Jesus and Mohammed
Jesus and Mohammed
Erin Halls
130
May 4,2013
Dr. EL Kornegay, Jr.
Jesus and Mohammed
The Life of Jesus
The religion of Christianity has a foundation that is based around the teachings of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth whose life story is told in the New Testament in the Bible. Jesus of Nazareth also widely known as Jesus Christ is the son of God according to Christians. The exact date of his birth is not known, however he was born to a virgin named Mary who had a fiancée, a carpenter whose name was Joseph. Before her pregnancy an angel named Gabriel appeared before Mary in a dream and prophesized she would give birth to a male child, upon her pregnancy the angel reappeared to Joseph and instructed him to Mary the pregnant virgin.
“About 2000 years ago God sent an angel to Israel, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to
Joseph, a carpenter. The angel told Mary that by God 's power, she would conceive and bear a son.” (Palmer, 2008, para. 1) . Word of the Messiah’s birth soon traveled and got the attention of
Three Wise Men who traveled from the Far East, the men wanted to worship Jesus and in an attempt to find him they visited a King named Herod who led Judea. In an effort to find Jesus and kill him, Herod tricked the Wise Men and told them he too wanted to worship Jesus and to inform him when they found the Messiah. The men eventually found Jesus and brought gifts of
Frankincense, Myrrh and Gold, the men were warned by an angel of Herod’s trickery and they did not return to him as promised. Another angel appeared to Joseph in a dream to escape with his family to Egypt, soon after the family escaped King Herod grew furious, because the Wise
Men did not return with news of the child’s ware bouts and demanded that every male child residing in Bethlehem under the age of two be killed. Upon Herod’s death another angel appeared to Joseph in a dream, and told him that Jesus could safely return to the Israel. Jesus
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Erin Halls
130
May 4,2013
Dr. EL Kornegay, Jr.
Jesus and Mohammed
The Life of Jesus
The religion of Christianity has a foundation that is based around the teachings of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth whose life story is told in the New Testament in the Bible. Jesus of Nazareth also widely known as Jesus Christ is the son of God according to Christians. The exact date of his birth is not known, however he was born to a virgin named Mary who had a fiancée, a carpenter whose name was Joseph. Before her pregnancy an angel named Gabriel appeared before Mary in a dream and prophesized she would give birth to a male child, upon her pregnancy the angel reappeared to Joseph and instructed him to Mary the pregnant virgin.
“About 2000 years ago God sent an angel to Israel, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to
Joseph, a carpenter. The angel told Mary that by God 's power, she would conceive and bear a son.” (Palmer, 2008, para. 1) . Word of the Messiah’s birth soon traveled and got the attention of
Three Wise Men who traveled from the Far East, the men wanted to worship Jesus and in an attempt to find him they visited a King named Herod who led Judea. In an effort to find Jesus and kill him, Herod tricked the Wise Men and told them he too wanted to worship Jesus and to inform him when they found the Messiah. The men eventually found Jesus and brought gifts of
Frankincense, Myrrh and Gold, the men were warned by an angel of Herod’s trickery and they did not return to him as promised. Another angel appeared to Joseph in a dream to escape with his family to Egypt, soon after the family escaped King Herod grew furious, because the Wise
Men did not return with news of the child’s ware bouts and demanded that every male child residing in Bethlehem under the age of two be killed. Upon Herod’s death another angel appeared to Joseph in a dream, and told him that Jesus could safely return to the Israel. Jesus
continued
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