Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The Ascension of Muhammed and Mt. Moriah

Jesus as Issac the Bridegroom; and Muhammed as Ishmael;
the new Friend of the Bridegroom


For those who do not understand the full significance of why Muhammed was given the ascension over Jerusalem and Mt. Moriah we must go back to what happened on Mt. Zion when Abraham offered Issac on the Altar. In this Issac represented "the Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World". He struggled not: nor opened his mouth. But this is not where the story ends: but where it begins; as Job said:

"Though He slay me: still will I trust in Him."

This is why Job is the Archetypal Saint: but as the Witness of the Last Judgement the people of the earth will find that they will all have to go through what job went through: the Trial by Fire; the testing of the Gold; the Wheat from the Tares. This is why only those who have the Patience of Job will endure to the End and be saved: for that is the Patience of the Saints. But let us begin where this story actually starts: with Malachi; the Last prophet of Israel before John and Jesus showed up 430 years later.

To again end where the last prophet of Israel starts we must go to Malachi; for what is seen in Malachi is that if Elijah and the Sun of Righteousness do not have a good reception God promises He will strike the earth with a "Curse": the book of Muhammed we call the Qur'an is at once the Curse of God upon Israel; and the Blessing of God upon Ishmael: for as Jesus was "Issac" who they killed; so was Muhammed "Ishmael", when God took away the kingdom from the Jews and gave it to the elder son's line: and also made Islam the religion operating with another Covenant. The sign of God's displeasure is when he had Muhammed stop the desert tribes from facing Jerusalem in their daily prayers: thus "cutting off" the daily sacrifice: and then made all Muslims have their Pilgrimage to Mecca: and not Jerusalem. Thus was the Jerusalem left financially desolate.

The Holy Qur'an is the Curse of God upon Jacob and his 12; but at the same time it is the Blessing of God upon Ishmael and his 12; seen in the light of Issac as having the seed of Jacob in him at his blessing by Abraham. Furthermore it is Lord Jesus in his own words who told the elders of Israel that God would take the kingdom away from them and give it to a nation that would produce the fruits of it; and for those who know the Fruit of the Tree of Life is Unity; something of which the Sufis have known since the beginning; since they emanated from there when God sent them out to test men on the Path; even as Jacob wrestled with the angel sent by God to see if he was worthy; just as the Sufis do to those on the Path to sift the wheat from the chaff; for those who seek the Truth; or something else.

That Lord Jesus came to earth as "Issac" as being in the position of the Bridegroom is little known; but at his death it is the one whose rose over Mount Moriah who became "Ishmael"; formerly the one we know as Muhammed. It was the Illumination of those like St. Francis and the others who were rightly guided that let them see that God had punished the keepers of the Vineyard and given it to others because of their envy which delivered the Heir to his death; the elders of Israel being all in the position of Abraham; who did not listen to the Voice of the Messenger John the Baptist who was in the position of the Angel at the Altar; thus they were supposed to have listened to John as Abraham listened to the Angel and spared Jesus; as Abraham spared Issac; Lord Jesus even telling them:

"And now you seek to kill me; a man who told thee the truth: this did not Abraham".

By not listening to John in his witness to the Lamb of God the "Test" God placed on Israel and it's rulers in His Visitation was to "see" that Jesus was Issac; the true Lamb who was bound on the Altar without raising his voice: submission as Islam can be seen on the Altar of Abraham in this sense exactly; but Israel saw Jesus as the sacrificial ram or Lamb that Issac sacrificed in his own place: because they in power took advantage of their positions and took the "Sons" position as the Messiah: for which God cursed them.

When Lord Jesus said the Kingdom being given to "another nation" in bringing forth the "fruits" of the Kingdom it foreshadowed the coming of Muhammed and Islam by explaining Muhammed's ascension over Mt. Moriah in his famous "Night Ascension" over Mt Zion was thus the replacing of Ishmael on the Altar in place of the unjustly slain Issac; at that point the Inheritence reverted to the Elder Son as when Muhammed cleansed the courtyard of Mecca of all it's idols; thus restoring the position of the elder brother Ishmael to replace the "slain" Issac by those who had not listened to John and killed the Heir: Lord Jesus even telling them what this Test and it's failure were to be when he said:

"If you knew the meaning of this saying 'I would have Mercy and not Sacrifice'
then you would not have put the Innocent one to death";

as Issac was Innocent of any crime for which he faced death. Abraham listened to the Voice of the Angel and spared Issac; but Israel did not listen to John and thus killed Jesus. This has all been unknown; but as they who were to bring forth "the fruits" of the kingdom will tell you it is Unity which is the Fruit of the Tree of Life: and they who have tasted: know.

If any doubt what has been revealed to me of Jesus and Muhammed they will likely meet the Sun of Righteousness in it's less pleasant form: the Lake of Fire; for they are One and the Same; even the Second Death itself.