so how do you separate the goats from sheep here then ) now I wish that Jesus does not come back to rule with a rod,
But by the looks of it he will.
Ok well Abram was born in modern day Iraq
So did the God create Islam for a purpose ?
Joseph most loved son of Jacob was rescued by the midianites, who prevented Joseph being drowned in a well by his brother's.
The midianites are known to have been descendants of Ishmael and Abraham's other sons. Who then became Jacobs sons
Joseph who got married to an Egyptian women gave birth to Ephraim and Manasseh.
how is Ismael important to this.
well Ismael represents the same story as Jacob and esau the twins who would Give birth to two nations
both first borns in Jewish tradition should have inherited the first rights. But the bible indicates they never, but they did receive a promise of God.
Ismael is more interesting as his descendants, the midianites, would save Joseph who would have been thrown out by his family and killed
Ismael was also sent away by his family.
but God loved Ismael and grew up with Ismael as a boy and trained him to be an archer, and how to live in hostility with his brother's because Ismael would have felt great pain for being cast out.
The name Ismael means God hears me. Because God grew up with him as a boy
The belief is also That Ishmeal was a prophet because God heard his mum's pleas to rescue him from Abraham's Jealous wife Sarah.
Sarah Who agreed in the first place to let Abraham have a child to Hagar, so Hagar had no right to be jealous.
God gave hagar and Ishmael a promise that a great nation would arise from Ismael.
It's interesting that Ismael's descendants the midianites knew to save Joseph from the well from suffering the same fate as Ishmeal and esau
There must have been someone in the midianites who where descendants of Ismael who was also a prophet that God heard the call to go and rescue Joseph from the well.
Why well God must have layed it on the brothers of Joseph's hearts to not kill Joseph
And God must have brought the Ishmaelites at that moment, because how long would those brothers have waited before they killed there brother ?
Then we see the same story with Zachariah in the Qur'an Zacharia was known to protect Mary from king Herod.
Did some of those midianites become Muslims too.
Well Joseph did marry an Egyptian women who gave birth to Ephraim and Manasseh.
But you have to wonder would the Jews have kept Mary safe during the birth of Jesus.
Because King Herod ordered all children under Two to be killed known as the massacre of innocent in search of Jesus.
So was Zachariah related to the midianites too.
But also we see Zachariah keeping quiet about John the Baptist for 9 months too.
Then also we see how Ismael's promise can be found in Jesus
As God said to Ismael you will live in Great hostility with your brother's.
Well to live in this way also means to suffer in this way to fit your brother's
Well so to did Jesus, and so he does today live this way with brothers.
And brothers of Jesus live this way and God hears us like Ismael.
But then this is only the start of the ismael story 😊
So we see the promise unfold the same way yes