Muhammad Bears Witness that Jesus is the Servant of Isaiah 42!

In this article I am going to use Muhammad’s proclamation regarding Christ to prove that Jesus is the blessed and glorious Servant prophesied in Isaiah 42, 49, 50 and 52:13-53:12, specifically 42. Here is what that prophecy says concerning the coming Messiah:

“Here is My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one, in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth justice to the nations. He shall not cry out, nor lift up his voice, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench; he shall bring forth justice faithfully. He shall not be disheartened nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth; and the coastlands shall wait for his law. Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and that which comes out of it, who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk in it: I the Lord have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand, and will keep You and appoint You for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations, to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.” Isaiah 42:1-7

Let us now contrast the foregoing with Muhammad’s purported teachings concerning Jesus.

According to Muhammad, Jesus is the Word of God who came down from him as a Spirit to be conceived of Mary as a man for the express purpose of becoming God’s Servant:

O People of the Book! Go not beyond the limits in your way of life and say not about God but The Truth: That the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was a Messenger of God and HIS WORD that He cast to Mary and A SPIRIT FROM HIM. So believe in God and His Messengers. And say not: Three. To refrain yourselves from it is better for you. There is only One God. Glory be to Him that He have a son! To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in and on the earth and God sufficed as a Trustee. The Messiah will never disdain that he be a servant of God nor the angels, the ones who are brought near to Him. And whoever disdains His worship and grows arrogant, He will assemble them altogether to Himself. S. 4:171-172 Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/4/st46.htm

Jesus said: Truly, I am a servant of God. He gave me the Book and He made me a Prophet. S. 19:30 Bakhtiar http://islamawakened.com/quran/19/st46.htm

Muhammad also taught that God strengthened Jesus with the Holy Spirit and sent him to give sight to the blind, and to create and breathe life into inanimate clay objects:

We gave Moses the Scripture and We sent messengers after him in succession. We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear signs and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit. So how is it that, whenever a messenger brings you something you do not like, you become arrogant, calling some impostors and killing others? S. 2:287 Abdel Haleem http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/2/st3.htm – cf. v. 253

When Allah will say, O Jesus son of Mary, remember My blessing upon you and upon your mother, when I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit, so you would speak to the people in the cradle and in adulthood, and when I taught you the Book and wisdom, the Torah and the Evangel, and when YOU WOULD CREATE FROM CLAY the form of a bird, with My leave, and you would BREATHE INTO IT and it would become a bird, with My leave; and YOU WOULD HEAL THE BLIND and the leper, with My leave, and you would raise the dead, with My leave; and when I held off [the evil of] the Children of Israel from you when you brought them manifest proofs, whereat the faithless among them said, ‘This is nothing but plain magic.’ S. 5:110 Ali Quli Qara’i http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/5/st8.htm

to be a Messenger to the Children of Israel saying: Surely I drew near you with a sign from your Lord that I WILL CREATE for you OUT OF CLAY a likeness of a bird. Then, I BREATHE INTO IT and it will become a bird with the permission of God. And I CURE ONE WHO IS BLIND FROM BIRTH and the leper and give life to dead mortals with the permission of God. And I tell you what you eat and what you store up in your houses. Truly, in that is a sign for you if you had been ones who believe. S. 3:49 Bakhtiar http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/3/st46.htm

Muhammad even taught that Jesus came with the Gospel which gives guidance and light to all nations, and to also become a covenant for all his followers:

From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We did take a covenant, but they forgot a good part of the message that was sent them: so we estranged them, with enmity and hatred between the one and the other, to the day of judgment. And soon will God show them what it is they have done. S. 5:14 Yusuf Ali

We had Jesus, the son of Mary, follow in their footsteps in order to confirm what had come before him from the Torah and We gave him the Gospel which contains guidance AND LIGHT, to confirm what he already had in the Old Testament, and as guidance and a lesson for those who do their duty. S. 5:46 T. B. Irving http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/5/st47.htm

and he said, ‘This is what your Lord said: “It is easy for Me- We shall make him a sign to ALL PEOPLE (lilnnassi), a blessing from Us.”’ S. 19:21 Haleem http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/19/st3.htm

