History of How Religion Spread Around the World

From this video, courtesy of Business Insider, we believe from Prophet Adam and Noah, there already exist the true religion of One God which was revealed to them and their people. From this map, we can see that Hinduism started around 5000 years ago which started in the Indus River Valley, India. We have seen recorded history in Hinduism Holy Books of Upanishad and Vedas that there is teaching of Oneness of God.

In Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1 - He is One only without a second.
Svetasvatara Upanishad 6:9 - Of Him there are neither parents nor lord.

In the books of Vedas, Yajurveda 32:3 - There is no image of Him
Yajurveda 40:8 - He is bodyless and pure.

Then, around 4600 years ago, Prophet Abraham (The Father of All Prophets) were born in Ur, in the land of Israel which received revelation for the children of Israel, in the land of Israel. Prophet Abraham was thought the Oneness of God to his people and was given laws for mankind to follow.

Around 3500 years ago, Prophet Moses was born and prophesised to save his people from Pharaoh in Egypt who proclaimed himself as God. He performed many miracles by the will of God including turning his cane into serpent, the plagues and parting the red sea. Few hundred years after that, the Israelites conquered Canaan as described in this verse Joshua 22:9 - So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses.

Then, in the year 563 BCE, Buddha was born in Lumbini, which spreads Buddhism from Nepal, towards India and China. Buddha's teaching continues to grow rapidly in the land of China. It is believed in the early Buddhism, Buddha teach the oneness of God but later on mixed up with Taoism culture and religion in China. Accordingly to Gospel of Buddah by Carus page 217 and 218 -"Ananda said to the Blessed One, ‘Who shall teach us when thou art gone?' And the Blessed one replied, 'I am not the first Buddha who came upon the earth nor shall I be the last. In due time another Buddha will arise in the world, a holy one, a supremely enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths, which I have taught you. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax and glorious at the goal. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect and pure such as I now proclaim. His disciples will number many thousands while mine number many hundreds.'

Around 2000 years ago Jesus was born in Bethlehem and received revelation to lead the children of Israel. Jesus performed many miracles by the will of God in his times (Cure Leprosy, Blindness, Deafness and Raising the Dead) and preached his people to worship One God and follow his laws. In the year 33 A.D., the Crucifixion event occurred. The Romans were in power at that time, Jerusalem was sacked and most Jews were exiled. Saint Paul were persecuting Christians including a disciple of Jesus named Stephen. After that Paul (Who's known as Saul of Tarsus) claimed that he saw Jesus on the way to Damascus and declared himself an Apostle. He tried to preach Christianity in Jerusalem, however, his teaching and ideas were disapproved by Disciple of Jesus including Peter and Barnabas. The main reason is because Paul beliefs and teachings does not adhere to Jewish Laws including unclean food, the old laws are for Jews only and circumcision. Because of this reason, Paul went to preach to the Gentiles outside of Israel. Saint Paul said in his books while he was preaching them that it does not necessary to follow the laws, as long as you have faith in Jesus Christ. This idea was meant to make it easier for Gentiles to accept this new religion. While other Disciple of Jesus have different beliefs and said the laws cannot be simply broken as this was strict words by Jesus himself.

Christianity began to spread with these different beliefs all across Europe and the Roman Empire and until the year 313 A.D, Emperor Constantine was born who was later became Saint Constantine which unite Christians into a single belief and finalize the final laws in the Holy Bible.

Then in the year 570 A.D, Prophet Muhammad was born in the City of Mecca, Arabia. Muhammad was from the descendant of Abraham's first Son, Ishmael. We can also find in history in this article Jewish Praying Traditions and Where did the Black Stone Come From? He was born during the Year of the Elephant, which before he was born, it is believed that his grandfather Abdul Mutalib was the ruler of the Kaa'ba at that time, which are believed to guard the black stone since the time of Abraham and his family of generations. The year is called the Year of the Elephant, because there's an Abyssinian ruler from Yemen, named Abraha wished to destroy the Kaa'ba which was preserved since the time of Abraham. He and his army of 13 elephants marched towards the Kaa'ba but upon reaching the elephants stopped and refused to continue. However Abraha still insist to march on and forced the elephant to go and they were destroyed by large flock of birds carrying stones turning them to ashes which story can be found here.

