Were all the nations gathered together, and kingdoms assembled, who of them would tell this or let us know of the first events? Let them present their witnesses, and they shall be deemed just, and let them hear and say, "True."	 	טכָּֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֞ם נִקְבְּצ֣וּ יַחְדָּ֗ו וְיֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ לְאֻמִּ֔ים מִ֚י בָהֶם֙ יַגִּ֣יד זֹ֔את וְרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת יַשְׁמִיעֻ֑נוּ יִתְּנ֚וּ עֵֽדֵיהֶם֙ וְיִצְדָּ֔קוּ וְיִשְׁמְע֖וּ וְיֹֽאמְר֥וּ אֱמֶֽת:
10"You are My witnesses," says the Lord, "and My servant whom I chose," in order that you know and believe Me, and understand that I am He; before Me no god was formed and after Me none shall be.	 	יאַתֶּ֚ם עֵדַי֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְעַבְדִּ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחָ֑רְתִּי לְמַ֣עַן תֵּ֠דְעוּ וְתַֽאֲמִ֨ינוּ לִ֚י וְתָבִ֙ינוּ֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י ה֔וּא לְפָנַי֙ לֹֽא־נ֣וֹצַר אֵ֔ל וְאַֽחֲרַ֖י לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶֽה: Yeshayahu (Isaiah) - Chapter 43:9-10

Dear Glenn Beck,

As you prepare your March 19 special on the Twelfth Imam and Islam’s potential to “destroy the world,” I urge you to reconsider the narrative through the lens of authentic Judaism. The Bible—Torah and Tanakh—speaks solely of Israel, not Christianity or Islam as divine sequels. Both faiths, while tools in God’s plan per Rambam (Maimonides), are represented as commentaries that distort the eternal covenant.

This essay, structured as a research paper, applies critical tests to their foundations, examines their histories of atrocities against Jews, and reveals how current events, including October 7, fulfill prophecies like the war of Gog and Magog.

If the Bible is true, the conflict we witness—pitting Christianity (the “Sun religion” with solar symbols like Sunday worship) against Islam (the “Moon religion” with lunar calendars)—is World War III, a battle over righteousness waged by those changing God’s word. Yet Israel has allies, including the lost tribe of Ephraim, and divine receipts in our unbroken history.

The Falsehood of Islam: Jay Smith’s Critical Test

Jay Smith, a Christian apologist, dismantles Islam’s historical claims in his lecture “The Man, The Book, The Place.”[^1] Smith argues Muhammad lacks contemporary evidence: no 7th-century references exist; biographies like Ibn Ishaq’s (d. 767 CE) appear 195 years after Muhammad’s purported death in 632 CE.

Hadith collections (e.g., Sahih al-Bukhari, d. 870 CE) emerge 240+ years later, with manuscripts from the 11th–15th centuries. Textually, early Arabic script lacked vowels and diacritics until the 8th–9th centuries, making original readability dubious. Archaeologically, Mecca shows no pre-7th-century evidence as a trade hub; early mosques face Petra, not Mecca, until 750 CE. Smith concludes that Islam’s narrative was fabricated under Abbasid rule (post-750 CE).

Truth The Witness of Israel

This test—demanding contemporary historical, textual, and archaeological proof—exposes Islam as a post-biblical invention, not God’s word. Smith further highlights newfound falsehoods: No early qiblas (prayer directions) or mosque towers/minarets face Mecca; all pre-750 CE sites point north to Petra in Jordan or Jerusalem, suggesting Mecca was a later construct.

For instance, researcher Dan Gibson’s GPS mapping of over 100 early mosques shows deviations of 30–40 degrees from Mecca, aligning instead with Petra’s fertile northern Arabian landscape. Rituals like circumambulating the Kaaba counterclockwise seven times mirror the Jewish siege of Jericho in Jordan (Joshua 6), and running between Safa and Marwa (Quran 2:158) is tied to Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus and Moriah, not the Meccan hills.

No 7th-century trade routes mention Mecca; ancient maps highlight northern Jordan/Syria. The Quran’s geography describes streams, fields, and trees—incompatible with Mecca’s barrenness—and its Arabic is Nabataean/Aramaic from Jordan, not a Meccan dialect.

No Muhammad

Falsehoods about Muhammad include claims that there are no contemporary references; “Muhammad” (with vowels) didn’t exist in 7th-century script—”Mhm” or “Mhmd” was a title meaning “praised one,” applied to Jesus in Christian and Jewish texts. Early non-Muslim sources (e.g., 634 Doctrina Jacobi) describe northern figures, not a Meccan prophet. Biographies and hadith are 200–800 years late, with no eyewitnesses.

