{"id":1273,"date":"2012-08-10T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T15:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2012-08-10T08:16:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T15:16:03","slug":"conflict-between-moslems-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/10\/conflict-between-moslems-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Prophesied Long Ago: The Conflict Between Moslems, Jews and Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post is an excerpt from a larger article Natan has written entitled, “Is America in End-Time Bible Prophecy,” which is available at http:\/\/www.hoshanarabbah.org\/pdfs\/america.pdf.)<\/p>\n

Who Are the Ancestors of the Modern Arabs?\u00a0Bible Prophecy Will Repeat Itself in the End Times.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genesis 36.\u00a0<\/strong>Esau and his army stood in the way preventing Jacob from returning to his homeland. This event is prophetic of what will happen in the end times.<\/p>\n

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We have already identified who the sons of Jacob are, how they were divided into two camps, or two houses, and two kingdoms (the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Israel). But who are the descendants of Esau?<\/p>\n

Many, if not most of the modern Moslems (especially the Arabs) trace their lineage back if not biologically then spiritually to Ishmael, the son of Abraham by Hagar. Islam in its holy book, the Koran, claims that it was Abraham and Ishmael who founded the religion of Islam and built the Kaaba, which is the small building containing a stone that supposedly fell from heaven. This shrine is located in the midst of great mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Of Ishmael and his descendents, the Bible prophesies in Genesis 16:11\u201312,<\/p>\n

The angel of YHVH said to her further, \u201cBehold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son; and you shall call his name Ishmael, because YHVH has given heed to your affliction. And he will be a wild donkey of a man, his hand will be against everyone, and everyone\u2019s hand will be against him; and he will live to the east of all his brothers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Koran has further twisted the biblical account to teach declare that the patriarchs were Mulims and that Abraham gave the birthright blessing to Ishamael instead Isaac. Both Israelites and Arabs, therefore, believe that they have a right to the Promised Land of Canaan, and, hence, this disagreement roots of the modern Arab-Israeli conflict.<\/p>\n

The Scriptures further record that Esau (Edom), the disinherited son of Isaac, also had ought against his brother Jacob, who, in a sense, stole the birthright promise from him. Furthermore, Esau married the daughter of Ishmael (Gen 28:9). Thus, some of Ishmael\u2019s and Esau\u2019s descendants merged becoming a people-group who had a jealous feud with the sons of Jacob or Israel.<\/p>\n

The Bible has more to say prophetically about the descendants of Esau, who scripturally are referred to as Edom (Esau\u2019s alternate name) than about those of Ishmael. Edom is portrayed as an aggressive and bloodthirsty people who are opposed to Israel at every step. We will discover what the Scripture have to say about this below.<\/p>\n

In the mean time, let\u2019s take a closer look at Edom.<\/p>\n