Around the year 600 CE, it is believed that Muhammad received the first revelation from God from archangel Gabriel who revealed him the verse of the Holy Quran. Muhammad passed on with his head resting on his beloved wife Aisha's lap in the year 632 A.D and Islam continues to spread rapidly throughout Arabia, Africa, Europe and Asia.

In 1492, Christopher Colombus sailed further west and Age of Discovery begins, Christianity further spreads to the west towards America and South Africa until the Philippines. The Othordox Christians spreads mostly to the east towards the land of Russia, while the other denominations such as the Catholics and Protestants spreads more towards the west from Europe to America. Judaism spreads sparsely to America as well and Islam spreads to the borders of Asia towards South East Asia.

Jewish Praying Tradition and Where Did the Mecca Black Stone Come From? (Explanation from Jewish Man)

In this short video Avi Lipkin a Jewish man explains about Jewish praying tradition and history of how Moses led his follower from Pharoah slavery from Egypt across the red sea towards Arabia land. Hag in Hebrew means a holiday or going around in circle. Jethro (Moses Father In-Law) the high priest of Midian is believed to be High Priest of Kaa'ba in Mecca. According to Avi, there was no Kaa'ba at that time, so he was actually the High Priest of the Black Stone.

From this video, we also know that the black stone was there since the time of Abraham and was taken care by their family generations to generations because Jethro was the descendant of Abraham's first son Ishmael.

 

Moses who is the student of Jethro gave his people the Phylactery to put at forehead and left arm which is a sign from God to leave Pyramid Triangular Slavery System from Egypt to the Cubic Square System in the Arabia land.

Also the Phylactery strap is wrap around 7 times (reference here) around the arm and Muslim also tour the Kaa'ba 7 times during Hajj as per info here.

 

 

Exodus 12:14 - This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival (hag) to the LORD. This is a law for all time.

It is also said Moses was at the Kaa'ba performing the celebration of Hag. The word hag can be found here which translated to festival sacrifice or feast where people gather, celebrate and eat. According to the Jewish man in the video, hag also means going around in circles.
Muslims, to this day, perform annual sacrifice at the occasion of Hajj to celebrate the events that took place in the life of Prophet Abraham.

The Law during Abraham and Moses Time

The circumcision covenant was there since the time of Abraham as mentioned by God in
Genesis 17:9 - Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. (9) This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. (10) You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you (11)

The Jews and Christians are also forbidden from eating pork. Here is a quote from the Old Testament to that effect: "And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase." - Deuteronomy 14:8
Many Christians believe that this verse was directed only at the Jews. But Jesus himself says during the Sermon on the Mount;
Matthew 5:17 - "Do not think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." Some Christians say that, after a vision by St. Peter, God cleansed all animals and made them fit and lawful for human consumption. If ALL animals are cleansed by Peter's vision, this includes dogs, cats, vultures, and rats: but you just don't see people getting excited about a cat-meat or a rat-meat sandwich, but we will commonly see people eat or serve pork or bacon. Others say that it was Saint Paul who rescinded the law forbidding pork to humans, in order to appease the Romans, who enjoyed the taste of pig-meat. Many excuses have been given, but we still have to go back to what Jesus have told us in Matthew 5:17.

There were also law of fasting which is stated in Leviticus 16:29 - "On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn, you must deny yourselves. Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you.

In addition, many people are aware that God gave the 10 Commandments to the nation of Israel from Mount Sinai, as recorded in Exodus 20:1-17. This event occurred about two months after Israel left Egypt across the Red Sea.

