From Here to Eternity: What Everyone Needs to Know About the Qur’An

By Andrew Lee Berge

This book takes you on a journey through the scriptures, of which are instructions from God. It contains the commandments from God that men are to follow if they desire to attain an eternity in paradise.

The author of this book is an ordained minister in the service of Jesus Christ. He has a masters degree and has studied both the old and new testaments. He has studied the Qur'an and numerous other books written on Islam.

He believes God wants to warn the people today the same as Noah warned the people in his day. God must be very displeased with the moral wickedness on earth today and especially in the United States of America, which was founded upon Christian principles.

God does not change, he has warned us that when we as a people are ripe in iniquity, he will cleanse the earth by fire. (Hebrews 6:7)

Life is about choices. We are here to work out our salvation in this our time of probation. Your choices and preparation in this life determines where your soul will spend eternity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9781479766437

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1     In the Beginning

Chapter 2     The Creation

Chapter 3     God’s Word: The Canon of Scripture

Chapter 4     The Purpose of Time

Chapter 5     The Characteristics of God

Chapter 6     The Characteristics of Satan

Chapter 7     The Power of Satan to Perform Supernatural Acts

Chapter 8     The Plan of Salvation for Mankind

Chapter 9     False Teachings of Islam

Chapter 10   Extraordinary Events and Testimonies

Chapter 11   The Great Deception

Chapter 12   Other Religionsof the World

Chapter 13   The Church of the Lamb of God

Chapter 14   A Stiff-Necked People

Chapter 15   My Testimony

Bibliography

Reference List

INTRODUCTION

THIS BOOK IS to give understanding as to why some of those of the Islam faith believe they will be rewarded in the next life by taking their life and the life of others. After the events of 9/11 in the United States I began to search for the reason for such actions. I learned they had the belief that martyrs were promised they would receive rewards of paradise and virgins in the next life. These promises are false according to the New Testament of God’s word.

After reading "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And The Crusades) by Robert Spencer, I purchased an English translation of the Qur’an to read for myself the book Muslims follow. I also read several other books and researched other sources on Islam to learn about their religion. This book reveals the true source of the Qur’an and therefore the basis for the doctrine and practices taught to the followers of Islam.

This book also gives the steps necessary to become a member of the Church of the Lamb of God, the church of the one true living God of the universe according to the Holy Scriptures. The commandments given in the Holy Scriptures will guide you so you will have an opportunity to live with God and his Son Jesus for all eternity.

In the end times there will only be two churches. They are the church of the Lamb of God and the church of the Devil.

According to the Holy Scriptures we are living in the end times now so the church of the Devil must be here upon this earth.

This book is the result of my seeking answers as to why radical followers of the Islam faith would kill others and themselves in the cause of their religion.

Please pray to God for enlightenment on this subject. Please read, study, pray with all sincerity of heart and learn how to spend eternity with God. Pray that you will not be deceived by the crafty devices of the Devil and spend eternity with him and his angels. God will bless you if you go to him in prayer and you endeavor to learn of his will to find peace and eternal life with God.

CHAPTER 1

IN THE BEGINNING

MANY PEOPLE SINCE the creation of mankind have contemplated the purpose, if any, for human life on this earth. Why are we here on this planet? Is there really a purpose for us being here? What happens after this life? What happens when we die? Is there life after death? If so, what is it like? Are there qualifications we must meet in order to attain life after death? Yes, there is a purpose for us being here. This question and several other questions regarding our life here on this planet will be answered in this writing, God willing. It is only through the spirit of God that this writing is made possible.

The Bible tells us in Genesis that all things were created spiritually before they were created temporally. In simple words, there is a spiritual existence and a physical existence for all things, which were created by God. God created the entire universe, all the planets, stars, and so forth. The focus of this book is on human life and how we can attain an eternal life with the one and only living God, rather than about other things which were created by him. All mankind has a soul that lives on after the physical body dies. We are here on this earth as a time of probation to determine where our soul will spend eternity. The choices we make in this life will determine our place in eternal life.