For the Quran, no 7th-century manuscripts exist; commentaries like Al-Tabari’s (923 CE) are 300 years removed, and the sequences only make sense in reverse. Mecca lacks pre-7th-century evidence; the Zamzam well is modernly supplied, not miraculous, and no prophet burials were found in the Kaaba excavations. If Islam has this many problems, Glenn, then what is the truth about Christianity? The same critical lens reveals similar fabrications, as explored below.

Applying the Test to Christianity: Paul’s Invention

The same scrutiny reveals Christianity’s foundations as equally fabricated, centered on Paul, a Roman citizen who claimed Pharisaic training under Rabbi Gamliel (Acts 22:3).

Scholars like James Tabor and Markus Vinzent argue that Paul “invented” Christianity, transforming Jewish messianism into a Gentile religion.[^2] Paul, born Saul of Tarsus, was a Roman citizen.

(Acts 22:25–29), Yet critics note inconsistencies: he shows poor knowledge of Hebrew, misquoting the Tanakh (e.g., altering Jeremiah 31:32 in Hebrews 8:9 to claim that God “rejected” Israel).[^3] Rabbi Gamliel, a liberal Pharisee advocating tolerance (Acts 5:34–39), contrasts Paul’s claimed persecution of Christians (Acts 9:1–2), suggesting fabrication.

The Truth About Paul

Biblical scholarship (e.g., Higher Criticism), where experts like Bart Ehrman question Pauline authorship: six letters (Ephesians, Colossians, etc.) are pseudepigrapha, post-70 CE forgeries.[^4] Tovia Singer notes Paul’s “mystery” revelations (Ephesians 3) invent doctrines absent in the prophets.

[^5] Like Islam’s late compilations, Christianity’s New Testament canonized centuries later (Council of Nicaea, 325 CE), borrowing pagan elements (e.g., virgin birth from Roman myths). Archaeology yields no contemporary evidence of Jesus, mirroring Smith’s critique of Mecca.

A historical overview of Paul highlights his self-description as a Pharisee “blameless” in law observance (Philippians 3), yet he shifted to “spirit” over “flesh,” rejecting circumcision for Gentiles (Galatians).[^6] He criticized rivals as “false brothers” or “deceitful workmen” (2 Corinthians 11), using allegories like Sarah and Hagar to demean Torah advocates. Interpolations, such as 1 Thessalonians 2:14–16 (post-70 CE), accuse Jews of divine wrath—un-Pauline language.

Biblical Scholars

Professor Nina E. Livesey further deconstructs Paul in her book Galatians and the Rhetoric of Crisis: Paul – Demosthenes – Cicero, applying a “rhetoric-of-crisis” framework to argue that Paul’s letters are mid-2nd-century pseudepigrapha, possibly from Marcion’s school around 144 CE.[^7] In her analysis, Livesey compares Paul’s strategies to those in Demosthenes’ and Cicero’s Philippics, where orators used hyperbole, rebuke, and irony to generate urgency and moral outrage.

For instance, Paul employs gross exaggerations, claiming the Torah “does not come from God” but from intermediaries and was provisional, or that law-keepers are “under a curse” (Galatians 3), not as sincere theology but as rhetorical devices to demean opponents and assert divine authority. She structures her chapters by first illustrating stylistic features from the Philippics—such as binary oppositions (e.g., slavery vs. freedom, flesh vs. spirit)—and then applying them to Galatians, showing how Paul constructs crises to undermine Torah observance among Gentiles.

Livesey highlights extreme language, like suggesting opponents self-castrate (Galatians 5) or comparing them to Satan (2 Corinthians 11), as encomium (self-praise) combined with derogation, prioritizing persuasion over historical truth. Details like the Damascus escape (2 Corinthians 11:32–33) are treated as literary tropes, recycled from the Tanakh (e.g., Rahab in Joshua or Michal in 1 Samuel), rather than as factual events.

The letters depend on Acts and the Gospels, postdate them, and invent Christianity amid 2nd-century debates following the Bar Kokhba revolt (135 CE), subordinating Torah to new doctrines to facilitate Gentile inclusion. Reviews note Livesey’s work provides a viable explanation for Paul’s anti-circumcision stance, viewing the Torah as a “pawn” in rhetorical battles rather than a genuine critique of Judaism.[^22][^23]

Historical Atrocities: Christianity and Islam Against Jews

Both religions’ histories are marred by atrocities against Jews, contradicting their “peace” claims.

