By Ijaz Chaudry
Why should we not celebrate Easter, other than a holiday!
There is a lot of doubt regarding Easter as a Christian. Here are few of
those doubts highlighted.
King
James (12:4) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison,
and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending
after Easter to bring him
forth to the people.
The true
essence of Easter is the arrival of season of spring when flowers bloom
and the weather is nice. Bringing times of joy and happiness!
Mark 16:4-8
New International Version (NIV)
4 But
when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had
been rolled away.
5 As they entered the tomb, they
saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and
they were alarmed.
6 “Don’t
be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was
crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid
him.
7 But go; tell his disciples and
Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him,
just as he told you.’”
8 Trembling
and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said
nothing to any one, because they were afraid.
[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient
witnesses do not have verses 9–20.]
9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week,
he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of
whom he had driven seven demons.
10 She went
and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping.
11 When
they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not
believe it.
12 Afterward
Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were
walking in the country.
13 These
returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them
either.
14 Later Jesus
appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their
lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen
him after he had risen.
15 He said to
them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
16 Whoever
believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe
will be condemned.
17 And
these signs will
accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons;
they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will
pick up snakes with
their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at
all; they will place their hands on
sick people, and they will get
well.”
19 After the
Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven
and he sat at the right hand of
God. 20 Then
the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with
them and confirmed his word by the signs
that accompanied it.
Indeed as you can
see above verses (Mark 16:9-20) has no origin. These are the same verses
which are the major part of Christianity today and the reason for
celebrating the Easter. It is true (Mark 16:4-8) is talking about Jesus
being raised from dead. But it stops there and does not explain what
that rising was!! Indeed Bible’s words having so much discrepancies does
make you think what to believe and what not to believe.
But don’t despair,
there is an answer, God has sent the Final Testament (the Quran) which
was written down as it was revealed by angel Gabriel to Muhammad. This
book is fully detailed, talking about all Major Prophets including
Jesus. This book is based on truth and common sense.
This book is the
only authentic and true word of God on earth today. You may ask how we
know that. We know this based on mathematical evidence. Quran is a
numerically structured book. The context of the chapters and verses in
the Quran are preserved by this magnificent structure, which allows no
corruption!
The new
translation of the Quran with its elaborate coding system is being
translated as we speak, once it has been translated the e-book
translation will be available for all free on the following link however
there are 8 other books about Islam already on this link completely free
to download;
https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/The_Quran
In order to read e-books, special decrypting
software is required and there are many such software on the web, here
is one which I use and works for me and you can down load this free from
the following link;
https://calibre-ebook.com/download