Some may say that the planets and life were created with a big bang. This is a theory or idea as to how the planets came into existence. Well, where did the material that collided together in the big bang come from? God created all things! Nothing could have existed to collide had it not been created by God in the first place. Of course, I have seen fossils of creatures that lived in times past, but that isn’t proof that life evolved from lower life forms or similar creatures. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night(Psalm 90:4 IV) and But concerning the coming of the Lord, beloved, I would not have you ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day(2 Peter 3:8 IV). Ponder these scriptures, then pray for truth.

The big bang theory and the theory of evolution is nothing more nor less than the influence of Satan upon the reasoning and thinking of man in an attempt to discredit creation by the power of God. This is the truth of Almighty God—accept it or reject it. There is a way which seemeth right unto man; but the end thereof are the ways of death (Proverbs 14:12 IV). A word of warning—for those who reject the truth, where will your soul spend eternity? Make very sure it is not in the lake of fire and brimstone. My friend, think deeply with all sincerity, and choose wisely how you live your life because the way you live this life determines where your soul will spend eternity.

There is a battle between God and Satan. The spiritual creation took place in heaven, the place where God dwells. God gave each being (person) his own free agency to choose where he wants to be, with God or someplace else. In time, one of the esteemed beings created by God rebelled and came before God, stating that he would compel every one of the created beings (persons) to follow him. In other words, this being who rebelled against God would take away the free agency of humans given to them by God. In addition, this rebel also asked to be given the power and glory of God! He wanted to have the honor and glory given to him that rightfully belonged to God, his creator! On the other hand, Jesus, the Son of God, said, Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine for ever. This account can be read in the third chapter of Genesis, verses 1 through 5 of the Inspired Version of the Bible.

This act of rebellion resulted in him being cast down from heaven by God, and he became known by various names in the scriptures such as the devil, Satan, Lucifer, or the adversary, all names referring to the same being. In addition, Satan was so persuasive that he had garnered the loyalty of one-third of the hosts of heaven who were also cast down from heaven with him and became the angels, or servants, of Satan. Satan is the father of all lies!

So Jesus was obedient to God, his father, and Satan was disobedient and rebelled against God. We humans are here on earth, in this physical life form, as a time of probation, which will determine where we will spend eternity, depending upon our response to the Gospel of Jesus Christ who died as an atonement for our sins. Evidently, we humans were not sure whether we wanted to follow Satan or God. We were on the fence, so to speak, so we are here on earth to make a final decision. There cannot be any middle of the road for us so far as God is concerned. We must choose one or the other.

So when did sin enter the picture? In order for this scenario to play out, God created Adam and then Eve as a helpmate, a companion, to Adam. They were male and female, and God instructed them to be fruitful and multiply. This was in order to populate the earth. You see, new humans were needed upon earth for God to place a spiritual soul within each infant baby from all those billions of spiritual souls in heaven waiting their turn to live out their time of probation in a human body of flesh and blood. Both male and female are required to procreate, to multiply, and to populate the earth.

The alternate lifestyles promoted by some in this day and age do not comply with the commandment of God to multiply and populate the earth. The eighteenth chapter of Leviticus in the twenty-second verse tells us, Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination. And again in the twentieth chapter of Leviticus verse 13, If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. These instructions were not confined to the law given through Moses as this instruction was also given in the New Testament. Verses 9 through 11 of 1 Corinthians chapter 6 states:

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."

Another passage of scripture on this subject from the New Testament is in 1 Timothy chapter 1 verses 8 through 12:

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.

One reason God has instructed us that the homosexual and lesbian lifestyle is wrong is because those relationships do not result in procreation. Such a lifestyle is contrary to God’s design and plan for his creation. What is contrary to God is an enemy of God. Satan is an enemy of God. Satan is the father of all lies!

God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, which he had planted and prepared for them. Sin entered into the picture when Eve, and then Adam, partook of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They were instructed not to eat the fruit of this tree. They could eat all the other food in the garden except from this one tree. Then, Satan, in the image of a serpent, came to tempt Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. He was very cunning, and his persuasion was successful