Christian Persecutions (from “The History of Christian Persecution of Jews” video):[^8]

• 1096 Rhineland Massacres: First Crusade kills 12,000 Jews; communities are either forced to commit suicide or are slaughtered.
• 1196 Worms Massacre: 800 Jews killed, synagogue burned.
• 1348–1349 Black Death: Jews blamed for poisoning wells; 2,000 burned in Strasbourg.
• 1492 Spanish Expulsion: Alhambra Decree forces 200,000 to convert or flee; Inquisition tortures conversos (last execution 1781).
• 1648 Cossack Uprising: 100,000 Jews killed in Ukraine/Poland.
• 1881 Russian Pogroms: Hundreds killed post-Tsar assassination.

Tovia Singer details Church supersessionism: Jews “replaced” for rejecting Jesus, fostering exile as “proof” (e.g., Ezekiel 38 misapplied).[^9]

Muslim Persecutions (comparable historical list):[^10]

• 622–627 Medina: Muhammad expels/massacres Jewish tribes (Banu Qurayza: 600–900 beheaded).
• 1066 Granada Massacre: Thousands killed in Muslim Spain.
• 1106 Jerusalem: Persecution by Turks.
• 1941 Farhud (Baghdad): 180+ Jews killed, 1,000 injured.
• 1947 Aden Riots: 80+ Jews killed.
• 1948–1950s: Expulsions from Arab countries; 900,000 flee.
• Mamluk Era (13th–16th CE): Mob violence, forced conversions.

Both reflect replacement theology: Christianity as “new Israel,” Islam as final revelation, erasing Judaism.

Jewish Eschatology: Torah on Christianity and Islam

Torah views both as divinely permitted but distortive. Rambam (Mishneh Torah) states that God allowed them to prepare nations for monotheism and the Messiah.[^11] Mishnah (Avot) says Jews scatter to gather converts.[^12] Yet both Messiahs end Torah: Christian Jesus “fulfills” the law into obsolescence (Hebrews 8:13, misquoting Jeremiah 31).[^13] Islamic Mahdi, with Isa (Jesus), enforces sharia, subjugating/destroying non-Muslims, including Jews (hadiths).[^14]

Bible predicts Sun-Moon conflict: Christianity (Sun: Sunday, Easter solar ties) vs. Islam (Moon: lunar calendar). King David prayed for Jerusalem’s peace amid enemies (Psalm 122), foreseeing 2,500 years of strife.[^15] Jewish history (Jew of the Week) proves resilience: from Babylonian exile to modern return.[^16]

If the Bible is true, both religions change God’s word (Deuteronomy 4:2), waging WW3 over righteousness. October 7 marks the beginning of Gog-Magog: Tovia Singer sees Ezekiel 38–39 unfolding (Iran/Persia leads).[^17] Rabbi Glazerson’s Torah codes link October 7 to Gog-Magog.[^18] Palvanov notes Iran in prophecy (Ezekiel 38).[^19]

Daniel 7, Esau’s Role, and Reconciliation

Daniel 7 speaks of Israel’s anointed king: a “one like a son of man” receives everlasting dominion (Daniel 7:13–14), given to the “saints of the Most High” (Daniel 7:27), symbolizing Israel’s sovereignty. Esau (Edom/Christianity) is a patriarch; rabbis like Kessin see Trump as Esau’s gilgul, subduing evil (Iran defeat fulfills Yalkut Shimoni).[^20] Allies include Ephraim (lost tribes).

Rabbi Fohrman’s “A Book Like No Other” uses the Jacob-Esau story to urge reconciliation: transcend scarcity and recognize divine grace.[^21]

Glenn, stop running. The two Messiahs lead to the end of the Torah; the Bible’s war is here. Join Israel’s receipts—eternal covenant.

With respect,
Gabriel Ben David
Hazan, Esnoga Beit Hashoavah
Amarillo, Texas

[^1]: Jay Smith, “The Man, The Book, The Place” (YouTube, 2020).
[^2]: James Tabor, “Paul and Jesus” (YouTube, 2022); Markus Vinzent, cited in Derek Lambert and Robert M. Price, “Pauline Letters After Acts?” Journal of Higher Criticism 20, no. 2 (2025).
[^3]: Tovia Singer, “Paul Was Not a Pharisee” (YouTube, 2015).
[^4]: Bart Ehrman, “Did Paul Write Ephesians?” (Blog, 2022).
[^5]: Tovia Singer, “Bible Problems in Christianity” (YouTube, 2020).
[^6]: “Historical Overview of Paul the Apostle” (YouTube, 2020).
[^7]: Nina E. Livesey, “Paul’s Rhetoric in Galatians” (YouTube, 2020).