I like to make posts that are thought provoking. Consider that the word Allah often carries with it a negative connotation of the false God of Islam but the word itself can be used to describe the true God of the Bible. The word Allah simply is the word for God in the Arabic language and it is the word Arab Christians and even Arab Jews, yes there is such a thing as an Arab Jew, would call God. An Arabic Bible would call God Allah in this language and it would not be describing the God of Islam and an Arabic Bible is just as legitimate of a Bible as any other Bible.
So Arab Christians and Arab Jews would have called God by the word Allah about 600 years before Muhammad was even born when the Muslim religion didn't even exist yet. On the day of Pentecost in Acts 2 there were Arabs among the devout Jews who heard the gospel in their own language, refer Acts 2:11 below, who were to become some of the first Christians and they would have called God by the word in their own language, Allah, and they would not have been referring to the false God of Islam.
Before anybody reacts to this post and points out that Allah is the moon God I am not saying that is who God is at all but, again, simply that the word Allah is the word for God in Arabic. It is the Muslims who have in effect taken over the word but it really isn't theirs to take, they don't own the word.
Acts 2:1-11
James Version (NKJV)
[SUP]1[/SUP] When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord[SUP][a][/SUP] in one place. [SUP]2 [/SUP]And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. [SUP]4 [/SUP]And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. [SUP]6 [/SUP]And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. [SUP]7 [/SUP]Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? [SUP]8 [/SUP]And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? [SUP]9 [/SUP]Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, [SUP]10 [/SUP]Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, [SUP]11 [/SUP]Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”
So Arab Christians and Arab Jews would have called God by the word Allah about 600 years before Muhammad was even born when the Muslim religion didn't even exist yet. On the day of Pentecost in Acts 2 there were Arabs among the devout Jews who heard the gospel in their own language, refer Acts 2:11 below, who were to become some of the first Christians and they would have called God by the word in their own language, Allah, and they would not have been referring to the false God of Islam.
Before anybody reacts to this post and points out that Allah is the moon God I am not saying that is who God is at all but, again, simply that the word Allah is the word for God in Arabic. It is the Muslims who have in effect taken over the word but it really isn't theirs to take, they don't own the word.
Acts 2:1-11
James Version (NKJV)
[SUP]1[/SUP] When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord[SUP][a][/SUP] in one place. [SUP]2 [/SUP]And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. [SUP]4 [/SUP]And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. [SUP]6 [/SUP]And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. [SUP]7 [/SUP]Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? [SUP]8 [/SUP]And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? [SUP]9 [/SUP]Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, [SUP]10 [/SUP]Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, [SUP]11 [/SUP]Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”
