The real reason behind the disorder in the Middle East

The problem in Middle East is in the news, once again and with it all fresh and rhetorical speculation on why this is happening. Some say that it is on the ground, others say it's the oil, others say that it is the religion. The fact of the matter, it is that the whole of the situation in the Middle East and the differences between Israel and Muslim nations back thousands of years, to two brothers Isaac and a named Ishmael names.

Stories like this, Abraham and his wife Sarah wanted a child throughout their lives and as they are very old with him being 86 and Sarah to 76 and feel God was not going to promise leurAbraham slept with Sarah Hagar servant by the arrangement of Sarah and a child of the name of Ishmael was born of this. God promised Abraham that he would establish a Covenant with the descendants of Isaac.

According to the Old Testament, in Genesis God said Hagar that Ishmael would be a wild man with his hand against every man and every man against his hand. During a feast to celebrate the withdrawal of Isaac from his mother, Sarah, some fourteen years later, Ishmael began to show the nature of that God said that he would do by mocking and taunting his half brother. At this time, Sarah had already disgusted with them for some time, and it demanded that Abraham throw out the household stating that the son of a slave would not be an heir with her son, Isaac. Abraham was against it because he loved Ishmael, although it has been an incredible pain to say the least.

God settled the argument by saying Abraham that he should do as Sarah said, and that it would also make a nation of the seed of Ishmael, but it would be by Isaac that his descendants, the Jews would be appointed.

Thus, the Hagar and Ishmael are sent away just as God commanded, but he kept speaking for them as well. It is indicated in Genesis 21 that God was with him and that he grew up in the desert, he became an expert with a bow, and that his mother brought him a wife of Egypt.

Then, why the fighting? The descendants of Ishmael, Arab nations have way more land than does Israel, but for them that all of this goes back to the birth. They feel that Ishmael is the first born child of Abraham and that therefore they are entitled to everything.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Florida of Navarre. More about the bible and to provide religious gifts and goods [http://www.gospelgoodsdirect.com] [http://www.gospelgoodsdirect.com]