And she who guarded her private parts, then, We breathed into her Our Spirit and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds (lilAAalameena). S. 21:91 Bakhtiar http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/21/st46.htm

Commenting on the last two verses, the late Muslim translator Abdullah Yusuf Ali conceded that Jesus was basically a sign for the entire world:

“Mary the mother of Jesus, chastity was her special virtue: with a son of virgin birth, she and Jesus became a miracle to all nations. This was the virtue with which they (both Mary and Jesus) resisted evil.” (Ali, The Holy Qur’an – Text and Commentary, p. 815, fn. 2748; bold emphasis ours)

And:

“The mission of Jesus is announced in two ways (1) he was to be a sign to men: his wonderful birth and wonderful life were to turn an ungodly WORLD to Allah: and (2) his mission was to bring solace and salvation to the repentant…” (Ibid., p. 748, fn. 2473; bold and capital emphasis ours)

Other Islamic sources confirm that Jesus was given a universal mission and even sent out his disciples to spread his Gospel throughout the entire world. These sources further testify that Jesus sent some of his followers to preach to the Arabs living in the Hejaz, the area of Muhammad’s birth!

Note, for instance, what the oldest extant biography on Muhammad’s life says concerning the mission of Christ:

“‘God has sent me (Muhammad) to all men, so take a message from me, God have mercy on you. Do not hang back from me as the disciples hung back from Jesus son of Mary.’ They asked how they hung back and he said, ‘He called them to a task similar to that which I have called you. Those who had to go a short journey were pleased and accepted. Those who had a long journey before them were displeased and refused to go, and Jesus complained of them to God. (T. From that very night) every one of them was able to speak THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE TO WHOM HE WAS SENT.’ (T. Jesus said, ‘This is a thing that God has determined that you should do, so go.’)

“Those whom Jesus son of Mary sent, both disciples and those who came after them, in the land were: Peter the disciple AND PAUL WITH HIM, (Paul belonged to the followers and was not a disciple) to Rome. Andrew and Matthew to the land of the cannibals; Thomas to the land of Babel, which is in the land of the east; Philip to Carthage and Africa; John to Ephesus the city of the young men of the cave; James to Jerusalem which is Aelia the city of the sanctuary; Bartholomew to ARABIA WHICH IS THE LAND OF HIJAZ; Simon to the land of Berbers; Judah who was not one of the disciples was put in place of Judas.'” (The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah, with introduction and notes by Alfred Guillaume [Oxford University Press Karachi], p. 653; bold and capital emphasis ours)

Another renowned Muslim scholar/historian/commentator Al-Tabari included this tradition in his comprehensive history on Islam:

“He (Jesus) began to use such language announcing his death. Then he said, ‘The truth is that one of you shall deny me thrice before the cock-crow, and one of you will shall sell me for a few coins, and he shall eat my price.’ They walked out and dispersed. The Jews were looking for him. They seized Simeon, one of the apostles, and said, ‘This one is a companion of his.’ But he denied it, and said, ‘I am not his companion.’ So they left him. Then another caught him, but he denied it again. Then he heard the cock crow, and wept. When morning came, one of the apostles came to the Jews, and said, ‘What will you give me if I lead you to Christ?’ And they set for him thirty pieces of silver. He took those, and led them to him. Before that they were not sure of Christ. But now they seized him, chained him, tied him with cord, and began to lead him away, saying, ‘You revived the dead, chased away the devil, and cured the possessed, will you not set yourself free from this cord?’ They spat upon him and threw thorns upon him, until they brought the wooden board upon which they wanted to crucify him. But God raised him up to Himself and they crucified ‘only a likeness of that shown them.’ A week passed. Then his mother and the woman whom Jesus healed and cured from derangement came weeping at the place of crucifixion. But Jesus came to them and said, ‘Why are you weeping?’ They said, ‘Because of you;’ whereupon he replied, ‘God raised me up to Himself, and nothing but good has happened to me. Only a likeness was shown to them. Instruct the apostles to meet me at place such and such. They met him at that place, eleven of them, as the one who had betrayed him and led the Jews to him was missing. Jesus asked the apostles about him. They said, ‘He rued what he had done, and strangled himself to death.’ Jesus said, ‘Had he repented, God would have forgiven him.’ He asked them about John, a youth who was following them, and said, ‘He is with you. Go! EACH OF YOU WILL SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF A PEOPLE TO WARN AND SUMMON THEM‘…

