The Truth,
Jesus is recorded as saying this to his religious opposers, Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel! (Matthew 23:24) In this instance you too have strained the gnat and gulped down the camel and failed to see the more important lesson taught here.
I will not go back and re-explain how all of those slightly different accounts are all saying the same thing but in slightly different ways. I will not bring up the examples of the same thing happening in the Quran. Just as it has been explained to you about what Paul said, you too will have you explanations that explain the seeming mistakes and contradictions found in the Quran. That type of thing is childs play. Quit restricting yourself to childs play, your small and petty and feeble attacks on the Bible, and instead grow up spiritually and learn that the Bible really is Gods Word just as the Quran tells you it is. Because of your spiritual immaturity you have missed something much more important than slight variations in wording being taught in those verses.
Let me lay it out for you:
Revelation 1:7, KJV+, says: Behold,2400 he cometh2064 with3326 clouds;3507 and2532 every3956 eye3788 shall see3700 him,846 and2532 they also which3748 pierced1574 him:846 and2532 all3956 kindreds5443 of the3588 earth1093 shall wail2875 because of1909 him.846 Even so,3483 Amen.281
Almost every Christian that believes in the Trinity also believes that this verse says and means that every eye will literally see and behold Jesus when he returns. Please note that the Greek word translated shall see is Strongs #3700.
Lets backup in the Bible a little to 1 John 3:2, KJV+, which says: Beloved,27 now3568 are2070 we the sons5043 of God,2316 and2532 it doth not yet3768 appear5319 what5101 we shall be:2071 but1161 we know1492 that,3754 when1437 he shall appear,5319 we shall be2071 like3664 him;846 for3754 we shall see3700 him846 as2531 he is.2076
Again, we find the same word, Strongs #3700, the Greek word optanomai/optomai, translated we shall see and every Christian I know believes that they will literally see God when they get into heaven.
Now, at Act 26:16, KJV+, Jesus says to Paul: But235 rise,450 and2532 stand2476 upon1909 thy4675 feet:4228 for1063 I have appeared3700 unto thee4671 for1519 this5124 purpose, to make4400 thee4571 a minister5257 and2532 a witness3144 both5037 of these things which3739 thou hast seen,1492 and5037 of those things in the which3739 I will appear3700 unto thee;4671
Though translated by the KJV as, I have appeared it literally says, I became seen to you. Jesus literally showed himself to Paul! It was the light from Jesus glorified heavenly body that damaged and temporarily blinded Pauls literal eyesit was not just a vision! So whats the big deal, you say. Trinitarians believe that Jesus is God Almighty himself but the Bible clearly tells us at Exodus 33:20, no man may see me and yet live. If Jesus is God how did that happen? If Jesus is God how can Revelation 1:7 be true?
Not only do Jesus and Paul testify to the fact that Paul saw Jesus but also Bar´na·bas came to his aid and led him to the apostles, and he told them in detail how on the road he had seen the Lord and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. (Acts 9:27) If Barnabas believed Jesus was God and knowing what Exodus 33:20 says, why would he claim that Paul had seen God? No, the situation is that Barnabas did not believe that Jesus was God and therefore had no problem stating that Paul had seen the Lord.
The Truth, give up your spiritually childish ways and learn to fight like a spiritual man, yes, stop straining the gnat and gulping down the camel and you will be flabbergasted by what God will teach you from the Bible.
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