The question many wonder about is whether these law were known before the time of Moses, especially if we see in Genesis 26:5: “Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Since Abraham obeyed God’s voice and kept His commandments hundreds of years before Moses, then surely those commandments must have been known before Mount Sinai. The Bible tells us that sin is breaking God’s law (1 John 3:4). The Bible refers to sin a number of times before the time of Moses (Genesis 4:7; 13:13; 18:20; 39:9; 42:22; 50:17; etc.), so God’s law must have been revealed, at least to some people. In fact, the Bible gives evidence that the 10 Commandments were known and were understood as being important.

The 10 Commandments before Moses

The First and Second Commandments state: “You shall have no other gods before Me [God]” and, “You shall not make for yourself a carved image … you shall not bow down to them nor serve them” (Exodus 20:3-5).

This is the commandments that tell us that there is only one God that is worthy to be worshipped. We can see from proof, hundreds of years earlier before Moses time, God was working with the patriarch Jacob. After God spoke to Jacob, notice what he did with the idols that were among his household:
“Then God said to Jacob, ‘Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.’ And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, ‘Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.’ So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem” (Genesis 35:1-4).

So we see Jacob understood the importance of getting rid of idols and only worshipping the one true God.

The Third Commandment says, “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain” (Exodus 20:7).
It seems the patriarch Job lived before Moses, about the time of Isaac, according to the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary, quoting the historian Eusebius. Job was concerned that his children might have been taking God’s name in vain, and he knew that was wrong.
“So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them [his children], and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, ‘It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.’ Thus Job did regularly” (Job 1:5).

The Fourth Commandment tells us to “remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8). To remember the Sabbath is to recall something that was established earlier.

The 10 Commandments were known before Moses, and they are still important laws for all peoples today. God gave His laws for our good. They are based on love and help us know how to show love to God and our fellow man. Interestingly, Israel was reminded to remember the Sabbath even before they came to Mount Sinai. This was when God gave them manna to eat.

“Then he [Moses] said to them, ‘This is what the LORD has said: “Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD.”’ … Then Moses said, ‘Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it [manna] in the field. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.’
“Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. And the LORD said to Moses, ‘How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?’ (Exodus 16:23-28).

So even before they arrived at Mount Sinai, God expected the people to obey His commandments, including the Fourth Commandment.

The Fifth Commandment says to “honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:12). Jacob and Esau both had dishonored their parents, but Jacob finally did obey. “Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’ and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan Aram” (Genesis 28:6-7).

“You shall not murder” is the Sixth Commandment (Exodus 20:13). God told Cain he was to rule over and avoid sin, as anger was in Cain’s heart.
“So the LORD said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.’ Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him” (Genesis 4:6-8). Cain’s anger led to the sin of murder.
After the Flood, people knew that God was against murder and demanded a penalty for it. “From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man. Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed. For in the image of God He made man” (Genesis 9:5-6).

The Seventh Commandment, “You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14), was known and understood by Joseph.
“And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, ‘Lie with me.’ But he refused and said to his master’s wife, ‘Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?’” (Genesis 39:7-9).
God also had warned Abimelech, king of Gerar, not to commit adultery with Sarah. “God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, ‘Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife’” (Genesis 20:3).

“You shall not steal,” the Eighth Commandment (Exodus 20:15), was apparently on Jacob’s mind when he discussed his wages with Laban.
“So my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when the subject of my wages comes before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, will be considered stolen, if it is with me” (Genesis 30:33).

The Ninth and Tenth Commandments, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” and, “You shall not covet” (Exodus 20:16-17), have been breached ever since Eve saw and desired (coveted) the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam ate of it as well (Genesis 3:6), and then both of them justified their actions (verses 10-13). The result of their disobedience to God was that they were expelled out of the Garden of Eden.
In conclusion, the 10 Commandments were known before Moses, and they are still important laws for all peoples today. And you must always obey the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good. (Deuteronomy 10:13).

