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Ahmed-The Crucified Jesus Look-Alike and the Master who will Return a Second Time
Ahmed the Promised One · Alaa Alsalem
9. Ahmed: The Crucified Jesus Look-Alike and the Master who will Return a Second Time
God Almighty said:
{Regarding their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of God ." They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. . . . } Quran Chapter “The Women” 4:157.
In the Gospel of Judah [Judas], we see JesusPBUH speaking to his look-alike who was crucified in his place:86
“You will become the thirteenth, and you will be cursed by the other generations-and you will come to rule over them. . . . But you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me.”87
In fact, Jesus supplicated to his Lord: [39] And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will” (Matthew 26).
JesusPBUH got what he wanted, and the one who drank the cup of crucifixion was the "thirteenth" instead of him, in his place. The thirteenth is a successor from the progeny of Muhammad, which becomes clear when reading the Will of the Messenger of God MuhammadPBUHAP, and he is the Riser Ahmed. When the high priest asked him: [63]“. . . tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." He answered him, [64]. . . “You have said so” (Matthew 26). He did not say “Yes”. He replied with a similar answer when the governor asked him: [11]. . . ”Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, [11]“You have said so” (Matthew 27). Again, he did not say, “Yes”.
Imam Al-BaqirPBUH said:
JesusPBUH arranged to meet his companions on the night God raised him to Himself. They met in the evening. They were twelve men, and Jesus led them into a house. He came to them suddenly from a corner of the house while shaking water from his head. He said: "God will raise me today and cleanse me of the Jews. Which of you wants my spirit cast upon him so that he will be killed and crucified, and will be with me at my rank?" A young man from them said, "Me, O Spirit of God." Jesus said, "Then it will be you. . . "
Imam Al-Baqir then said: "The Jews came looking for JesusPBUH that night . . . They took the young man upon whom Jesus' apparition was cast. He was killed and crucified.88
Imam Al-BaqirPBUH says that "twelve had met", which means that the disciples who came were eleven, because Judas Iscariot was not there. Instead, he was going to the Jewish clerics to deliver JesusPBUH to them. This is frequently reported, and undenied.
The Gospel states:
[14] Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests [15] and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26).
So the twelfth who came, or say the one who was brought down from heaven, is the successor from the progeny of MuhammadPBUT, and he was the one who was crucified and killed after he was made to resemble the likeness of JesusPBUH. This might explain to us why JesusPBUH said to his disciples: [31]“You will all fall away because of me this night. . .” (Matthew 26).
Also in the Gospel: [33] So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” [34] Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” [35] Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” [36] Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” [37] Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world-to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
In the eyes of the crucified one, it was not his kingdom at the time of his crucifixion, as he stated. If it was his kingdom's time, his servants and supporters would fight for him. But he came to this world at that time to fulfill an important mission and to bear witness to the truth. That mission was completely related to the Day of Judgement and Deliverance, and the establishment of the state of justice in the end times.
The last words of this crucified successor were: [46] “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27).
The Riser Ahmed Al-Hasan says: The true translation of the words he said is: "O Ali, O Ali, why have you brought me down?" The Christians translate it as: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" as shown in the above text from the Gospel. The bringing down, or being cast down on Earth, is close to the meaning of forsaking. This successor did not say these words in ignorance of the reason for being brought down, nor did he say these words in objection to the command of God Almighty. Rather, it is a question with a hidden answer directed to the people, namely: "Understand and know why I was brought down, crucified and killed, so that you don't fail the test again. If the same question is repeated: if you see the Romans (or the likes of them) occupying the earth; and you see the Jewish scholars (or the likes of them) praising them, then I will be on that Earth. This is the way of God that repeats itself. Learn your lesson and support me if I come, and do not participate again in my crucifixion and killing."
