The Place of Prophet Ibrahim in Islam, Christianity and Judaism
The Place of Prophet Ibrahim in Islam, Christianity and Judaism A Muslim in Canada writes:
“God is great and his mercy is boundless. He stopped Abrahams son from being sacrificed when he understood Abraham’s good true nature.”
God does not lack understanding of men. He knows us thoroughly, and loves us deeply – but he knows that no man is truly good. The test of Abraham was more likely to give Abraham the opportunity to learn and grow, and perhaps for Isaac as well. But this test has also been an object lesson for us, for thousands of years.
“But God didn’t intervene, when his own son – Jesus was being sacrificied. Why?”
If God’s intent for Jesus was that he should die as a sacrifice for men’s sin, he would not change his mind. God is not just slightly higher than men – he is FAR more than we can understand, knowing the future. It would show disrespect towards God, for us to think that he didn’t fully know what must be done to pay the penalty for man’s sin.
“If God is so generous then why didn’t he just redeem the people from the original sin?”
God is just – The penalty of sin (the law spoken to Adam & Eve) was death. God is perfect – his law must be carried out, without compromise. God is merciful – when humanity is overwhelmed and unable to bring themselves to God, He finds a way for us, and offers it to us, like the Ram provided to Abraham.
“Jesus also proved his honesty by hanging on the cross then why did God allow his own son Jesus to suffer a painful death whereas he let go of Isaac or Ishmael.”
If Jesus was who he said he was, then he was not hanging on the cross to prove his honesty. If he was not who he said he was, then he was a wishful-thinking fool, because the death of one sinful man will not atone for the sin of all mankind. Read Jesus’ mission statement. If he was lying, he is not worthy to even be called a Prophet of Islam. If he was lying, then Muhammed was wrong about Jesus.