Article Reference taken from: https://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/10-commandments/the-ten-commandments/10-commandments-moses/

When was Jesus Born? (Jesus Birthday)

Although millions of people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Dec. 25, most scholars agree that he wasn't born on that day, or even in the year 1 A.D as per source here.

The Bible does not give a specific date for the birth of Jesus Christ, as these reference works show:

• “The true birth date of Christ is unknown.”—New Catholic Encyclopedia.
• “The exact date of Christ’s birth is not known.”—Encyclopedia of Early Christianity.

While the Bible does not directly answer the question, ‘When was Jesus born?’ it does describe two events surrounding his birth that lead many to conclude that he was not born on December 25.

Not During Winter

1. The registration. Shortly before Jesus was born, Caesar Augustus issued a decree ordering “all the inhabited earth to be registered.” Everyone had to register in “his own city,” which might have required a journey of a week or more. (Luke 2:1-3) That order—probably made to support taxation and military conscription—would have been unpopular at any time of year, but it is unlikely that Augustus would have provoked his subjects further by forcing many of them to make long trips during the cold winter.
2. The sheep. Shepherds were “living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks.” (Luke 2:8) The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus notes that flocks lived in the open air from “the week before the Passover [late March]” through mid-November. It then adds: “They passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”

In the land of Israel, there's proof that there's winter and snow.

In early fall

We can estimate when Jesus was born by counting backward from the day of Crucifixion on Passover, Nisan 14 in the spring of the year 33 C.E. (John 19:14-16) Jesus was about 30 years old when he began his three-and-a-half-year ministry, so he was born in the early fall of 2 B.C.E.—Luke 3:23.

Why is Christmas on December 25?

Since there is no evidence that the birth of Jesus Christ occurred on December 25, why is Christmas celebrated on this date? The Encyclopaedia Britannica says that church leaders probably chose it “to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the ‘birthday of the unconquered sun,’ at the time of the winter solstice. According to The Encyclopaedia Americana, many scholars believe that this was done “in order to make Christianity more meaningful to pagan converts.”

The Impact of Changing The Laws to Mankind (Holy Bible)

Previously, we've discussed about the verses which changed the laws brought by Jesus and other previous Prophets in this article Did Saint Paul Change Laws in the Holy Bible?

In this article, we want to analyse the impact on changing these laws. There's a reason why God wanted the law to reach us and the outcome of following the laws will always benefit humankind, whereas ignoring it only bring disadvantages to us.

What Jesus said:

Matthew 5:17-18

(17) Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them

(18) For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

What Saint Paul said:

Galatians  3:13 - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole."

Do we follow the word of Jesus Christ or do we follow the word of a Saint? Which has the priority? If both verses have the same intention, we can follow both, however, Biblical scholars will agree that we have to prioritized Jesus words first (the ones with red text) if the intentions are different.

Let's analyse here point by point on the impact of changing the law

1. Mankind will get too comfortable

But when people are too comfortable they will feel not convenient to follow the law and they will use Jesus words and find excuses to make the law not needed anymore like eating clean food law, etc. Why human do this? So they find an easier route out from having to follow the laws. At the end of the human generations, they will not do what Jesus and other prophets do and follow their own law. But as the verse above, Jesus said clearly that we can't change the law.

2. Mankind future generations will boast and law will fade

When reading the New Testament, people will have the impression that the law is not needed anymore, therefore, they will not do what Jesus and other Prophets before him did. The future generations will say (and they will not realize they're indirectly boasted), I will not have to pray like Jesus and previous Prophets did, I can eat food that Moses and his followers can't, I will not have to cover my hair like previous people did, etc because Jesus Christ has redeemed us and you can do whatever you want.

Try to think and go back and read Matthew 5:17 and you'll realize Jesus said do not change the law.

Why women during the time of Jesus wear head covers?

Why women in Othordox Christian church wear head covers today?

The answer will be, they followed the law, and generations today, because of Saint Paul said the law is cursed and no longer needed, Jesus has redeemed you and do as you will. Nowadays, you will not see much women still wearing head scarf in churches or public places.

