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Did Jesus Christ Appear to the Muslims?
Benny Hinn: "Ladies and gentleman, Jesus is shaking the world! Now something else is happening that is to me awesome! Absolutely awesome! The Lord is physically appearing in the Muslim world. I'm telling you! Paul [Crouch], I am hearing it now more and more and more. Since we preachers cannot go there, Jesus is, just going there Himself. Since we preachers are not permitted to go in, He is just showing up, Himself. You know the Scriptures say clearly that the Lord did appear--did He not? Uh, for forty days--isn't that right? And the, and the, and the Scriptures says He, He, He even, He even appeared to Paul. Now we are always thinking, well Jesus can't really preach, preach the Gospel. Who told you that? He was the first one to preach the Gospel. In fact He is the one who came to Paul and said, 'Paul, I am Jesus.' He, He didn't send no angel to do that job. He did it Himself. If Jesus revealed Himself to Paul, why not reveal Himself to a lot more than just Paul? And He's doing it! The reason the Lord had to appear to Paul is because He knew Paul wouldn't listen to nobody else. Now in the case of Cornelius, the angel said, 'Send for Peter,' 'cause, because Cornelius was, was ready, his heart was right, he'd been in prayer. But here's Paul killing everybody--causing them to blaspheme. Jesus said this man won't even listen to an angel, so I'll go do the job Myself. So He went and knocked him right off his horse and preached the Gospel to him. He's doing the same thing today in the Muslim world. He's appearing. Hear this! He is appearing to Muslims, saying 'I am Jesus of Nazareth!' And they're coming to know the Lord! Why are those things happening? It's the last days! Saints, this is why we need to give to the gospel now more than ever. You now naively say, 'Well I gave last year.' Forget it! Last year it's gone! That cycle is over with! Seed time-harvest of last year is gone. Every season is a fresh season. We are in a fresh season..." (TBN's Spring Praise-A-Thon, April 2, 2000).
The Bible: "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him. "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. "Behold, I have told you in advance. "So if they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or, 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe them. "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be (Matthew 24:23-27).
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