Abraham is the Patriarch, meaning founder, of the Jewish religion.
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Abraham "IS" a most important figure for "all of mankind" to this day and into our future... not just for the Jews. It's Abraham's descendants, the tribe of "Judah" [the Jews] through whom the Messiah is traced. The One through whom "all the families [nations] of the world shall [eventually] be blessed" [receive Salvation; saved from the Second Death].
"...in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." (Gen.12:3 KJV)
"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh [the wicked pulls of the flesh and the world - through Faith] shall not be hurt of the Second Death." (Rev.2:11 KJV)
The Salvation of the whole earth [not just the Jews] was made possible through Faithful, Obedient Abraham and the LORD's [Jesus Christ's - see John 1:1-3] original covenant [agreement] with him:
"Because that Abraham OBEYED MY VOICE, and kept My charge, My COMMANDMENTS, My statutes, and My Laws." (Gen.26:5 KJV)
Mankind [all of mankind] traces his salvation through the Faithful man, Abraham:
"For the Promise [from Jesus Christ, the Creator God of the Old Testament], that he should be the HEIR OF THE WORLD, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the Law, but through the Righteousness of Faith." (Rom.4:13 KJV)
"KNOW YE THEREFORE that they which are of Faith, THE SAME ARE THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM." (Gal.3:7 KJV)
"And IF YE BE CHRIST's [through Faith], then are ye Abraham's seed, and HEIRS according to the Promise." (verse 29)
Abraham's importance isn't "past tense" -- it looks forward to the FUTURE! For the whole world; to all the generations of man.
"Because the Scripture [the Divinely-revealed Living Word of God - The Bible] foresaw that God would bring the heathen into Right Standing with Himself on condition of Faith, He beforehand proclaimed the Good News to Abraham in the Promise, 'It is through you that all the heathen will be blessed." (Gal.3:8 WNTWilliam's New Testament)
"For assuredly it is not to angels that He [God] is continually reaching a helping hand, but it is to the descendants of Abraham. And for this purpose it was necessary that in all respects He should be made to resemble His brothers, so that He might become a Compassionate and Faithful High Priest in things relating to God, in order to atone for the sins of the people. (Heb.2:16-17 WEY Weymouth's New Testament)
It's mankind that needs to learn to emulate the Faith of its Faithful father, Abraham, by its actions, deeds, works:
"...Take the case of Abraham our forefather. Was it, or was it not, because of his actions that he was declared to be Righteous as the result of his having offered up his son Isaac upon the altar? You notice that his Faith was co-operating with his actions, and that by his actions his Faith was Perfected; and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, 'And Abraham BELIEVED God, and his Faith was placed to his credit as Righteousness,' and he received the name of 'God's friend.' You ALL see [not just 'you Jews see'] that it is because of actions that a man is pronounced Righteous, and not simply because of Faith." (James 2:20-24 WEY)
Abraham's Faith and Actions are important to the whole world; because when God opens up the books of the Bible, His written Word, to Judge all of mankind on Judgment Day... Abraham's Faith and Actions will be the example God will cite regarding Righteousness and Right Character and Right living, which shall be the "measuring stick" by which all of mankind's deeds shall be weighed.
"...I saw a Great White Throne, and I saw the One who was sitting on it... And the books [of the Bible] were opened, including the Book of Life. And the [resurrected] dead [all of mankind] were Judged according to the things written in the books, according to what they had done... They were all Judged according to their deeds. And death and the grave were thrown into the Lake of Fire. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH - the Lake of Fire. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the Lake of Fire." (Rev.20:12-15 NLT New Living Translation)
Abraham's example on how to live in Peace with God and one's fellow man is exemplary with our Creator and worthy of emulation. The whole world can benefit from his importance to God. All of God's Children should behave as well as Abraham... instead of embracing every form and depth of wickedness as it actually does.
"Try to live in Peace with everyone, and seek to live a clean and holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the LORD. Look after each other so that none of you will miss out on the special favor of God. Watch out that no bitter root of unbelief rises up among you, for whenever it springs up, many are corrupted by its poison." (Heb.12:14-15 NLT)
Abraham's life; his Faith and Actions, is important to all of mankind... past, present and future... whether they know it or not. He is the Faithful, Righteous man through whose descendants, the Jews, God chose to be born and save the world.
"Let the one who is doing wrong continue to do wrong; the one who is vile, continue to be vile; the one who is good, continue to do good; and the one who is holy, continue in holiness. See, I AM coming soon, and My Reward is with Me, to repay all according to their deeds." (Rev.22:11-12 NLT)
In the Judgment, how many people will "measure up" to Abraham's important Righteous examples of Faith and Works?
Abraham is a Patriarch of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.A:First, Islam accepts the Hebrew legend that Abraham was the biological forefather of both Jews and Arabs. Second, Islam accepts that Abraham was a prophet of the God that Jews, Christians and Muslims worship.
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Abraham Lincoln played NO role in the history of Judaism. You might be confusing him with Abraham the prophet.
Abraham is a Patriarch of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.A:First, Islam accepts the Hebrew legend that Abraham was the biological forefather of both Jews and Arabs. Second, Islam accepts that Abraham was a prophet of the God that Jews, Christians and Muslims worship.
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Abraham was chosen to see the Saviour would be born in His descended and that's what God planned when He said, through your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Abraham Seed, Jesus Christ and only through Jesus Christ all the families of the earth finds salvation and the blessings of God.
Moses lead the people out of Egypt. andwas the middle man between god and the Israelites.
All i remember in history was he got married, went to a play, got killed, and died....
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