Debate: Islam Vs. Christianity
Side: Christianity

CHRIST’S DIVINITY: The Inference from Adam  Nur el Masih Ben HaqMuslims are fond of saying that it was not only Jesus that had spirit (ruh) from God; that Adam too got his spirit directly from God. Why was Adam not more than an ordinary human being etc?  The Original Adam was not Ordinary. He Was Likened to Jesus ln Some Ways The Holy Bible reveals relationship between Adam and Jesus thus, "The FIRST Adam became a LIVING SOUL, the LAST Adam (Jesus) a QUICKENING SPIRIT", 1 Cor. 15:45. Therefore, to understand the nature of Jesus more, we must go back to the Adam's case.  Understanding Jesus from the Nature of Adam As Muslims observe, Adam too got his ruh directly from God. But the important question Muslims fail to ask themselves is “When God breathed His Ruh into Adam what then followed? Was that followed by an unusual recognition or not? Let us see:   Allah’s Instruction: Allah commanded his angels that once he breathes (something of) his spirit (ruh) into Adam all of them should honor Adam with prostration, which is an act of ibadah that is Islamically reserved for Allah alone. In fact, the reason why Allah coursed Iblis to became Satan was his refusal to prostrate to Adam as instructed by Allah himself.  QUR’AN 15:28-31 Your Lord said to the angels, "I am about to create a man from aged mud, like the potter's clay.  "Once I perfect him, and blow into him from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before him."  The angels fell prostrate; all of them, except Iblis (Satan). He refused to be with the prostrators  He said, "O Iblis (Satan), why are you not with the prostrators?"  He said, "I am not to prostrate before a human being, whom You created from aged mud, like the potter's clay."  He said, "Therefore, you must get out; you are banished.  "You have incurred My condemnation until the Day of Judgment."  .  QUR’AN 2:34 When we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam," they fell prostrate, except Satan; he refused, was too arrogant, and a disbeliever.  QUR’AN 17:61-62  When we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam," they fell prostrate, except Satan. He said, "Shall I prostrate to one You created from mud?"  He said, "Since You have honored him over me, if You respite me till the Day of Resurrection, I will possess all his descendants, except a few."  QUR’AN 7:11-12  And We created you then fashioned you, then told the angels: Fall ye prostrate before Adam! And they fell prostrate, all save Iblis, who was not of those who make prostration.  He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade thee ? (Iblis) said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire while him Thou didst create of mud.  These Concur With the Bible BIBLE (HEB.) 1:6  But when he (God) again brings his firstborn (Adam) into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”  The Apocryphal Jewish Source Also Concurs Apocryphal (The Life of Adam and Eve) 141:143 “ Then Michael (Angel Jibril) came; he summoned all the troops of angels and told them, "Bow down before the likeness and the image of the divinity." And then, when Michael summoned them and all had bowed down to you, he summoned me [Satan] also. And I told him, "Go away from me, for I shall not bow down to him who is younger than me; indeed, I am master prior to him and it is proper for him to bow down to me. ”  Allah Also Declares Adam as His Deputy on Earth on Earth (Qur’an 2:30). And what many Muslims don’t know, like it is in Christianity (Gen. 2:7), Islamically:  ALLAH CREATED ADAM IN HIS OWN IMAGE (Surah) Al-Bukhaari (6227) Narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allah created Adam in His image, and he was sixty cubits tall. When he created him….” Muslim (2612) Narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When any one of fights his brother, let him avoid the face, for Allah created Adam in His image."Ibn Abi 'Aasim, al-Sunnah (517) Ibn Abi 'Aasim narrated in al-Sunnah (517) that Ibn 'Umar said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not say 'May Allah deform your face' for the son of Adam was created in the image of the Most Merciful."……..  Ibn Abi 'Aasim, (516) Ibn Abi 'Aasim also narrated (516) that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When any one of you fights let him avoid the face, for Allaah created Adam in the image of His Face."  Logical Conclusion Therefore, Biblically and Qur'anically Adam, whose flesh was made from just the sand (Gen. 2:7, Qur'an 28:72), was notwithstanding such GLORIOUS initially. And, logically, the glorious qualification came from what God breathed in him (something of God’s spirit).  Jesus Jesus is Ruh’Allah (Spirit or Soul of God) and his Word: John 1:1, 14:8:23, Phl. 2:5-8; and the Qur'an 4:171, 2:252 etc; Jesus is PERFECT IMAGE of God (Heb. 1:1-3); the woman scheduled to born him had to be promoted above ALL THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD: See Luke 1:28, 30:34, 41-44, 48-49, and 54-55. Also says Qur'an 3:42, “O Mary! Allah has CHOSEN thee, and PURIFIED thee, and PREFERRED thee ABOVE ALL THE WOMEN OF CREATION."   Final Logical Comparison However, Adam did not pass Satanic test but sinned (that shows some relative weakness in him), thereby lost his INITIAL STATUS and therefore he was ordered out of MOST EXALTED DWELLING, the Garden of Eden(Qur'an 7:19-24, Gen. 3:1-24). But Jesus passed all the Satanic tests (Mt.4:1-11, Heb. 4:15; Qur'an 19:19; 3: 46; 6: 86;), which logically implies comparative superiority of the Divine Spirit in him (Jesus).  Therefore, the fact that SOIL is the comparative parent of Adam, who, again, could not pass Satanic test, sinned and was demoted; and Mary, the SUPERIOR among all women (Luke 1:28, 30:34, 41-44, 48-49, 54-55. and Qur'an 3:42), is the comparative parent of Jesus, who again, passed all the Satanic tests, did not sin and therefore was NEVER demoted; given that both Adam and Jesus got their souls from God directly; it follows that whatever type of soul God gave Adam was originally INFERIOR to the one He gave Jesus. Thus Jesus would still have been superior to Adam even if he (Adam) had been able to defend his INITIAL STATUS, (and thus Jesus was, by the way, very superior to the demoted Adam, and extremely superior to the descendants of Adam).   Divinity of Jesus Logically Proved So if initially Adam, made from soil, was inter-alia, QUALIFIED to be God's IMAGE/LIKENESS or GOD's VICEROY and WORTHY OF A WORSHIP BY THE ANGELS OF GOD, all because his soul was God-breathed, then Jesus, who has much greater of these qualifications is logically divine.  That was why when Jesus was asked to disclose God he said, "Have I been with you so long and yet you do not know me...? He who has seen me has seen the Father (God); how can you say, 'show us the Father?..I do not speak on my (the human) authority, but the Father who DWELLS IN ME DOES HIS WORKS", John 14:8-10.  And, that is why when Jesus accomplished his mission on the Earth, he went back to where he came from, Qur'an 4:158, "God has raised him up unto HIMSELF". See also John 6:28, 62, and Mk. 16:19. John 8:23.