Exegesis of the Christians’ facing east and Paul’s introduction of this to them

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I read in the tafsir of Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Christians’ qiblah is the east.

Answer:
The correct qiblah is al-Masjid al-Aqsa, but Paul, the wicked Jew, came to them. He claimed to follow the Messiah and to believe in the Messiah, so he introduced things to them, including facing the east instead of al-Masjid al-Aqsa, and the cross. The cross is what he brought to them and made them cling to it, claiming that it is an image of the Messiah, who was crucified (peace and blessings be upon him). And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: . He brought them other things that changed the religion of the Messiah, because he claimed to believe in the Messiah in order to corrupt the religion of the Messiah, just as Ibn Sabaa claimed Islam in order to corrupt the religion of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), but Allah protected the religion of Islam from this wicked one. Ahh.