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A Christian friend of
mine recently sent me an Email detailing the medicinal benefits of myrrh. I was
aware in a general sense of the healing properties of this famous resin, which
has long been known and used by doctors throughout the ancient world, but it
was enlightening to see just how powerful a medicinal substance myrrh truly is.
Below is an extract from that Email with a comment to the sender on how this
supports a primary contention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and its
founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, that Jesus (peace be upon him) survived the
crucifixion – i.e., he never actually died on the cross, but was only
unconscious when taken down from it – and that he completed his stated mission
to gather and preach to the Lost Tribes of Israel. More information on this
important topic can be found at: Alislam.org/topics/Jesus and TombofJesus.com. . .
– Jonathan M.A.Ghaffar
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[Note: In the Email I
received, the botanical oils company “DoTerra” was referenced as a source for
myrrh and other essential oils used for medicinal and massage purposes. Here is
their website: www.doterra.com.
This is not an endorsement of that site, merely a referral for your
information.]
MYRRH
Myrrh (Commiphora Myrrha) has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-depressive, anti-infection, anti- parasitic, expectorant, moderates the thyroid, anti-aphrodisiac, anti- inflammatory, properties. It is one of the oldest medicines in the world, with healing properties similar to those in Frankincense.
GOOD FOR CIRCULATION
Myrrh is a blood
vitalizer that regulates all secretions of the body. It is good for improving
stagnation and general circulatory weakness. It is effective for stimulating
menstruation, therefore, according to Dr. Hill, it is safe to use during pregnancy, but heavy usage
of Myrrh during pregnancy should be avoided.
GOOD FOR ALL SKIN ISSUES
Myrrh stimulates the
regeneration of cells. It is soothes and softens rough, cracked, and chapped
skin and is good for wrinkles and aging skin.
GOOD FOR RELIEVING PAIN
Myrrh has strong
anti-rheumatic and anti-arthritic powers, which explains why it works so well
in liniments.
GOOD FOR ALL DIGESTIVE
ISSUES
Myrrh tones the digestive
tract and stimulates reduces stomach gas and acidity, and alleviates stomach
pain, etc.
A POWERFUL IMMUNE
BOOSTER & HEALER
Myrrh boosts immunity by
stimulating the production of white blood cells. It fights infections and
speeds recovery from illness, and aids in healing cuts and wounds.
EMOTIONALLY HEALING
& UPLIFTING
Myrrh promotes inner
awareness, stillness, clarity, focus, strength and peace. It helps create a
sense of power and is good for relieving apathetic, no-motivation, and restless
and mundane energy. Myrrh eases grief and sorrow and helps close emotional
wounds caused by the loss or rejection of a loved one. It can provide a boost
to help pull you through difficult troubled times.
Myrrh is excellent for
healing a wide variety of conditions, including:
acidity (makes body more
alkaline) - arthritis - dysentery - hyperthyroid
- candida (kills harmful yeast) - cholesterol (can lower levels) - cuts - diarrhea - flu
- fungal infections - fungus - gas - gingivitis - gum
infection - hemorrhoids - Increases Appetite - Infection - inflammation - laryngitis - lungs
- mucus (helps expel it) - pain (good for shadow pain after the loss of a
limb) - paralysis - prostate issues (reduces inflammation) -
respiratory system - skin (healing and restorative) - scars
- stretch marks - throat issues - thrush - wounds - wrinkles - women’s
health - uterine disorders.
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[My response to my
Christian friend Jim, the sender of the Email…]
Thank you, Br. Jim for
sending me this important info on the medical properties of myrrh. . .
Now you need to ask
yourself: why on earth were aloes and myrrh (80-100 lbs.!) listed as what were
put on the body of Jesus (pbuh) by Nicodemus after the crucifixion? Ahmadi
Muslims have long contended that the reason was simple: they are HEALING
substances and were used to heal the wounds of Jesus (pbuh). Remember: the
Jews -- like the Muslims -- do not anoint the bodies of their dead.
They wash the body, wrap it and bury it within three days.
So there has to be a
MEDICAL reason to apply a HEALING ointment in such a large quantity. If no
other conclusion is drawn, the conclusion that Jesus MUST have been alive after
they took him down from the cross is the only one that makes any sense.
Otherwise, if Jesus (pbuh) was already dead, there was no need to
"anoint" the body with healing salves.
This "Jesus
survived crucifixion" scenario presented by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
also complements perfectly the "Sign of Jonah" -- the only Sign Jesus
(pbuh) gave to his enemies, whom he called "an evil and adulterous
generation." Everyone knows Jonah was alive when he went into the belly of
the whale, that he was alive while in the belly, and alive when he was carried
to and deposited at Nineva, where God had sent him to preach. Once there,
Jonah preached to the Ninevites and they repented and were forgiven by God and
His divine punishment was averted.
