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Why Did God allow Abraham to attempt to sacrifice Isaac?



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Why Did God allow Abraham to attempt to sacrifice Isaac? 
The Hebrew Bible implicit message is that, there is no evil in the God of Israel [the Creator of the Universe], 
as He is morally perfect (“HE IS THE ROCK, HIS WORK IS PERFECT: for all his ways are judgment: A 
GOD OF TRUTH AND WITHOUT INIQUITY, JUST AND RIGHT IS HE”- Deuteronomy 32:4). And this 
moral perfection prevents the Creator from arbitrarily judging any of His creatures. 
Rather, God made His universe so that, the law of “measure for measure” (also know as “sowing and 
reaping”, or “action and reaction”), allow his creatures to be judged by themselves. How? By being forced to 
“reap” the same goodness [or evil] they have willingly “sowed”. For example, if a Hebrew believer takes 
advantage of a widowed woman [or an orphaned child], God’s justice will let such man die, so that his wife 
becomes a widow, and his kids become orphans [so that both of the former are in turn taken advantage of!]. 
As it is written: “YOU MUST NOT MISTREAT ANY WIDOW OR FATHERLESS CHILD. IF YOU DO 
MISTREAT THEM, they will no doubt cry to me, and I will certainly hear their cry. MY ANGER WILL 
BURN, AND I WILL KILL YOU WITH THE SWORD; THEN YOUR WIVES WILL BE WIDOWS AND 
YOUR CHILDREN FATHERLESS”- Exodus 22:22. 
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And this truth explains why God brought Abraham's son [Isaac] to the brink of death. You see, Abraham's 
wife [Sarah] asked him to send Hagar and Abraham's son Ishmael into the wilderness (“DRIVE OUT THIS 
SLAVE WITH HER SON...”- Genesis 21:8). 
And, by doing this, Sarah caused extreme suffering on Hagar, whose son was brought to the brink of death 
(«WHEN THE WATER IN THE SKIN WAS USED UP, SHE [HAGAR] LEFT THE BOY [ISHMAEL] 
UNDER ONE OF THE BUSHES. Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, FOR 
SHE SAID, “DO NOT LET ME SEE THE BOY DIE” AND SHE SAT OPPOSITE HIM, AND LIFTED UP 
HER VOICE AND WEPT»- Genesis 21:15-16). 
Thus, as Sarah sowed this suffering upon Hagar [letting Hagar's son come to the brink of death], God's 
perfect justice allowed Sarah to experience exactly the same suffering, as God allowed Abraham to bring 
Sarahs' son (Isaac) unto the brink of death. 
In fact, just as Hagar couldn't endure the potential death of his son Ishmael, likewise Sarah couldn't bear the 
potential death of his son Isaac [as the Jewish tradition says that, upon hearing of Abraham's intention to 
sacrifice Isaac, she died] 

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