Bible Question:
Muslims believe in the God of Abraham the same God christians worship! Your comments will be helpful to me studies. |
Bible Answer: FytRobert Jewish people trace the origin of their race as Abraham/Isaac. In Gen 17, God vowed to make great nations from Abraham and to be their God, but the covenant (to be their God) was through Isaac (Gen 17:19 and 21). Muslims trace the origin of their race (the Arabic people) back to Abraham/Ishmeal. Also, in Gen 17, God vowed to make a great nation from Abraham, but through Ishmeal (Gen 17:19) and the story is further told in Gen 21:12-21. Ishmeal's mother was an Egyptian slave and as told in Gen 21:20-21 - God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert bowman, with his home in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. Muslims consider this the beginning of the Arabic race. Paran was a desert tract forming the northeastern division of the peninsula of Sinai, lying between the 'Arabah' (Arabia) on the east and the wilderness of Shur on the west In Gen 17:24-25, Abraham and Ishmeal were both circumcised, together when Ishmeal was 13 years old. I think it is safe to assume that because of Abrahams loyalty to God, Abraham raised Ishmeal to share in the same beliefs and praise of God as he, Abraham. Brian |