukhari (vol. 4, p. 161): "It is not fitting for a prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with ransom) until he has made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land . . . ."
Bukhari 4.52.176: Muhammad said: "You (Muslims) will fight with the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.'"
Bukhari 4.52.220: Muhammad said: "I have been made victorious with terror."
Sahih Muslim 1767a: Muhammad said: "I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula"
Bukhari 1.2.25: Muhammad said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform that, then they save their lives and property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah."
Surah 61:10-12: You who believe, shall I show you a bargain that will save you from painful punishment? Have faith in God and His Messenger and struggle [j-h-d] for His cause with your possessions and your persons — that is better for you, if only you knew and He will forgive your sins, admit you into Gardens graced with flowing streams, into pleasant dwellings in the Gardens of Eternity. That is the supreme triumph.
Surah 4:74: Let those of you who are willing to trade the life of this world for the life to come, fight in God’s way. To anyone who fights in God’s way, whether killed or victorious, We shall give a great reward.
Surah 9:111: God has purchased the persons and possessions of the believers for the Garden — they fight in God’s way: they kill and are killed — this is a true promise given by Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an. Who could be more faithful to his promise than God? So be happy with the bargain you have made: that is the supreme triumph.
Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Genesis 1:1, 26: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth . . . Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."
Matthew 22:37-39: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
1 Corinthians 10:31: So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Romans 3:23: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
John 14:6: Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
Romans 5:8: God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 10:9: if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 5:1: Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 16:31: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved!
Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
God of all nations and hope of all peoples, we bow our hearts before You, and we plead for Your mercy over Israel, for Your mercy in Palestine, and for Your mercy throughout the Middle East. O God, we grieve over evil and injustice, terrorism and war, suffering and death in this world. We pray for Your comfort for family members and friends of those who have died in Israel and Palestine, that they might be drawn to the hope that is found in You alone. We pray for Your provision for all those who are injured and suffering, and for all those who are working to care for them. O God, please deliver those who have been kidnapped and are being held hostage, and cause them to know Your presence with them during these horrifying days. And for all who are displaced from their homes, please provide for the countless needs they now have. You are the King over all kings and Lord over all lords, and we pray for Your common grace and wisdom over leaders across the Middle East and around the world, including leaders of our own country, that You would restrain evil and enable good, right, just decisions and actions. Jehovah Shalom, we pray for peace that only You can provide. And God our Father, we pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ, Your church across the Middle East, that they might live and stand firm in faith and share the good news of Jesus with hurting people all around them. We pray for the gospel of peace to shine and spread in the middle of war, particularly in a region where so few people know or have even heard it. As Jesus taught us to pray, we ask for Your name to be hallowed, honored, revered, enjoyed, and exalted in all the earth, and for Your kingdom to come, Your peace to rule and reign, and Your will to be done as it is in heaven. O God, we yield our lives to You. Please use our prayers and our resources however You desire for the spread of Your grace and glory among all the nations, particularly during these days of such suffering and evil not only in Israel and Palestine, but also in Russia and Ukraine, from North Korea to Iran, and from Yemen to Afghanistan. Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly we pray in Your name according to Your Word, Amen.
God And The Gospel
To learn more about the great and true Triune God, the God-Man, Jesus Christ, and His glorious Gospel message and everlasting Kingship, please watch American Gospel: Christ Alone. You can watch the full documentary here with a free, 3 day trial.
The Quest For Joy (The Gospel) by John Piper in Arabic
Fifty Reasons Jesus Came To Die by John Piper in Arabic
Resources From Desiring God in Arabic
Resources From Ligonier Ministries in Arabic
Resources From The Gospel Coalition in Arabic
Resources From Desiring God in other languages
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