1. JUDAISM,CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM
THREE RELIGIONS
ONE LAND
ONE GOD
JUDAISM,CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM

2. MONOTHEISM VS. POLYTHEISM
ALL 3 RELIGIONS MAINTAIN BELIEF IN ONLY ONE GOD.
ALL HOLD JERUSALEM AS A HOLY CITY.
UNLIKE THE POWERS OF THE REGION IN ANCIENT TIMES WHO BELIEVED IN POLYTHEISM OR MANY GODS.

3. JUDAISM FOUNDER – ABRAHAM (ORIGINALLY ABRAM)
HOMELAND – CAANAN (PRESENT DAY ISRAEL OR JORDAN RIVER VALLEY)
GREAT LEADERS – ISAAC, JACOB, JOSEPH, MOSES, JOSHUA,DAVID, AND SOLOMAN. (MORE EXIST AND ARE OPEN TO OPINION)
BELIEFS - G-d exists
G-d is one and unique
G-d is incorporeal
G-d is eternal
Prayer is to be directed to G-d alone and to no other
The words of the prophets are true
Moses' prophecies are true, and Moses was the greatest of the prophets
The Written Torah (first 5 books of the Bible) and Oral Torah (teachings now contained in the Talmud and other writings) were given to Moses
There will be no other Torah
G-d knows the thoughts and deeds of men
G-d will reward the good and punish the wicked
The Messiah will come
The dead will be resurrected

4. CHRISTIANITY FOUNDER – JESUS CHRIST HOMELAND – NONE
GREAT LEADERS – APOSTLES
BELIEFS – VARIED ACCORDING TO SEPERATION AMONG CATHOLICS, ORTHODOX, AND PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS.
BASIC TENANTS – JESUS IS THE SON OF THE ONE TRUE GOD

5. ISLAM FOUNDER – MUHAMMAD
HOMELAND – SAUDI ARABIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, JORDAN RIVER VALLEY,AREAS ALSO PROMISED TO THE HEBREWS THROUGH ABRAHAM.
GREAT LEADERS – ABRAHAM, ISHMAEL, MUHAMMAD, SALADIN.
BELIEFS – ONE GOD EXISTS AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS PROPHET
BASIC TENANTS – CLAIM THAT THE SCRIPTURES OF THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS ARE REAL AND DIVINE, BUT CONTRADICT THEM. CLAIM PALESTINE BELONGS TO THEM.

6. SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY
GREAT COMMISSION
PAUL THE APOSTLE
INCLUSION OF GENTILES
CONQUERING OF ROME
THE CRUSADES
RISE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
PROTESTANT REFORMATION
MISSIONARY JOURNEYS/AGE OF DISCOVERY
MODERN EVANGELISM

7. SPREAD OF ISLAM JIHAD TRADE ROUTES THE CRUSADES THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
MILITARY CONQUEST
MODERN EVANGELISM

8. THE DIVISION AMONG MUSLIMS
SUNNI – FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM WHO BELIEVE ISLAM HAS BEEN CORRUPTED BY WESTERN WAYS DUE TO THE FALL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AFTER WWI. ACCORDING TO THEM, THE LEGITIMATE LEADERS OF ISLAM THE 4 CALIPHS OR HOLY MEN WERE THE ONLY RIGHTFUL HEIRS TO MUHAMMAD.
SHIITE – ONLY RECOGNIZE THE 4TH CALIPH, ALI, AS MUHAMMAD RIGHTFUL HEIR. THEY BELIEVE THEY WERE WITHOUT SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP UNTIL THE RISE OF KHOMEINI IN IRAN IN 1978.
BOTH DISAGREE ON THE EXISTENCE OF WHAT THEY CALL THE MAHDI “RIGHTLY GUIDED ONE”. SHIITES BELIEVE HE HAS ALREADY BEEN HERE AND WILL EMERGE AGAIN FROM HIDING. SUNNIS BELIEVE HE HAS NOT COME INTO HISTORY YET.
IT ALL STARTED AS A RESULT OF MUHAMMAD’S DEATH AND FOLLOWERS DISAGREEMENT ON WHETHER BLOODLINE LEADERS SHOULD TAKE OVER OR THOSE IT WAS THOUGHT WOULD FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS THE BEST.
ONE WENT THE BLOODLINE WAY, THE OTHER DID NOT. SHIITES FAVORED THE BLOODLINE ROUTE.