Earlier in the opening "Interpretation of the Middle East" series of special articles Vader said that there is no place on the earth more brilliant and bizarre than the history of the Middle East, the reality is more chaotic, this land as early as 6,000 years ago was born a splendid ancient civilization, wheat, barley, rye, beans from here originated and spread to the world, under the desolate surface buried enough energy forces to dominate the entire world, but this is also a land that has not been peaceful since ancient times, ethnic disputes, conquest wars, There are also religious contradictions that take turns here. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were born from here, and they clashed and merged with each other, forming a bizarre "Three Kingdoms Killing" that occurred between relatives.
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were born from the Middle East, and in conflict with each other and each other, they formed a bizarre "three-kingdom killing" that occurred between relatives.
Three religions of the same origin
Judaism has deep roots with Christianity and Islam, and can basically be merged into the "Abrahamic religions", which, as the name suggests, all three religions are more or less related to Abraham. According to the Bible, there were two sons of Abraham, one was the son Isaac who was born to his wife, Isaac gave birth to Jacob, and Jacob gave birth to twelve sons and became the twelve tribes of Israel, so the Jews posthumously regarded Abraham as their ancestor.
Judaism has deep roots with Christianity and Islam, and can basically be merged into the "Abrahamic religions", and they all have some relationship with Abraham.
Another son, Ishmael, was born to Abraham and his concubine Shakabha, who later became the ancestor of the Arab nation, and then Ishmael's descendant, Muhammad, founded Islam, which naturally dates back to Abraham. Although the spread of Islam was no longer limited to the Arab nation, this tradition continued, so that the Jews and the Arabs, a people who had fought for many years, were actually directly related by blood.
Jesus, the founder of Christianity, was also a descendant of Abraham, but they were more than a dozen generations away from Jacob. The picture shows the Christmas scene.
As for Christianity, its founder, Jesus, is also a descendant of Abraham, but they are more than a dozen generations away from Jacob, but Christianity still traces its ancestors to Abraham, on the one hand, because of Jesus, and on the other hand, Christianity believes that it has inherited Abraham's godliness and faith. It is precisely for this reason that Christianity is no longer bound by blood relations, but is instead bound by truth and the Holy Spirit, and finally spread to different peoples and skin colors, becoming the world's largest universal religion.
The Cathedral of St. Lambord in Mechelen, Belgium, depicts four Jewish rabbi reading the scrolls of the Torah in stained glass.
Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic faiths
Of the three religions, Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic beliefs, dating back to around the 20th century BC and 4,000 years ago. But Judaism became a religion in the 15th century B.C., when the prophet Moses took the Jews out of Egypt and then received God's revelation at Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula that Moses was given the Ten Commandments (keep the Sabbath; honor your parents; do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not give false testimony; do not covet other people's houses, wives, servants, cows and donkeys, and all). The oral recording of the Pentateuch, the Torah (law), laid the foundation for Judaism.
The prophet Moses led the Jews out of Egypt and was later inspired by God, the Ten Commandments of Moses, on Mount Sinai, to be placed in the Ark of the Covenant. The picture shows the Israelites carrying the Ark of the Covenant
If Abraham's monotheistic worship laid the foundation for Judaism, 500 years later Moses received God-given laws at Mount Sinai and affirmed the unbreakable contractual relationship between the Israelites and God marked the formal formation of Judaism. Since then, the Israelites have had written laws to define beliefs and value systems, and the Jewish people have had spiritual pillars and guidelines for behavior. It can be said that the Jews founded Judaism, which in turn shaped the personality and nationality of the Jews, and created the Jews as the subject of judaism practice, in this sense, the Jews, whether as individuals or groups, are the products of Judaism.
The world's largest stone statue of Jesus is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Jesus opened his arms at an altitude of 710 meters, embraced the world, and gazed at the sea with deep affection.
Blue out of blue is better than blue Christianity
As the world religion with the largest number of adherents, Christianity was not only founded more than two thousand years later than Judaism, but can also be said to have been born out of Judaism. Its founder, Christ Jesus, can be said to be a false Jew, he is a direct descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the first Christian church he established was also all Jews, which can be said to be a new sect of Judaism, so it is not too much to say that Christianity is the son of Judaism. It was only at that time that Christianity was regarded as a heresy by the conservatives of Judaism and was persecuted a lot.
In the twilight of Guanabara Bay, the "cross" at the top of the cliff on the left is the 38-meter-high statue of Jesus Christ, and the Sugarloaf Mountain opposite him.
