Conclusion
Now, and after this detailed and thorough and in-depth study of most texts and stories and sayings of the four Gospels, and the relationship between them and the Old Testament, both in the principles and concepts of it, and the texts that have been quoted from it, whether direct or indirect or cited during dialogues. And the exact meaning of the word "gospel" in the New Testament, and the way of preaching of the disciples, and the method and approach and the purpose of writing the Gospels, it's time to summarize the results that we have reached.
The first is that there is no any kind of relationship or connection in terms of principles and sources between the authors of the Gospels in particular, and the rest of the New Testament authors generally, and the Old Testament except one thing which is the quoted texts, because, as we have read, the Old Testament is based on the Oneness of the LORD the Creator of the heavens and earth, while the New Testament was based on the multiplicity of gods and trinity! And this is the case with the rest of Principles.
As for the quoted texts, none of them applies to Jesus or his time or his contemporary generation, knowing they have distorted and twisted and manipulated most of them, and so on, as we have seen, and all this they have done just to bestow a state of holiness and reliability and credibility on what they have written.
The second is that the true meaning of the term or the word "gospel" is the way of preaching Jesus through the Old Testament texts to convince the Jews especially and the other peoples generally that he is the Christ who was mentioned in the Old Testament texts, and not intended the Four Gospels. Otherwise, the churches should explain and justify why they did not keep the Gospels of Paul and Peter which have been mentioned in the Letters of Paul.
The third is that the four Gospels have not been written through the revelation or the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, as say the churches to their pious followers.
The fourth is that the four Gospels have not been written by the eyewitnesses, who have really seen the story of Jesus or heard it from reliable sources, as the churches claim.
The fifth is that the four Gospels had been written through a certain approach and a certain way, which is the quoting from the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating them in the framework of the narrative to say that the four Gospels are considered as achieving and fulfilling the prophecies of the Old Testament and from the same source away from the real story of the Christ!
Further evidence that proves the results of the book, which have not been discussed in detail in the book, which are as follows:
The first is that the writing of the Gospels after decades of Jesus' ascension to heaven; this period of time was necessary to study the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating them in the context of narrative in the Gospels, and that's what we notice in Paul's Letters for they have been written before decades of writing the four Gospels. Although he had quoted dozens of texts from the Old Testament, yet he did not talk about Jesus' life, except few stories, which some of them are similar to what is written in the four Gospels, and the others inconsistent with what is written in them, and did not write any word on the lips of Jesus except one or two, as well as the disciples as is written in Acts of the Apostles about them, and in their letters, as is shown previously.
However, this period of time was not enough to write the four Gospels without errors and contradictions, for this we find that some of the texts were added to them, and deleted, and reformed some others of them, hence, there is no manuscript is similar to other, even the modern translations differ from each other.
The second is the eagerness of the Gospels authors to make similarity between what they have written and the Old Testament not only in the stories and texts but in wording and phrasing the paragraphs to suggest that what they have written is from the same source of the Old Testament! Below very few of them:
Matthew 1:25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS.
Genesis 38:26 So Judah acknowledged them and said, "She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son." And he never knew her again.
1 Kings 1:4 The young woman was very lovely; and she cared for the king, and served him; but the king did not know her.
Luke 1:46 And Mary said: "My soul magnifies the Lord,
Luke 1:47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
Habakkuk 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Luke 1:48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
Psalm 72:17 His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; All nations shall call Him blessed.
Luke 1:25 "Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people."
Genesis 30:22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.
Genesis 30:23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."
Luke 1:38 Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.
Genesis 30:34 And Laban said, "Oh, that it were according to your word!"
Luke 1:42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
Deuteronomy 28:4 "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
Luke 2:19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
Luke 2:51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart.
Genesis 37:11 And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
John 7:37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
Isaiah 55:1 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.
John 4:37 "For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps’.
Job 31:8 Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.
The third is the failure to identify exactly who are the Gospels authors.
The fourth is that there are no original manuscripts of the Gospels, and the oldest full manuscripts which are available dating back to the fourth century A.D, such as Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus.
The fifth is a controversy and dispute that has occurred over the centuries until now among the fathers of the churches on the legality and canonical and authoritative of some of the texts and paragraphs and letters of the New Testament.
The sixth is that the Church was forced to hold the Councils to write the laws to protect the Gospel of criticism, and established the Inquisition, which has cost the humanity millions of victims in the past centuries.
The seventh is, as we have read previously, that the one who has declared that he has gospel which he has received it by revelation from Jesus, (Galatians 1:11-12), i.e., Paul, this gospel has been lost, and the churches did not keep it!
The eighth is that all the non-canonical Gospels talk about Jesus as a Christ and a god and the son of God, and he is crucified and died and was buried and rose from the dead, which indicates that their authors believe in Jesus as what the churches believe in him one way or another. And they wrote their gospels based on their understanding and interpretation of the Old Testament texts as did the four Gospels authors, but they were unable to compose integrated stories, or provide coherent accounts, as the four writers did! Now apart from all the contradictions and discrepancies and errors that contained in the four Gospels as is well known, and as we have read in this book. For example, the Gospel of Thomas which contains one hundred and fourteen paragraphs; which looks like Excerpts not an integrated story; for this the churches have refused them to unite the hearts and minds of their followers on the four Gospels only, even though the errors and the contradictions and discrepancies contained therein.
All this confirms that the Gospels have not been written by the revelation or the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, or even through seeing the real story of the Christ, or hearing it from reliable sources, but have been written through quoting the Old Testament texts and reformulating them in accounts to talk about the life of Christ, the son of Mary, according to what the Churches believe in the attributes of Jesus, and here I'd like to remind once again that we need more knowledge and information more than is now available about the sects that existed in the first centuries, such as the Arians and others, to know the reality of what they were believed in Christ the son of Mary.
Finally, I'd like to mention a text of Hosea to be a sign to all those who are looking for the truth, which is as follows:
Hosea 14:9 Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them.
Nader Isa
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