Mohd Amin Yaacob
CHAPTER SEVEN
Contradictions And Errors In The Biblical Text
11.1 Prophet Solomon Died As An Apostate
11.2 Concerning The Number Of Men Of Israel Who Returned From Exile
11.3 The Prophecy Concerning The Coming And Death Of Jesus
11.5 The Prophecy In Hosea “I Called My Son Out Of Egypt”
11.6 Contradiction Between The Saying Of Jesus And John The Baptist
11.7 The Earthquake and the Raising of the Dead at Jesus Crucifixion
11.8 The Second Coming Of Jesus.
11.9 The Prophecy Of Prophet Jeremiah Concerning The Betrayer Of Jesus
EPILOGUE
11.6 Contradiction Between The Saying Of Jesus And John The Baptist
According to Jesus Christ, before he came as the promised Messiah of God, Elijah must come first to announce on his coming:
“His disciples asked, ‘Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?’ Jesus replied, ‘Elijah is indeed coming first to set everything in order.” (Matthew 17:10-11)
Who is this ‘Elijah’ who would proclaimed the coming of ‘the Messiah’? According to the Gospel of John, when some of the Jewish Rabbi from Jerusalem ask John the Baptist whether he was the Elijah, he replied:
“I am not the Messiah, he said. Well then, who are you? They asked. Are you the Elijah? No he replied.” (1:19-21, NLT)
While Jesus is quoted of saying:
“I assure you, of all who ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist…And if you are willing to accept what I say, he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come.” (Matthew 11:14, NLT)
Jesus says that John is the Elijah who must come first while John himself denied that he is the Elijah promised by Jesus, with the result that the statements of John and Jesus contradict each other.