Let Us Reason - A Christian/muslim Dialogue

Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue their discussion on mount Sinai ,and some of the evidence that indicates its possible new location:1. The split rock where water came out of (Exodus 17: 6, Is.48:21) ; this rock is a massive rock. 2. The presence of Jewish graves; the Bible talks about 3 thousand people died after the making of the golden calf;( Exodus 32:28). 3. The presence of some petroglyphs; ie menorah. These things makes it hard to deny the possibility that Jabal Al-Luz is the true Mount Sinai.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi discusses  the subject of the real location of Mount Sinai with his guest speaker Joel Richardson.  Joel explains why he believes that Mt Sinai is in NW Saudi Arabia. His first line of evidence is that it is located on the eastern side of the Red Sea .The second evidence is the ancient Jewish tradition believed by Jewish historians, like Josephus and Filo which believed that Mt Sinai is the tallest mountain in Midian which is now the northern part of Saudi Arabia , and that it is called mount Moses by the locals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi is visiting this subject again as he mentions the four wrong views of government that he addressed in previous episodes.  Starting from Genesis when God instituted the civil government (Gen. 9: 5-6). In the new testament in Romans 13, government was established by God to punish evil,  we should obey the authorities , and do good.  The book of judges is a great example when chaos and anarchy rule and everybody does what is right in his own eyes.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue the discussion on the second coming of Christ.  Joel says that the Bible is very clear that no man knows the hour of His coming, and that the antichrist is not going a Jew but a military, gentile ruler who will be hostile towards the Jews.  He mentions that the peace accords that  Israel is having with its neighbors is not the peace treaty that the bible talks about, but it is an economic agreement only. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi and  Joel Richardson continue the discussion of Joel's book " From Sinai to Zion".  This book deals with a series of prophecies which starts with Genesis 3:15 (the first gospel),and ends with the coming of the Son of Man(the second coming).  In Daniel 7, Jesus is both the Messiah; the crushing one and Yahweh (God Almighty) who is coming back to save us.  They discuss in more details the pillar of cloud who is called the Angel of the Lord in Exodus 14 and Jesus coming back in the clouds as the gospels tell it.  A fascinating detailed discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some people use passages from the Bible(Jer. 10: 2-4, Isa. 44: 14-15) to say that we should not celebrate Christmas, but Al Fadi answers three arguments of why Christians should celebrate Christmas using J Hampton Keathley III.  1. Christmas is commercialized and materialized. 2. Scripture does not authorize it.  3. The Scripture forbids it.  He points out that we have to look at the context of the passages and ask ourselves what is the reason behind the celebration.  He also points to passages in the new testament where angels, shepherds ,and magi celebrated the birth of our Lord. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue their discussion on the second coming of Christ.  They look at Deuteronomy 33,Isaiah 63,Psalm 68,and Habakkuk 3.  In Deuteronomy ,the Lord is marching and shining like fire and lightening from Sinai..  In Isaiah 63 the majestic marching of the Lord from Edom soaked in his enemies blood,  In Habakkuk, God radiating and shining from the south; a messianic deliverance where he will spread the red sea again.  All these passages are explained in Joel's new book in more details, which explains the ultimate fulfillment of the coming of Christ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi discusses with Joel Richardson his new book ; Sinai to Zion, about the untold story of the triumphant return of Jesus.  The book has three parts: 1. The Mosaic covenant on Mt Sinai which was a bilateral covenant ,and was understood as a wedding/betrothal ceremony between God and Israel.  2. The restoration of Israel.  3. The return of Jesus on the clouds; he goes in details about old and new testament prophecies about that. The book is found on joeltrumpet.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue their discussion on mount Sinai ,and some of the evidence that indicates its possible new location:1. The split rock where water came out of (Exodus 17: 6, Is.48:21) ; this rock is a massive rock. 2. The presence of Jewish graves; the Bible talks about 3 thousand people died after the making of the golden calf;( Exodus 32:28). 3. The presence of some petroglyphs; ie menorah. These things makes it hard to deny the possibility that Jabal Al-Luz is the true Mount Sinai.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi discusses  the subject of the real location of Mount Sinai with his guest speaker Joel Richardson.  Joel explains why he believes that Mt Sinai is in NW Saudi Arabia. His first line of evidence is that it is located on the eastern side of the Red Sea .The second evidence is the ancient Jewish tradition believed by Jewish historians, like Josephus and Filo which believed that Mt Sinai is the tallest mountain in Midian which is now the northern part of Saudi Arabia , and that it is called mount Moses by the locals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi talks about the man born blind in John 9:1-7. The common world view of that day is that if a person was blind; it was either he or his parents have sinned.  