Deuteronomy 14:8 - The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

Why do Jews and Muslim prevent themselves from eating pork?

Do they follow the law of the Bible? What about people that consume them today?

Exodus 20: 4 - You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

Why in some churches we can find images and statues of Jesus. Does the law fade away?

Why don't a single Jew Temple or a Muslim Mosque have Images of God or anything from the heavens? Do they follow the law of the Bible?

As a conclusion, God is like a Father to humankind, God gave the law to mankind for a reason. Let's say as parents, we have kids and we told them there's a law but if you're righteous you don't have to follow the law. In the long run, the kids will get comfortable and at the end do whatever they want according to their will and won't follow anything that we'll say. The ending will always be negative to the kids.

If you try see this at a bigger picture, you might be able to see the impact of changing the laws for humankind.

How did Jesus and other Prophets Pray in the Bible?

When I was meeting the pastor somewhere back last year, he said he performed Proskuneo and Sahah during worship on a daily basis, and he said this is a form of worship that Jesus did to God. He wrote it down the words in a piece of paper as below.

Sahah is translated “worship” a total of seventy-eight times in English bibles. It is a physical, mental, and spiritual act of worship.
Detailed explanation of the word Sahah is explained here.

After going through the Bible, I've found interesting verses below about how Jesus and other prophets prayed to God.

Matthew 26:39 - Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

Joshua 5:14 - "Neither one," he replied. "I am the commander of the LORD's army." At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. "I am at your command," Joshua said. "What do you want your servant to do?"

1 Kings 18:42 - So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees.

Numbers 20:6 - Moses and Aaron turned away from the people and went to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where they fell face down on the ground. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to them,

As I've written in my previous post here, you can learn more about how Moses prayed and The Tabernacle.

Genesis 17:3 - At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him,

 



Amazingly in the video below, Othordox Christians are still following Jesus teaching to perform proskuneo and the women are covering their hair wearing head scarf.

How Did Prophet Moses Pray in the Past? (The Tabernacle)

We know that in the past during the time of Moses, his followers were thought on how to pray or have an earthly meeting place with God. The Tabernacle (more info here), "residence" or "dwelling place", according to the Hebrew Bible, was the portable earthly meeting place of God with the children of Israel from the time of the Exodus from Egypt through the conquering of the land of Canaan.

Built of woven layers of curtains along with 48 standing boards clad with polished gold and held in place by 5 bars per side with the middle bar shooting through from end to end and other items made from the gold, silver, brass, furs, jewels, and other valuable materials taken out of Egypt at God's orders, and according to specifications revealed by Yahweh (God) to Moses at Mount Sinai, it was transported by the Israelites on their journey through the wilderness and their conquest of the Promised Land. Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem superseded it as the dwelling-place of God some 300 years later.

The main source for the account of the construction of the Tabernacle is the biblical Book of Exodus, specifically Exodus 25–31 and 35–40. It describes an inner shrine, the Holy of Holies, which housed the Ark of the Covenant, which in turn was under the veil of the covering suspended by four pillars and an outer chamber (the "Holy Place").

The same way, Prophet Abraham built his house of worship during his time as we found clues in

Genesis 13:18 - So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the LORD.

Here's an overview on how The Tabernacle looks like. Instructions to build this place of worship is given in the book of Exodus.

Exodus 26:18 - Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle



And also from this verse Exodus 26:33, we know that this is a Holy Place.

Exodus 26:33 - Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Another clue that we can find, is how traditional Jewish people, use this object called Phylacteries which is a cube object placed on their head. Why is it a cube shape? Based on the video here from a Jew, each side of the cube there is a small door which they put Holy Scriptures inside.

1) Exodus 13:1-10
2) Exodus 13:11-16
3) Deuteronomy 6:4-9
4) Deuteronomy 11:13-21

We also found a clue in the Bible that says, Moses told Pharaoh the ruler of Egypt to let his people go so they can do pilgrimage or festival.

