12:2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
God chose Abraham purposefully, so that through him the Israelites would become God’s chosen people, to bless all peoples of the earth. God only gave a glimpse to Abraham what it means to offer his only son, and provided a ram as a ransom. Just as God provided a ram...
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Q91: In order for Muhammad to be qualified as a prophet to communicate the written oracles of God, would he have needed to be a Jew who was literate?
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Q177: Does God consider the Jews to be under a curse or damned as a nation?
Q185: Did Abraham ever travel to Mecca to offer a sacrifice at the Ka’aba?
Millat-a-Ibrahim: The True Faith of Abraham, John Gilchrist
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The Bible shows God to be a keeper of promises. God created humanity to live with him, in Paradise. But as Adam and Eve discovered, sin separates us from God’s presence. Some will ask, ‘can’t God just forgive us?’ But God is holy. He will not turn a blind eye...