01-12-2005, 01:40 PM
Hi Ronniv,
Sorry to bump in here - but the question you raise to sister Muslimah is interesting. I see it as a dilemma - for Christianity.
IF the OT speaks of the coming Messiah as Gods son, astaghfirullah, then it can not have been so remarkable if people at that time did not believe he wasn't who he said he was. If on one hand it was said he was Messiah and on the other hand that his father was Joseph. This does not go along, since the true Messiah was not supposed to have an earthly father. Who could then blame people if they didn't believe in him if they were told that Messiah HAD a father, Joseph, as you are saying here? Then it make sense that he cannot be Messiah. Astathfirullah. This is how I understand what you are saying. And it also gives the impression to play a charade since it is all about fooling people to believe what is not true (that Joseph is the father) and to protect his mother, that Allah, SWT already is protecting? It doesn't make sense as I see it.
Regards