CHAPTER 9: THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS
Watch now how the Christian fathers have foisted the incestuous progenies of the Old Testament upon their Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the New Testament. For a man who had no genealogy, they have manufactured one for him. And what a genealogy! Six adulterers and offsprings of incest are imposed upon this holy man of God. Men and women deserving to be stoned to death according to God’s own law, as revealed through Moses, and
further to be ostracized and debarred from the House of God for generations.
IGNOBLE ANCESTRY
Why should God give a “father” (Joseph) to His “son” (Jesus)? And why such an ignoble ancestry? “This is the whole beauty of it,” says the pervert. “God loved the sinners so much that he disdaineth not to give such progenitors for His ‘son.‘”
ONLY TWO COMMISSIONED
Of the four Gospel writers, God “inspired” only two of them to record the genealogy of His “son.” To make it easy for you to compare the “fathers and grandfathers” of Jesus Christ in both the “inspired” lists, I have culled the names only, minus the verbiage. See page 53. Between David and Jesus, God “inspired” Matthew to record only 26 ancestors for His “son.” But Luke, also “inspired,” gathered up 41 forefathers for Jesus. The only name common to
these two lists between David and Jesus is JOSEPH and that, too, a “supposed” father according to Luke 3:23 (AV). This one name is glaring. You need no fine-tooth comb to catch him. It is Joseph the carpenter. You will also easily observe that the lists are grossly contradictory. Could both the lists have emanated from the same source, i.e. God?
FULFILLING PROPHECY?
Matthew and Luke are over-zealous in making DAVID the King, the prime ancestor of Jesus, because of that false notion
hat Jesus was to sit on the “THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID” (Acts 2:30). The Gospels belie this prophecy, for they tell us that instead of Jesus sitting on his father’s (David’s) throne, it was Pontious Pilate, a Roman Governor, a pagan who sat on that very throne and condemned its rightful (?) heir (Jesus) to death. “Never mind,” says the evangelist, “if not in his first coming, then in his second coming he will fulfill this prophecy and three hundred others beside.” But with their extravagant enthusiasm to trace the ancestry of Jesus physically to David, (for this is actually what the Bible says – THAT OF THE FRUIT OF HIS (David’s) LOINS, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH” (literally, not metaphorically Acts 2:30), both the “inspired” authors trip and fall on the very first step.
Matthew 1:6 says that Jesus was the son of David through SOLOMON, but Luke 3:31 says that he (Jesus) was the son of David through NATHAN. One need not be a gynecologist to tell that by no stretch of the imagination could the seed of David reach the mother of Jesus both through Solomon and Nathan at the same time! We know that both the authors are confounded liars, because Jesus was conceived miraculously, without any male intervention. Even if we concede a physical ancestry through David, both authors would still be proved liars for the obvious reason.
BREAKING PREJUDICE
As simple as the above logic is, the Christian is so emotionally involved that it will not penetrate his prejudiced mind. Let us give him an identical example, but one where he can afford to be objective.
We know from history that Muhammed the Prophet of Islam, was the son of Abraham through ISHMAEL, so if some “inspired” writer came along and tried to palm off his “revelation” to the effect that Muhummed was the son of Abraham through ISAAC, we would, without any hesitation, brand such a writer as a liar, because the seed of Abraham could never reach Amina (Muhummed’s mother) through Ishmael and through Isaac at the same
time! The differences of lineage between these two sons of Abraham is the difference between the JEWS and the ARABS.
In the case of Muhummed, we would know then that anyone who says that Isaac is his progenitor, was a liar. But in the case of Jesus both Matthew and Luke are suspect. Until the Christians decide which line of ancestors they prefer for their “god,” both Gospels will have to be rejected. Christendom has been battling tooth and nail with these genealogies for the past 2 000 years, trying to unravel the mystery. They have not given up yet. We admire their perserverance. They still believe that “TIME WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.“
THERE ARE CLAIMED CONTRADICTIONS THAT THEOLOGIANS HAVE NOT RESOLVED TO EVERY ATHEIST’S SATISFACTION. THERE ARE TEXTUAL DIFFICULTIES WITH WHICH SCHOLARS ARE STILL WRESTLING. ONLY A BIBLE ILLITERATE WOULD DENY THESE AND OTHER PROBLEMS.” “The Plain Truth,” July 1975.
THE SOURCE OF LUKE’S “INSPIRATION”
We have already nailed 85% of Matthew and Luke to Mark or that “mysterious ‘Q’.” 1 Let us now allow Luke to tell us who “inspired” him to tell his “most excellent Theophilus” (Luke 1:3) the story of Jesus. See page 56 for Luke’s preamble to his “Gospel.” He tells us plainly that he was only following in the footsteps of others who were less qualified than himself,
others who had the temerity to write accounts of his hero (Jesus). As a physician, as against fishermen and tax collectors, he was no doubt better equipped to create a literary masterpiece. This he did, because “IT SEEMED GOOD TO ME ALSO” to “PUT IN ORDER.” These are his prominent justifications over his predecessors.
