• Muslims reject Yahushua as the Messiah.  They do acknowledge that He was born of a virgin, but their acceptance of Him is as simply a great prophet, nothing more.  This belief in itself is contradictory, for no truly great man, sent of Yah, would lie and make false claims as they believe Yahushua did in claiming to be the son of Yahuwah.  [Note: The Bible makes plain that Yahushua, the promised Messiah and redeemer of mankind, is a human being – not a diety.]
   
• Muslims do not believe that Yahushua died on the cross.  (See Matthew 27:33, 35 and 50.)  By such a belief, they deny His sacrifice for the salvation of sinners.
   
• Muslims do not worship on the seventh day lunar Sabbath as did the patriarchs Adam, Abraham, Ishmael, and Jacob.  The fact that Muslims go to mosque for prayers on Friday is a testimony to the truths they still have, for Friday was actually the seventh day of the original planetary week when it was adopted into the Julian calendar!  However, Friday is still a pagan demarcation on a calendar named after a Roman Catholic pope.  It has no place in the worship of the Creator.
   
• A growing number of sincere Muslims are agitating for a return to the ancient and original form of luni-solar calendation.  However, most Muslims still use a lunar calendar, rather than the luni-solar calendar established at Creation and handed down through Abraham and his sons.  Therefore, any religious observance based on that method of time-calculation would be incorrect.
   
• Muslims do not observe the feasts of Yahuwah as delineated in Leviticus 23.  Muslims correctly accept Scripture as inspired literature, but do not accept that these feasts were given for all peoples as a perpetual covenant although the Bible clearly states that they are to be so.
   
• Certain dearly held Islamic traditions, such as the annual pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca) or the fast during Ramadan, have devolved into a form of salvation by works. Muslims accept the writings of the Old Testament prophets as being inspired.  They also allow for certain limitations that can keep a person from fasting during Ramadan or the inability to go on pilgrimage.  However, any “work” – such as fasting or pilgrimage – that is done for salvation denies the truth of Scripture which clearly states: “The just shall live by his faith.”  (Habakkuk 2:4, KJV)
   
• Muslims believe that after a soul has died, angels question him about his life.  If he is a believer, he will experience joy; if he is an infidel, he will experience punishment for his sins.  Despite their claim to believe the Holy Bible, this is in direct contradiction of Scripture that clearly denies consciousness after death:

  “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.  Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.”  (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6)

[Note: While many Christians believe that the redeemed will inherit Heaven, Scripture teaches that immortality in the earth made new is the reward of the saints.

The Creator is now inviting all sincere children of Abraham to step free of errors and traditions and embrace the full truth of Yah.

The emblem on Israel’s flag, popularly known as the “star of David,” is, in fact, the “star of Saturn” – an occult symbol. The esoteric meaning is: “As above, so below.”

Of all peoples on earth, the ancient Israelites were highly honored to be the depositories of Heaven’s truth.  Yahuwah intended that they would be as “a city set on a hill that cannot be hid.”  (See Matthew 5:14.)  The wealth of truth given to the ancient Israelites is still, largely, believed by the Jews of today.  Thus, the errors they cling to typically fall more under the category of rejection of new truth, rather than any tremendous amount of pagan error entwined within the truths they do believe.  Following is a generalized list of the truths that the majority of Jews reject.

• Contrary to popular opinion, the Jews today do not, in fact, worship on the Biblical seventh day Sabbath.  Following the Council of Nicea in the fourth century, the Jews and apostolic Christians suffered severe persecution for attempting to worship by the Biblical luni-solar calendar.  This severe persecution was the motivating factor behind Hillel II’s reform of the calendar.  Jewish scholars readily admit that the luni-solar calendar they use today is different than the one used by Moses.
   
• Jews today not only do not worship on the true seventh day Sabbath (lunar Sabbath), but they do worship on Saturday.  While Saturday as such did not exist in the ancient calendars, days dedicated to the worship of Saturn did exist.  Scripture is clear that worship of Saturn on his day was treason and rebellion against Yahuwah.  Holy Scripture records the ancient Israelites participating in the worship of this blood-thirsty god.  The times of Israel’s greatest apostasies were always centered around the worship of Saturn on his day.  With the substitution of Saturday for the true Biblical Sabbath, the Jews of today are continuing in the path of their ancient forefathers and sinning against Heaven.
   
