don t have to do this. so the son was spared and a lamb appeared to take his place. one of the abiding lessons we re meant to learn from genesis is obedience to god, that if you are obedience, than in the end you are rewarded. muslims belief ishmal, not isaac, was the son abraham was called upon to sacrifice but the essence of the story is the same across the three religions. is it heart breaking to think that this patriyark was this close to committing murder, killing his son? i don t know if it s heart breaking or not, but it s eye opening and important because abraham introduces the idea. you can kill in the name of god, and i think it s important for everybody to understand that this idea is embedded in these
first sonni away. abraham for better or worse is used to hearing god s voice and in one day as we re told in genesis 22, god decides to test abraham and he says take your son, your only son whom you love and offer him as a sacrifice at the place that i will show you. god was telling abraham to kill his own son. you would think that that story is so bar bar rick it would die out. jews read it, christians read it in the holiest week of the year, easter, muslims read it in their holiest week of the year.
is where he brought his son isaac for sacrifice. it s marked by the gold dome of the rock that dominates the old city on jerusalem. and it sits on one of the most contested sites in the world. even the name on this site is complicated, jews call it the temp mount while muslims call it noble sanctuary. on one side is the western world, the holiest site the jews come to pray. the in one square mile, the hose riviered places and the place the bible tells us god had finally demanded too much. abraham waited into old age for the children god promised. he had been told to send his
to this day, the story is commemorated by muslims all over the world on a holiday called ad allata. the hussain family are muslim americans living in new jersey. one son is about the same age abraham s son would have been and he s trying to imagine how he would have felt. he was probably extremely scared what would happen and worry for his dad, trouble getting over the fact he had to kill his own son, but i m sure he understand coming from a higher power. for jews and christians, too, the story on what happened next is the same. abraham s faith was absolute. he didn t argue with god. he tied up his son and laid him on the rock and drew his knife. as the story goes, abraham literally lifts the knife before god says abraham, abraham, you
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