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NASB | Genesis 22:12 He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 22:12 The LORD said, "Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise]." |
Subject: Who was the one to be sacrificed? |
Bible Note: I will reply to this with two messages, this is the first of them. Let’s assume that what you say is true. Why then hasn’t anyone beside Muhammad claimed prophecy? Why is it so that when Muhammad was offered the rule over Mecca if he leaves this religion did he reject it when he was at the utmost weakness? Why has he lived his life with many days barely finding a thing to eat? Fasting days and praying nights? Just for showoff? To get people to follow him? And living and dying the harshest of life? What did he gain from all of this beside being beaten, spat on and called crazy? Beside seeing his followers stabbed and tortured? And then, when gaining the upper hand over those who did this, he said: “Go, you are free.” I believe that God has the power to show us without the slightest doubt that what he sent was from him, not the works of humans. Then a person would no longer have “faith”, he would have “knowledge”. He would no longer “think”, he would “know”. The truth exists, but are we willing to accept it? More important, are we willing to search for it even if we believe we found it? Are we willing to throw everything we believe away so we can judge wisely in what we have between our hands? And if we find it, are we willing to show it to people as plain as it is? With the wisdom endowed to us so that we convey it smoothly? Change people’s thoughts, not only beliefs. Don’t we know that God’s words are so resistant that they neither contradict logic, mind, science, or itself? I have found this, so much that when I attempt to weaken it, it weakens me and grows stronger. If only one criteria fails, then can’t we accept that the God of infinite Wisdom did not reveal it? You must attack your beliefs from all sides, try to weaken it, if it grows stronger and weakens you. Then you have found God. But don’t lie to yourselves, don’t grant it a false victory and remain living in a lie. Remember that your decisions seal your fate and the fate of your loved ones, DON’T be so selfish! When you work with two religions you’re dealing with a two edged sword. Or as Arabs would say it, the best of which is worse. As unfortunate as it is, when someone of one faith is faced with someone of another, each of them unconsciously raise the shield of ignorance and hard-headedness. On the other hand, when you work ambiguously (without revealing you beliefs), some of what you say will be accepted, the rest will be rejected; nonetheless, although rejected and replied to harshly and insultingly, it is still heard. That’s much better than trying to communicate and being sealed off immediately. Which would stain all your efforts vain. I personally don’t like this. But when you see the few Muslims who begin to understand more about Christians, feeling a bit of compassion instead towards them, not hatred (which is not religious hatred) which built up through a lifetime, you then realize that your efforts are not in vain. “And you will find from the people most hateful to the believers (Muslims), the Jews and the Pagans. And nearest amongst them in love to those who believe are those who say: we are Christians. That is because there are amongst them people devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world for they are not arrogant (Koran 5:85)”. |