God+Effect+on+Abraham's+Life


 * Essential question: How does God influence Abraham's life and how does his effect in Abraham's life effect the main religious views today?**



Background
•The history of the Jewish people traces all the way back to 1900 B.C. • Genesis, Chapter 11 is the first time we meet him- at this point his name is Abram • Little is known about the detail of his young life, but when he first established a relationship with God his name was changed to Abraham • The Bible states that Abraham, a herder and trader who lived in an ancient Mesopotamian City named Ur, was confronted by God • Jews believe that Abraham, instructed by God, took his house and belongings to a new Holy Land named Canaan = =

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The First Covenant
• Jews believe that Abraham was especially chosen by God to become the leader of a great nation, Now unlike Jesus and Muhammad he was not reluctant to follow God's word • The First Covenant is God's Selection of Abraham to become the father of a great nation • The Lord said to Abraham "Go from your home and your country and your kindren and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all of the families on Earth shall bless themselves" • This covenant states how God changed Abraham's life • Comparison to Moses and how God influenced his life through teachings • Comparison to Muhammad and how he received his teachings from God • Comparison To Jesus and how Go influenced his life through teachings

Sacrifice
• One of the most demanding scenes in Abraham's life is when god asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac • God is doing this as a test to re-a-sure himself that Abraham is a very loyal follower • Abraham, as directed, takes his son up the Mountain and the level of faith he shows is beyond what God could have expected • At the very last second, just before Abraham was about to slit his neck, God interferes with the event and sends Gabriel down to stop Abraham from killing his son by providing another animal, a ram, to sacrifice instead • The test is complete and Abraham shows God, once again, that he is loyal to God and will do whatever it takes to remain God's loyal descendant and maintain a personal relationship with him

=Overall Influence=

• The First Covenant shows how God changed and influenced Abraham's life by moving him away from his home, his fathers house and his previous live to go to a promise land that God showed him • He also made of Abraham a great nation, he blessed him and those who praise him as well as punish those who curse him • Through the first covenant God blessed all of the families on earth through Abraham, making him one of the most beloved founders to ever live • God gave Abraham a great nation, a promise land, that still exists today • God also preached to him that there was only one God, and that still exists in Judaism today • God also created the split between who was the rightful son, and this split still exists today • God effected Abraham's life heavily though Gabriel and what the angel did for Muhammad. He stopped him from killing his son by providing a Ram, which is still a holy animal in Judaism today

Comparison To Muhammad's life, The overall Influence that God had on the two Men

 * Bibliography**

Brown, Morrison. __Judaism__. //World Religions//. Copyright 1991 by Martha Morrison and Stephen Brown. 128 pages.

Farah, Mounir A. Karls, Andrea. __World History. The Human Experience__. Copyright 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. 1088 pages.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/history/abraham_1.shtml

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