• By setting aside the original calendar of Creation, which was later restored by Moses, the Jews of today do not always observe the annual feasts of Yahuwah on their proper days as specified in Leviticus 23.  When Hillel II modified the calendar in the fourth century to escape persecution, rules of postponement were adopted to accommodate the continuous weekly cycle of the pagan Julian calendar.  These rules did not exist prior to that time.  Thus, when used, the observance of Yahuwah’s holy days are sometimes postponed and do not align with the real holy days.
   
• Jews do not accept Yahushua as their long-awaited Messiah.  While some acknowledge Him as a “good man,” they reject Him as the son of Yahuwah, the Annointed of Yah, the Promised Messiah.  In doing this, they reject the writings of Daniel which pinpointed the time of the Messiah’s arrival.  (See Daniel 9:24-27.)  This leads to other errors.  While Yahushua is preparing to return for His people the second time, Jews are still looking for His first arrival. [Note: The Bible makes plain that Yahushua, while born of a virgin, is a human being – not a diety.]
   
• Jews believe that if a person did not commit sufficient good acts during his life on earth, upon death he will go to Gehinom (Hell) where his soul will be purified before being allowed in to Gan Eden (Paradise).  For people who have performed enough good deeds in this life, their Neshama (soul) goes directly to Gan Eden.  Both beliefs are in direct contradiction of Scripture which unequivocally states: “The living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”  (Ecclesiastes 9:5)

  Scripture teaches that immortality in the earth made new is the reward of the saints. This immortality will be gifted to the resurrected and living redeemed at the return of Yahushua.

The Great and Eternal I AM is now calling His children out of incorrect Jewish traditions and inviting all to accept full truth and a closer, more intimate relationship with Him.

• Some pagans are polytheists, believing in multiple gods.  Scripture clearly declares, “Yahuwah our Eloah is one El.” (Deuteronomy 6:4)

  [Note: The Bible makes plain that Yahushua, while born of a virgin, is a human being – not a diety.]
   

• While most pagans believe in a personal god, they do not believe in a personal Saviour.  Speaking of Yahushua, the apostle Peter declared: “There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
   
• Scripture teaches, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of Yah.”  (Romans 3:23)  Pagans, however, do not believe there is anything from which they need to be saved. 
   
• Pagans believe in consciousness after death even though Scripture clearly teaches: “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”  (Ecclesiastes 9:5) [Note: While many Christians believe the Christian goal is “Heaven,” Scripture teaches that immortality in the earth made new is the reward of the saints. Immortality will be gifted to the redeemed at Yahushua’s return.]
   
• Pagan observances commemorate some shabbats (sabbaths) but they do not observe a weekly seventh day Sabbath in accordance with the divine command: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of Yahuwah your Eloah.”  (Exodus 20:8-10)
   
• Most pagan observances focus on the cycles of the sun: the solstices, equinoxes and the mid-way points in between.  They do not observe the Creator’s weekly, monthly and annual holy days.  “You shall keep My Sabbaths . . . I am Yahuwah.”  (Leviticus 19:30)
   
• Pagans believe in fortune telling and communication with the dead, both practices the Creator forbids: “Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am Yahuwah your Eloah.”  (Leviticus 19:32)
   
• Pagans consider the spells they cast to be their prayers and they typically end with the words, “As I will, so mote it be.”  While many assume this simply means: “As I will, so let it be,” according to some the phrase actually means, “As God wills it to be.”  It is very presumptuous to claim what you want is also what the Almighty desires.

More than any other religion, pagans assume personal responsibility for their personal beliefs.  This is a good thing. More people should take such personal responsibility for their spiritual life.  Now, the divine Creator is inviting pagans to lay aside their errors and accept of His grace to a fuller, more intimate walk with Him.