Concept of Gods Mercy in Islam & Christianity - IPCI

PARABLE OF ABRAHAM’S SACRIFCE
Christians endorse the theory that when God instructed Abraham to
slaughter his son, it foreshadowed the great event where God would
slaughter his only son as the only means of salvation; so Jesus the lamb
was sent to earth.
Abraham past the test, ultimately God would now send apart of himself
to earth in order to die and re adjust the mistake of Adam.
In Islam the theory is totally different.
Abraham past the test. God out of his mercy sent a ram. The test was to
see if Abraham would do anything for God and sacrifice his dearest.
The lesson is one should sacrifice desires and sin; turning towards the
obedience of God and slaughtering evil habits and sin. This story does
not foreshadow God to re act the deed of Abraham and replica the acts
of his creation.
In both Christianity and Islam, God spared Abraham‟s son out of his
mercy. The son of Abraham was not to be killed as atonement so it is
futile using the intended sacrifice as a primary basis for God killing
Jesus. The paradox is why would a loving God who spared the life of
Abraham‟s son go ahead and kill Jesus. Out of his mercy Jesus got
spared.
Christians would argue that this death theory represents God‟s absolute
love to his creation. Muslims would say that the death theory lacks
mercy and justice and is immensely hard to understand, comprehend or
justify.
Another great irony is that the direct progeny of Abraham, via Isaac or
Ismail, do not endorse God becoming human. Go ask any Jew or
Muslim if they think God becomes a man. Surely they will say no.
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