“Among the apostles, and the followers who came after them were the Apostle Peter AND PAUL who was a follower and not an apostle; they went to Rome. Andrew and Matthew were sent to the country whose people are man-eaters, a land of blacks, we think; Thomas was sent to Babylonia in the east, Philip to Qayrawan (and) Carthage, that is, North Africa. John went to Ephesus, the city of the youths of the cave, and James to Jerusalem, that is, Aelia. Bartholomew was sent to ARABIA, NAMELY, THE HIJAZ; Simeon to the land of the Berbers in Africa. Judas was not then an apostle, so his place was taken by Ariobus. He filled in for Judas Iscariot after the latter had perpetrated his deed.” (The History of al-Tabari – The Ancient Kingdoms, Vol. IV, trans. Moshe Perlmann [State University of New York Press, Albany 1987], pp. 121-122, 123; bold and capital emphasis ours)

That’s not all that Muhammad is reported to have said about Jesus. There are certain narrations that are attributed to him, which claim that Christ will descend from heaven to rule over the entire earth as a just judge. These same reports affirm that Jesus will slay all the disbelievers by his breath, thereby eradicating unbelief from the entire earth:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, surely (Jesus,) the son of Mary will soon descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly (as a Just Ruler); he will break the Cross and kill the pigs and there will be no Jizya (i.e. taxation taken from non Muslims). Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it, and a single prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be better than the whole world and whatever is in it.” Abu Huraira added “If you wish, you can recite (this verse of the Holy Book): — ‘And there is none Of the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) But must believe in him (i.e. Jesus as an Apostle of Allah and a human being) Before his death. And on the Day of Judgment He will be a witness Against them.” (4.159) (See Fateh Al Bari, Page 302 Vol 7) (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 657 http://searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=55&translator=1&start=0&number=657)

And:

The Hadiths Regarding the Descent of `Isa Just Before the Day of Judgement, and his Mission

In the chapter about the Prophets in his Sahih, under, “The Descent of `Isa, Son of Maryam,” Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said…

<<By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the son of Maryam (`Isa) will shortly descend among you as A JUST RULER, and will break the cross, kill the pig and abolish the Jizyah. Then there will be an abundance of wealth and nobody will accept charitable gifts any more. At that time, one prostration will be better for them than this life and all that is in it.>> Abu Hurayrah then said, “Read if you will…

(And there is none of the People of the Scripture, but must believe in him, before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection, he will be a witness against them.)” Muslim recorded this Hadith… (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Q. 4:159 http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=583&Itemid=59; bold and capital emphasis ours)

Finally:

In the Hadith that An-Nawwas bin Sam`an narrated…

<<He will descend close to the white minaret to the east of Damascus. He will be wearing two garments lightly colored with saffron, having his hands on the wings of two angels. Whenever he lowers his head, drops will fall off of it. Whenever he raises his head, precious jewels like pearls will fall off of it. No disbeliever can survive `Isa’s breath, and his breath reaches the distance of his sight.>>… (Ibid. http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=577&Itemid=59; bold emphasis ours)

This last point is pertinent in identifying Jesus as God’s Servant since one of his functions is to judge the nations with equity.

To sum up Muhammad’s teachings concerning Christ:

1. Jesus is God’s Servant who was/is empowered by God’s Spirit (cf. Isa. 42:1).

2. Jesus shall rule the nations as a just Ruler (cf. Isa. 42:1, 4).

3. Jesus is a sign for all mankind and a covenant for all his followers (cf. Isa. 42:6).

4. Jesus opened/opens the eyes of the blind and spread light to all the nations by his Gospel (cf. Isa. 42:6-7).

5. Jesus gave/gives breath and spirit to creation.

This last function identifies Christ as God since both Isaiah,

“Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and that which comes out of it, who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk in it:” Isaiah 42:5

And the Quran assert that it is God who creates and breathes life into his creatures by his Spirit:

When your Lord said to the angels, ´I am creating a human being out of dried clay formed from fetid black mud When I have formed him and breathed My Ruh into him, fall down in prostration in front of him!´ S. 15:28-29 Aisha Bewley http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/15/st6.htm

All Scriptural citations taken from the Modern English Version (MEV) of the Holy Bible.