Jonah's unwillingness to
go to Nineva was not out of fear of the Ninevites, but out of his desire that
God should punish them for their sinfulness and disobedience to God. This is
why Jesus (pbuh) only gave the Sign of Jonah to his Jewish enemies -- they knew
immediately what Jesus (pbuh) was saying to them -- he was comparing them to
the Ninevites who deserved to be punished by God. It was a huge insult to
the Jews who opposed Jesus (pbuh) and sought to put him to death by crucifixion
to make him "accursed of God" and thereby a false messiah so they
could ignore him.
Only Ahmadi Muslims
present a scenario that saves Jesus (pbuh) from this accursed death (which
Pauline Christianity affirms as its main tenet of salvation), while keeping him
alive here on earth so he can fulfill his stated mission (Mat. 15:24) to gather
and only preach to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.
Other Muslims believe
that God raised Jesus (pbuh) bodily alive to heaven before the crucifixion and
that another person (usually said to be Judas) was made to look like Jesus and
this person was then arrested, tried before Pilate, and put on the cross where
he died. All without once protesting that they had the wrong guy! And not only
the wrong guy, but a previously dead guy, as Judas committed suicide
after betraying Christ. God would have had to first raise Judas from the
dead in order to make him look like Jesus (pbuh) and thus have a live body to
put on the cross to be put (again) to death. But since most Muslims don’t know
the New Testament or its characters, this piece of news is news to them.
The only reason
Christians -- and Christian texts and doctrine -- stubbornly cling to the
"Jesus died on the cross for our sins" is because they are taught
that this is why Jesus came down in the first place, and that without this
"scenario" they have no means of salvation.
It's easy to understand
how a Christian will believe anything -- regardless of evidence in their own
scriptures and the words of Jesus (Mat. 9:13 for example) that contradicts it
-- if the alternative is to lose their salvation and entry into heaven.
As has always been my
position in this matter, if all the evidence were consistent and backed by
clear statements by Jesus (pbuh) that he came expressly and with no other
purpose than to die on the cross for the sins of mankind so they could be
reconciled with God, I could at least say the Christian position was clear and
consistent.
But all I have to do is
go to the words of God Himself in the Old Testament (Exodus 32:30-34, Numbers
23:19, Isaiah 43:10-11, Deut. 6:4) and those of Jesus (pbuh) in the New
Testament (Mat. 15:24, Mark 12:28-29, Mat. 9:13, John 4:24-28, 14:1, 17:3) for
clear counters to every statement made by Paul and every doctrine of
Christianity that purports that Jesus (pbuh) is divine, the literal Son of God,
God in the flesh (as many Christians assert from John 1:1-14 ), and
that he came to die for our sins as a sinless atonement.
The reason people are
converting to Islam from Christianity in droves is precisely because of
discrepancies and inconsistencies such as the ones cited above, and for the
main reason that the majesty and pure, unadulterated Oneness of God is upheld
and glorified in Islam and in the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and
in the Holy Quran.
God as presented in
Islam is still the God who does not sleep, is omnipotent and all-knowing, has
all power over His creation but is not bounded by it in human (or any other)
form, and most importantly, He has all power and ability to forgive sins out of
His infinite Mercy and Love and He does not require the help of anyone to
accomplish this or anything else.
God employs
prophets and messiahs as he has done from the beginning of Adam to
communicate his message in the language of the people they are sent to and to
act as role models of His teachings and expected level of righteousness. Only
Islam presents a picture of God and His ways and Laws that is in harmony with
human nature, reason and justice.
I have always held that
any belief in the ways of God that is clearly inferior to the highest morality
and sense of righteousness attainable by man cannot be a true depiction of the
ways of God.
The perfect example is
the belief that God sent his innocent and only begotten son to die an accursed
death for the sins of mankind. If any human father were to send his own son --
willing or not -- to be punished by death for the sins of another, that father
would be guilty in the eyes of every rational person of a crime against his son
and against justice, for it is a given that the guilty party would not be
punished. No civil court or moral society operates on that unjust idea. How
then could God's court operate on such a principle? Especially when God Himself
says it does not (Exodus 32:30-34): the innocent are not punished for the sins
of the guilty.
This example of the
injustice of God presented as His highest mercy is what turns people away from
Christianity, and in many cases, drives them to atheism. As Thomas Paine is
quoted as saying in reference to the doctrine of Jesus' innocent vicarious
atonement for sinners, "Any belief that shocks the mind of a child cannot
be true." I'm with Tom on this one
Special Thanks to Jonathan Ghaffar for this article
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