Judge Whom

Judge Whom

Judge Whom?
All religions must deal with the idea of life after death.   Whether their belief is that there isn’t life after death or they simply believe that everyone continues life somewhere.   Two of the major religions in the world believe that there is life after death and that you must believe in God to receive everlasting life.   One of the key aspects of everlasting life is Judgment Day.   That is the day that God returns to the world and grants entrance to Heaven to all who have believed and followed God’s teaching. Judgment day in both the Islam and Christian societies are very similar with slight differences being found when discussing what other religions will also be saved. A good example of these similarities can be found in comparing the Koran, book three: verse one hundred eighty-five and Matthew, chapter twelve: verse thirty-six. Here you find the punishment for the sinners of the world.   The Koran says, “Every soul shall have the taste of death: and only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense.   Only he who is saved from the fire and has been admitted to the Garden will have succeeded.”   Here the Koran is stating that only those who have done right and tried to live good lives will go on to the Garden.   In Matthew you will find, “And I say to you, that every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it on the Day of Judgment.”   Here Matthew is stating that sinners will have to face their deeds on the Day of Judgment.   Even though the Koran and the book of Matthew are looking at Judgment Day from opposite sides they are both stating that only the good will go to the Garden while the sinners will be left.  
Another wonderful example of congruency in the Koran and the New Testament can be found when comparing the Book Yaa Siin: verses fifty-one to fifty-six and the Book of First Thessalonians, chapter five: verse two.   “They will say, “Woe to us!   Who has roused us from our beds?”   This is what God the...