Further Reading

The Prophecy of Isaiah 42: Jesus or Muhammad? http://answeringislam.net/Responses/Zaman/isaiah42.htm

https://answeringislamblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/muhammad-bears-witness-that-jesus-is-the-servant-of-isaiah-42/ 

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Muhammad – Beneath the Glorious Feet of the Lord Jesus! Pt. 3

We come https://answeringislamblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/muhammad-underneath-the-glorious-feet-of-the-lord-jesus-pt-1/ to the final part of our rebuttal http://bloggingtheology.net/2016/09/16/paying-the-piper/ where we will now explain what Paul mean that the Son will subject himself to the Father once death, his last enemy, is destroyed.

To properly understand the Apostle’s point it is vitally important for us to read the immediate context:

“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.” 1 Corinthians 15:20-28

Here, Paul is speaking of Christ in his role as the last Adam, as the One who represents and stands in the place of a humanity which is being made new and transformed, in order to become what God intended Adam and his descendants to be before sin entered the world and brought death and destruction. As the Apostle writes both in this chapter,

“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:45-58

And in his inspired epistle to the Romans:

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 5:12-21

As the last Adam, Christ rules creation as the Head of all those he has come to redeem and represent, in order to insure all those who have been united to him by the Holy Spirit that the entire cosmos shall be restored to them as their rightful possession and inheritance. As Paul writes elsewhere:

“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” Romans 8:9-25

And:

“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.” 1 Corinthians 12:12-14

Again:

“For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. but one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not YET all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.” Hebrews 2:5-18

Here is the specific Psalm quoted by Hebrews:

“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.” Psalm 8:3-7

Note the Psalmist’s reference to all things being placed under the feet of mankind, which clearly connects this with the Apostle’s words in 1 Corinthians 15:25-27 where God is said to have placed all things under the glorious feet of Jesus, a point the Apostle repeats in another place:

“and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: AND HATH PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET, and gave him to be the head over all things TO THE CHURCH, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.” Ephesians 1:19-23

Pay close attention to the fact that God is said to have placed all things under Christ’s feet for the sake of his church, the members of his spiritual Body that he has united to himself in the heavenly realms as he rules over all things:

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:1-7

The point being made in all these texts is that Christ’s glorification guarantees the fulfillment of the words of the Psalm, and restores the covenant that God had made with Adam:

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” Genesis 1:26-28

What all of this shows is that the Lord Jesus now reigns over the entire creation on behalf of his brethren, in the place of all those that he has come to save and glorify. And once death has been destroyed and the entire creation has been restored, the risen Lord will then hand the dominion of the cosmos to his glorified saints:

“and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:5-6

“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:9-10

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” Revelation 20:4-6

As such, the risen Lord will no longer need to represent man in his rule over creation, and will therefore relinquish that aspect of his reign.

In other words, Christ will not continue reigning over the creation in his role as the last Adam and as the Head of a restored humanity indefinitely, since the dominion of the heavens and earth shall be handed over to man. Yet the Lord Jesus will continue ruling with his Father (as well as the Holy Spirit) over all creation, as well as over his spiritual Body, by virtue of his being God Incarnate, e.g. in light of his being the divine Son of God who is one with the Father (and the Holy Spirit) in glory, honor, power, sovereignty, majesty and essence. That aspect of Christ’s rule shall never come to end.

We hope this now helps the readers get a proper understanding of Paul’s claim that the Son will hand over the kingdom to his Father at the close of the age after death, the final enemy, has been destroyed.

We also hope that Williams will be able to see that the Apostle’s proclamation in 1 Corinthians 15:24 means that his false prophet Muhammad has been brought beneath the majestic and beautiful feet of Jesus, since he too is an enemy that has deceived people from discovering the truth about the risen Lord, and shall therefore be destroyed when he is brought before the glorious presence of Christ in order to face the judgment and wrath of the beloved Son of God where he will then be forced to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father:

“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11

All scriptural citations taken from the Authorized King James Version (AV) of the Holy Bible.

Source: https://answeringislamblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/muhammad-beneath-the-glorious-feet-of-the-lord-jesus-pt-3/ 

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