In addition, the word "Christ" was originally the Greek Messiah (Savior), and the Messianic prophecy was spread among the Jews at that time, which roughly meant that a national savior like King David (a Jewish national hero of the 11th century B.C., who established the Kingdom of Judea and established Jerusalem) would re-establish the "kingdom of God" among the Jews. Jesus claimed to be the Messiah, the Son of God, the King of the Jews, but Judaism did not think so, and they whistleblowed to the Romans who ruled Palestine at the time, and Jesus was arrested and crucified (a more brutal execution by the Roman government).
Crucifixion statue of Jesus Christ in Jerinimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
The result instead led to the separation of Christianity from Judaism as a completely new religion, freed from the shackles of Jewish law and Jewish descent, and changed the object of mission from the original "Jews" to "non-Jews", especially The disciples of Jesus, Peter and Paul, who led the "Apostolic Order of Christ" to proselytize, Paul codified Christian doctrine into the Bible New Testament, and by the beginning of the 2nd century A.D., Christianity had called itself Catholic and was detached from Judaism in all respects. Thus the mainstream academic community believes that Paul was the actual founder of the Christian faith, but the Catholic Church still believes that the church was founded by Jesus.
Jesus' disciple Paul codified Christian doctrine into the New Testament in writing, which is considered by mainstream academics to be the actual founder of the Christian faith.
The exposition of the elders of the past and the new Islam
Islam was founded in the Arabian Peninsula from 570 to 632 AD by Ishmael's descendant Muhammad (later known as Prophet Muhammad), at this time Judaism has a history of more than 2,500 years, and Christianity has been founded for more than 500 years, so Islam has the advantage of being a "latecomer". In a way, Judaism and Christianity belong to the "original" religions, many of which are pioneers, which have left a lot of valuable heritage for Islam.
The Forgated Mosque in Mecca, the Prophet's Monastery in Medina and the Far Monastery in Jerusalem are the three holy mosques of Islam, and the Alsabalus's Kel Day Room is the direction of worship for Muslims all over the world.
As a result, the Islamic faith not only has the shadow of the multitheistic worship of the moon god and other gods believed by the ancient Arabs, but also absorbs a large number of Judaism and Christian doctrines, concepts, rituals, etc., and there are many places in the classic content that add their own understanding to the Old and New Testaments.
The Grand Mosque of King Hassan II of Casablanca, Morocco, is the third largest mosque in the world after the AbtindHad in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.
"Islam" is originally an Arabic transliteration, meaning "obedience", "peace", refers to obedience and faith in the creation of the universe of the unique Lord Allah and his will, those who believe in Islam are collectively called "Muslims", meaning "obedient", "peacemakers", theologians call "obedient to God and holy", that is, those who recite the "Halal Word". Islam holds that Prophet Muhammad was the last sealed messenger of the Allah (i.e., God, Jehovah) (Christianity calls Jesus the Son of God) and the Quran is the last and most complete book Allah proclaimed to mankind through Prophet Muhammad.
Through a variety of means, such as continuous external expansion, business exchanges, cultural exchanges, and the dispatch of missionaries to various parts of the world, Islam has developed into a world religion.
But Unlike Jesus, Prophet Muhammad not only preached, but around 622 A.D., replaced tribal kinship with the common faith of Islam in Medina and established a theocratic regime in the form of "Uma" (meaning "nation" and "state"), so prophet Muhamma was not only the religious leader of Medina, but also the supreme leader of politics, military and justice. After the Prophet Muhammad, Islam entered the "four caliphates", through continuous external expansion, business exchanges, cultural exchanges, and the dispatch of missionaries to various channels, so that Islam developed from a single ethnic religion in the Arab region to a world-wide multi-ethnic religion.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are quite similar in terms of historical origins, the process of its founding, and even its doctrine, which is simply a kinship relationship.
The Tao differs from the exclusive nature of the uncomplicated
Thus we will find that Judaism, Christianity and Islam are quite similar in terms of historical origins, the founding process, and even the doctrine, and they are simply relatives! The same genes should have given birth to a sense of intimacy, everyone should live in peace, but in time the entire history of Europe and the Middle East has almost always revolved around the contradictions and struggles between the three major religions. The root cause lies in the fact that although the three religions have many commonalities, they have more differences and all involve the most fundamental doctrinal issues.
The Vatican Museums tapestries show scenes from the Crusades
In Chinese words, that is, the Tao is different from each other, as a religion with expansion, in the Mediterranean civilization circle and the two rivers civilization circle in the classical period, there was too much overlap between the spread of the three major religions, and the exclusivity was infinitely magnified, so there were a series of fierce religious military operations such as the nine crusades that lasted for nearly 200 years and the expansion of the Arab Empire to Europe. The focal point of overlap is Jerusalem, home to the Jewish Temple Wailing Wall, the ascension of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam, and the holy place where the Christian Jesus preached the gospel, was crucified, and resurrected.