Jesus refuted that by healing the man both spiritually and physically. People tend to focus on the physical and forget about the most urgent need for the human heart which is healing of the spiritual blindness.  God created us in His own image so that we can have fellowship with Him and and it is by our obedience to Him that we can fulfill our purpose in life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi shares in details four major updates of Cira International: 1. The first quarter of the year included conferences, trainings, Arabic satellite programs, And Arabic FB page; both translation of Bible into the Saudi dialect, and preparation to launch Arabic U-tube videos to be released later. 2. During lockdown because of COVID, he started doing live steam videos from his home office(75).  3. The ministry met its basic needs, and he shares ways to donate to the ministry from Patron, PayPal and more. 4. A conference that just happened last week which dealt with Evangelism , Apologetics and the role of the Arab world in bible prophecy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bible does encourage Christians to participate in government for a variety of reasons including being a buffer against  the wrong interpretation of scripture.  For example ,in Daniel 4:27, Daniel told the king to break off his sins; he told him the truth and that way God used Daniel to be  a counselor.  Another example in Jeremiah 29: 7, God asked His people to seek the welfare of the city of there captivity, and to pray for the city.  There is a lot of other examples in the old testament and some in the new testament (Mt 14: 3,4, Luke 3: 18-20) are some examples that God used His people to make an influence for God's larger plan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This view says that nothing good comes from the church's involvement in politics.  It is wrong because God left Christians on earth to influence society and that by being involved in all aspects of life , which include being in government.  Both church and government  are instruments to help restrain evil; 1 john 3: 8. Historical church involvement helped rid societies in the past of evil practices like infanticides and branding criminals faces.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This view is usually held by pacifists, and it disagrees with Romans 13:1-6 ,where it says that government is a servant of God.  They take Luke 4: 5-7 out of context. We should also take the whole view of the Bible.  Daniel  4: 7 , says that the most high rules the kingdoms of men.  So God is in control of governments not Satan.  God allows governments to go after evil doers, He appoints governments, and he is the one that establishes them (all of them).  The job of the civil government is punish  those who do evil.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This view states that there is no room for religion in government and is promoted by the ACLU.  It violates the first amendment by keeping religion out of government instead of keeping the government out of religious affairs.  It also promotes atheisms as the religion of the government.  Romans 13:4 talks about government as God's agent to institute righteousness and punish evil.  If we take God out of government we remove  absolute morality and promote relativism.  Daniel 4:27,Luke 3:19, and Acts 24:25, are good examples of the influence of religion in government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 This view of government causes wars, and we have examples from the history of the church.  Jesus was opposed to this view, Luke 9: 52- 55.  True faith can not be forced; it is a voluntary decision.  We should appeal to people; Matt. 11: 28, Acts 28: 23.  In conclusion: Governments should never attempt to force religion on people, but provide freedom for all.    Forcing religion could lead to religious persecution or having false converts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi continues his series on the role the church and believers in politics and the government.  He mainly focuses his time on Isaiah chapter one and compares what the nation of Israel did and what the western civilization is doing, in the way that they left the biblical values and followed the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah,vs10.  He also compares verse 15 when Israel's hands were full of blood with our nation with the killing of innocent babies/abortion.  The nation of Israel suffered the consequences for her sin, and so will our nation if we don't repent and turn away from our sins, vs18-20.  He urges the church to vote for people who hold biblical value.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi introduces a new series on the Christian role in government.  He explains that according to the Bible, government is appointed by God whether we like it or not ,Romans 13: 1-7.  He also explains that 1 Timothy 2: 1-4, explains that the role of people in government ties with God's plan of salvation.  In the next few weeks he is going to discuss 5 wrong views about Christians in government:  1. Government should compel (force) people to religion.  2.  Government should exclude religion from government.  3.  All governments are evil and demonic.  4.  Do evangelism, but not politics.  5.  Do politics, but not evangelism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jay Smith talks with Al Fadi about the many different Qurans that he and Hatun Tash found. Just between the Warsh and the Hafs copies, there is five thousand differences.  This is specially problematic because the Quran and Muslims claim that there is not one letter is changed in the Quran.  Some Muslim  debaters like Yasir Qaadi and Mohammad Hijab admit that there are holes in the narrative of the Quran, but they refuse to discuss it in public. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.