The Gospel According to Yeeks

Bruce Waltke has shared the importance of using the parallelism in the text of 1 Kings 19:9-18. What is the point of the small whisper to Elijah? Using the table below, we can see the parallels within the text. There he came to a cave and lodged in it.  (v9) And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave . (v13a) And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “ What are you doing here, Elijah? ” (v9b) And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “ What are you doing here, Elijah? ” (v13b) He said, “ I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away . ” (v10) He said, “ I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Is...

لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَاثَةٍ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۚ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ "They have certainly disbelieved who say, " Allah is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment." A recent answer to a Quora question prompted me to think further about this in relation to what our Muslim friends hold. On the surface, it seems like there is nothing wrong, it is typical Muslim theology addressing Christian theology. Now I have seen this surah being quoted before but today for some reason I paid more attention to it and I thought, wait a minute that is not what Christians think at all. Christians do not believe that God is the third of the three. Christians believe that the Father  is the third of t...