In the introduction to his translation of the “Gospel of St. Luke,” A Christian scholar J. B. Phillips, has this to say – “ON HIS OWN ADMISSION LUKE HAS CAREFULLY COMPARED AND EDITED EXISTING MATERIAL,BUT IT WOULD SEEM THAT HE HAD ACCESS TO A GOOD DEAL OF ADDITIONAL MATERIAL, AND WE CAN REASONABLY GUESS AT SOME OF THE SOURCES FROM WHICH HE DREW.” And yet you call this the Word of God? Obtain “The Gospels in Modern English,” in soft cover by ‘FONTANA’ publications. It is a cheap edition. Get it quickly before the Christians decide to have Phillips’ invaluable notes expunged from his translation! And do not be surprised if the authors of the RSV also decide to eliminate the “Preface” from their translation. It is an old, old habit. As soon as those who have vested interests in Christianity realize that they have inadvertently let the cat out of the bag, they quickly make amends. They make my current references “past” history overnight!
WHY LUKE WROTE “HIS” GOSPEL?
THE REMAINING GOSPEL
Who is the author of “The Gospel of St. John?” Neither God nor St. John! See what “he” (?) says about it “himself” (?) on page 58 – John 19:35 and 21:24-25. Who is his “HE” and “HIS” and “THIS?” A-N-D, his “WE KNOW” and “I SUPPOSE.” Could it be the fickle one who left him in the lurch in the garden, when he was most in need, or the fourteenth man at the table, at the “Last Supper,” the one that “Jesus loved?” Both were Johns. It was a popular name among the Jews in the times of Jesus, and among Christians even now. Neither of these two was the author of this Gospel. That it was the product of an anonymous hand, is crystal clear.
AUTHORS IN A NUTSHELL
Let me conclude this “authorship” search with the verdict of those 32 scholars, backed by their 50 co-operating denominations. God had been eliminated from this authorship race long ago. In the RSV by “Collins,” invaluable notes * on “The Books of the Bible” are to be found at the back of their production. I am reproducing only a bit of that information on page 59. We start with “GENESIS” – the first book of the Bible. The scholars say about its “AUTHOR”: “One of the ‘five books of Moses’.” Note the words “five books of Moses” are written in inverted commas – “.” This is a subtle way of admitting that this is what people say – that it is the book of Moses, that Moses was its author, but we (the 32 scholars) who are better informed, do not subscribe to that tittle-tattel.
The next four books, “EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS and DEUTERONOMY“: AUTHOR? “Generally credited to Moses.” This is the same category as the book of Genesis.
Who is the author of the book of “JOSHUA?” Answer: “Major part credited to Joshua.“
Who is the author of the book of “JUDGES?” Answer: “Possibly Samuel.”
Who is the author of “RUTH” Answer: “Not definitely known” AND
Who is the author of:
1ST SAMUEL?……………………………….. Answer: Author “Unknown”
2ND SAMUEL………………………………… Answer: Author “Unknown”
1ST KING?…………………………………… Answer: Author “Unknown”
2ND KING?………………………………….. Answer: Author “Unknown”
1ST CHRONICLES? Answer: Author “Unknown, probably …”
2ND CHRONICLES? ….. Answer: Author “Likely collectly …”
WATCH THE PRONOUNS!
And so the story goes. The authors of these anonymous books are either “UNKNOWN” or are “PROBABLY” or “LIKELY” or are of “DOUBTFUL” origin. Why blame God for this fiasco? The Long-suffering and Merciful God did not wait for two thousand years for Bible scholars to tell us that He was not the Author of Jewish peccadilloes, prides and prejudices; of their lusts, wranglings, jealousies and enormities. He said it openly what they do:-
We could have started the thesis of this book with the above Quŕánic verse and ended with it, with the satisfaction that God Almighty had Himself delivered His verdict on the subject – “Is the Bible God’s Word?”, but we wished to afford our Christian brethern an opportunity to study the subject as objectively as they wished. Allowing believing Christians, “reborn” Christians, and their own Holy Book the Bible to testify against their “better” judgement.
What about the Holy Quŕán? Is the Quŕán the Word of God? The author of this humble publication has endeavoured to answer this question in a most scientific manner in his book “AL’QUŔÁN – The Ultimate Miracle,” available absolutely free of charge from the “Centre” on request.
By Ahmed Deebat
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