Exodus 5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.'"

Moses then lead his people from Pharaoh Slavery from Egypt across the Red Sea towards the land of Arabia. Midian is where Moses met his wife which is daughter of Jethro (Descendant of Ishmael which is first son of Abraham) and Jethro told Moses about the pilgrimage / festival celebration since the time of their ancestor Abraham performed.

Exodus 12:14 - This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival (hag) to the LORD. This is a law for all time.

The word hag can be found here which translated to festival sacrifice or feast where people gather, celebrate and eat.

Based on this verse, God said each year, for generations to come, he has made the law to join this festival for all time. Do we see similarities between the shape of the Tabernacle and people performing Hajj at Mecca? And also Muslim (People of Islam), visit this place once a year to celebrate the blessed life of Prophet Abraham, they also feast by sacrificing farm animals there once a year which more info can be found here. Is there a connection between the traditional way of praying of Prophet Abraham, Moses and many others with current religion of Islam and their Prophet Muhammad?

Why did Jesus gave the Sign of Jonah?

In the verse Matthew 12:39-40 below, some teachers of religious law and Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign, and Jesus gave them a sign of Prophet Jonah, he continued by saying for as Jonah was 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for 3 days or 3 nights.

Matthew 12:39-40 - But Jesus replied, "Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah. (39)
For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. (40)

The question is, why did he tell them the only one sign that he will give them is the sign of Jonah.

Let's take a look into the story of Prophet Jonah, in the Bible there's a full chapter called Jonah which tells us the story. He is a prophet that was sent by God to preach his people of Nineveth to worship One True God, but Jonah did not have faith in his people and did not want to go their place. He decided to take a boat and leave his people and try to preach other people across the land to the west. While in the boat, a sudden terrifying storm came and the boat was shaking. Jonah said he will volunteer to jump. After he jumped to the sea in the middle of the ocean, God sent a big whale to swallow him, but he didn’t die, inside the whale he prayed to God to save him. His prayers came true, God saved him ad made the whale vomit out Jonah at land. Jonah felt sad and went back to his people he left. Once he reached back, it was a miracle his people already knew the truth and accepted one true God. You can read the full Bible chapters and verses about The Story of Prophet Jonah in the Bible.

Let's get back to why Jesus said I will give them no sign but the sign of Prophet Jonah after the people asked for a sign, for Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for 3 days and 3 nights, so will the Son of Man in the heart of the earth for 3 days 3 night.

Was Jesus trying to tell us a message or a sign? Could it be that Jesus was alive during the time of Crucifixion? We also can see that Jonah was alive in the belly of the whale, according to the verse below

Jonah 2:1 - From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.

No	Jonah	Jesus
1)	Saved by God	Saved by God
2)	Was Alive during 3 Days 3 Nights	Could it be Jesus Alive during 3 Days 3 Nights Crucifxion?
3)	Send to his People to Worship One God	Send to his People to Worship One God
4)	Witness in the Boat Thought Jonah Died But Alive	Witness of Crucifixion (Death of Jesus) Saw Jesus Died On Cross (Could it be that Jesus was alive based on Sign of Jonah)

Based on the comparisons above, did Jesus gave us a sign and was trying to tell us something? If it's coming from Jesus it could only be the truth and why did he specifically gave the Sign of Jonah.

How did Judas Died? (Death of Judas)

In the Bible, we can find two references concerning how did Apostle Judas die, the one that betrayed Jesus during his time.

Matthew 27:5 - So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

In this verse, it says that Judas returned the money to the temple and then he went and hanged himself.

Acts 1:18 - With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.

In this verse, it says Judas used the money to buy a field and then he fell down with head hit the ground first (headlong) and his body burst open and intestines spilled out.

Why there are different stories concerning this? One is used the money and another is returned it. Also, if he hanged himself, according to gravity law, his legs will hit the ground first but not the head. What really actually happened to Judas?