Jonah Abrogated. Islam Hijacked?

If what we see in the Middle East today is a hijacked version of Islam - then Islam was hijacked before the Qur'an was put in written form!  However - we must never lose sight of the fact that God has plainly stated he loves the Muslim people.  And so should we.

Hard to believe?  It sure seems impossible to believe.  And yet - as we've seen - this is the only possible conclusion when we consider the words of the Bible that all Christians and Jews believe is the Word of God.  
As usual - the question comes down to - do we just  believe in God or do we actually  believe God?

This is part of a continuing series.  If you haven’t read the earlier references to Jonah - please do. Otherwise, this probably won’t make much sense. It’s best to start at the very beginning - but it's getting pretty long now, so I encourage you to at least check out the Jonah references.  There is a list of the entire Islam series here.

Yes - Jonah was abrogated.
Of course - there is disagreement between various Muslim sects as to whether this is really true.

That disagreement - in itself - should raise some really serious questions.
Yes - more questions - but they are incredibly important.

But - before we go there -
let’s finish the investigation into what the “invisible well” meant (from the previous article in this series - Jonah revisited – from the OT to Christianity and Islam -
and what does that have to do with Jonah?
The answer to those questions elevates the abrogation question to an even higher level.

Invisible Water

So - remember -
Jonah was sent by the God of the Sons of Israel to deliver a message to the Ninevites telling them that He cared about them.
That God wanted them to turn to Him because they were important to them.
So they cried out to Him - and He saved them.

We also saw God - after hearing Ishmael cry out -
make a previously invisible well turn visible to Hagar and Ishmael -
a well that had been there all along -
but which they couldn’t see -
until after they cried out to Him -
and then they could drink the “invisible water” that saved them.

Of course - all of this is impossible - right?

But then again -
it’s in the very Book that Muhammad directed Muslims to read -
so he obviously believed it -
believed that it was not only possible - but true.

I cannot stress the importance of this strongly enough.  I believe it's critically important for both Muslims and Christians to realize the importance of what's going on here.  
Yes - God spoke of the issues that would arise with the descendants of Ishmael and those of Isaac.  But - at the same time - God didn't abandon Ishmael.  God even provided invisible water to save Ishmael's life.  Christians - you know what this means - even if you don't want it to be true.  Note - Don't be like Jonah!

So - let’s fast forward to the time of Isa.

He’s talking to a Samaritan woman -
someone who was looked down on by Jews,
because one of her parents was Jewish and the other wasn’t.

And look what Isa tells her -

Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman

Jn 4:1 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.

Jn 4:4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Jn 4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

Jn 4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans. )

Jn 4:10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”