Jerusalem is home to the Jewish Temple Wailing Wall, the ascension of the Prophet of Islam, and the holy place where The Christian Jesus preached the Cross and resurrection.
In fact, although there are many differences between the three major religions, the most important thing is the attitude towards Jesus, the founder of Christianity. Christianity not only worships Abraham and Moses as prophets, but also believes in God, adhering to the trinitarianism, that is, the Father (God), the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit as the same entity; Judaism believes that Abraham and Moses are the prophets, directly under the command of the only god God "Yahweh", worshiping only the only God, although Jesus himself is an undisputed Jew, he does not consider Jesus Christ to be their Savior and does not accept the "Trinity" of Christianity; although Islam also calls Abraham, Moses, and Jesus as prophets, But opposing Trinitarianism and calling Muhammad the last sealed messenger of Allah (God) is actually another form of denial of Jesus. As monotheistic religions, the different identification of the main god has led to the development of almost unrelated systems among the three religions.
The difference between Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Among them, Judaism was a bit miserable, and the number of missionaries was limited by the Jews themselves, so the number was not large, and then the state of Israel was broken by the Roman Empire, and the Jews were scattered all over the world. But Judaism is indeed resilient enough, and more than a thousand years of wandering have preserved the basic elements of Judaism, still believing that the coming of the Messiah will restore the Jewish state, rebuild the temple, and resume sacrificial worship. This played an important role in the rise of the Zionist movement in the early 20th century.
After more than a thousand years of wandering, Jews still believe that the Messiah will come and restore the Jewish state, rebuild the temple, and resume sacrificial worship. The picture shows the Wailing Wall prayer
Christianity matured in the Roman Empire, was established as a representative of the Western religious ideology in the European Middle Ages, and in modern times, with the expansion of Europe and the United States, it was spread by missionaries to all parts of the world, becoming the largest religion in the world today. The total number of its followers is said to be 2.3 billion, accounting for 31.2% of the world's population, which has a broad and in-depth impact on human society, thought, culture, politics, economy, etc. The Catholic side claims to have 1.313 million adherents, accounting for 17.7% of the world's total population. The proportion of Catholics on all continents is: 48.5% in the Americas, 21.8% in Europe, 17.8% in Africa, 11.1% in Asia and 0.8% in Oceania.
Christianity is the largest religion in the world today, with a total number of 2.3 billion adherents, accounting for 31.2% of the world's population. Brazil is the largest Catholic country in the world.
Islam, on the other hand, has its ups and downs, and because of the theocratic nature of Islam, religion has always been tied to state power and has become a religious belief, ideology and cultural system. The first empire that led to the rise of Islam was the Arab Empire, which extended Islam to the entire Middle East, and after the decline of the Arab Empire, it was taken over by the Ottoman Empire and entered the trough of modern Islam, but now due to the rapid increase in the population of believers, there is a trend of strengthening, and it is the second largest religion in the world. According to statistics, there are about 1.6 billion Muslims in the world (2018), accounting for 23.4% of the total world population in the same period.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAE
You have three religions that I love and kill
Among the three major religions, the relationship between Judaism and Christianity is more complicated. In the early days of the birth of Christianity, it was persecuted by Judaism, but as Christianity continued to grow, Judaism spread to all countries in the world, and Christianity in turn persecuted Judaism, that is, the trend of anti-Semitism. However, on the whole, the relationship between the two is more harmonious for a long time, which is a contradictory relationship of love and killing. Islam, on the other hand, is relatively exclusive of Judaism and Christianity, especially until Israel reached its peak after the restoration of Palestine, of course, the Crusades that lasted for nearly 200 years before this have fully demonstrated the game relationship between Christianity and Islam.
Of all the churches, mosques and other buildings, none is more magnificent than the dome of the Hagia Sophia, which has seen the glory and vicissitudes of 1400 years.
Of course, there are also times of relaxation between the three major religions, but because these three major religions are not only limited to religious disputes, but also mixed with many ethnic contradictions and disputes of national interests, they collide, communicate, and merge in the entanglement of constant reason and chaos, forming a complex landscape intertwined with tears, blood, hatred and love
Additional notes: The above content refers to "Three Thousand Years of Jerusalem" (by Simon Montefiori, translated by Zhang Qianhong), "Gu Zhun's Collected Writings", and "The Origin of Religion" (by Kautsky, translated by Ye Qifang).
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