Within the answer to this illuminating question, he wanted to say to every rational and pure-natured person: "I was crucified, endured the suffering and the insults of the Jewish scholars, and was killed for the sake of the minor resurrection, the rise of Imam Al MahdiPBUH, and the State of Truth and Divine Justice on this earth." . . . Since it was not his time of dispatch, and preaching and talking to people, he departed like a sheep being led to slaughter. Like a silent lamb before its shearer, he did not open his mouth. I would like every believer seeking to know the truth to benefit from this stance. This human was sent down to Earth, crucified, and killed, without anyone knowing. He did not wish to be remembered or known. He was brought down silently, crucified silently, killed silently, and ascended to his Lord silently. If you want to become like that, then choose to do so.89
Ahmed Al-Hasan has also said, in his advice to Christians:
Let Christians bear in mind that the matter of the crucifixion of Jesus is false. I have explained its falsehood using the Gospel, the words of JesusPBUH in it, and his request to God to take away the crucifixion and its suffering from him. It is either that
God answered Jesus'PBUH supplication, raising him and sending down his lookalike, which is correct, or that God did not answer Jesus'PBUH supplication. These words of theirs mean that God does not care for Jesus' supplication.
They also accuse JesusPBUH of foolishness, weak perception and lack of knowledge. Otherwise, what is the meaning of Jesus asking God to take the crucifixion away from him when he was able to bear the suffering of the crucifixion without complaining, while knowing that the matter of the crucifixion is an important task in the course of the divine religion?
Let them also bear in mind the historical document of The Gospel of Judah that was presented by the International Historical Society. It is an ancient manuscript discovered in Egypt and dates back to the beginning of the third century AD, in other words, before Islam and the dispatch of MuhammadPBUHAP. In this document, Jesus was not crucified, but instead someone else was crucified who looked like him.
What matters to us is that the issue of the look-alike in general, regardless of the personification, has been present among Christians for more than 1700 years. As the saying goes, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” If there was no trace of the issue, it would not have appeared among the early Christians and in their ideologies.
The question that Christians must be mindful of and ask themselves is: Where did this group of ancient Christians get the idea that Jesus was not crucified, and that the one crucified was his look-alike? Are they just speculations? Is this matter a speculative one, or a traditional, historical one? Could it be said, for instance, that this sect believed that JesusPBUH was not crucified and that the one crucified was his lookalike, without there being a historical tradition reaching them through some individuals that were alive at the time of the crucifixion?! I advise every independent Christian to disregard the Church's claim today-that those who wrote this gospel or text from among the early Christians are a heretical group. This is because if you had asked this [particular] group at that time about the tenets of the Church today, they would say it is heretical. Also if we had asked Arius and his followers about the Church today, they would have said it is heretical. So the Church's act of calling all Christians who oppose it heretical, as they are doing today to Jehovah’s Witnesses, is irrelevant. It does not hide the truth that has now been manifested clearly: what the Church is talking about today was a controversial matter among the early Christians. Rather, it is still controversial until today, and the Christian denomination of Jehovah’s Witnesses is the best proof of this current controversy. The established truth now-concerning the crucifixion-is that there is a historical document that has been analyzed by international authorities specialized in artifacts using present-day scientific methods. It has been proven to date back to the beginning of the third century A.D. It mentions that Jesus was not crucified, but there was a look-alike who was crucified instead. Will Christians settle for the Church's statement: that this document belongs to an ancient heretical Christian sect?! Is this
response from the Church scientific?! For example, isn’t it possible for anyone opposing them to say, “Why isn’t it that you’re the one committing heresy?!” Wouldn’t it be proper now, after the manifestation of these facts, that the matter of crucifixion be researched objectively and scientifically without fanaticism and blind imitation?"90
The Riser Ahmed then quoted text from the Gospel of Judah, which shall be explained in section 11.
The idea that the crucified person is himself the redeemer and promised, world savior to come again in the end times has not been stated only in the Gospel. It has been confirmed by all the heavenly messages.
Regarding the promised Day of Redemption, the Torah states: [11] In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
[12] He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11).
Indeed, the lord will come again after his mission in which he sacrificed himself for JesusPBUH. Peace be upon “the lord Ahmed Al-Hasan”PBUH, the Riser of the progeny of Muhammad, who have assured us of his coming back and return in many religious accounts.
On the authority of Al-Hussein Ibn Abi Al-Alaa, in a conversation with Imam al-SadiqPBUH, “I asked him, 'Is the Riser an Imam (leader)?' He replied, 'Yes. He is an Imam, son of an Imam. He was followed [as an Imam] even before that.'”91,92
Imam al-SadiqPBUH also said: "When the Riser rises, people will reject him because he will return to them young and prosperous. None will follow him except those whose covenant God took in the World of Al-Tharr.”93,94
Since the truth has begun to surface and manifest further, it is important, and now the right time, to present the Will of the Messenger of God, MuhammadPBUHAP.