Let us look at Abraham. He was the son of a idol merchant. To Abraham, who was living in an affluent environment, God called and commanded, "Oh! Abraham, come out of your home." Thereupon, without a word of complaint, without any guarantee of a good life anywhere else, Abraham left his hometown, abandoning everything. As a result, what did he become? He became a gypsy wandering across borders. If God calls you to come out, then come out. After coming out, no matter what kind of difficulty you may face, you should never regret or resent God. If you complain, then you go back to the position of fallen Adam. Abraham had to believe God even more absolutely than Adam. In so doing he would become one with God. Then he would come to receive God's love. Because Abraham always went with a grateful heart and never with complaint, no matter how much God made him wonder, God loved him and blessed him, saying "Your descendants will fill the earth like the stars in the sky and the sand in the land." (53-43) Let us look at Abraham. God separated him from his father who was a idol merchant. He had to abandon his own family, own country, all his material wealth and everything else. In this manner, by separating himself from the satanic world, he came into the land of Canaan. God trained him and advanced the dispensation by making him cry not only for his own people but for other people and even for his enemies. God made him work, leaving his own country for a foreign land. He had to wander around like a gypsy. He always prayed in tears with an earnest heart, and lived with the hope that God could save many people through his prayers. When we look at the Bible, we may get the impression that God blessed Abraham and loved him unconditionally. However, it is not so. Abraham had to separate himself from Satan by abandoning his loving family, country, material wealth, and every thing else, by going to the unknown chosen land, and by always shedding tears for God and for the people. He prayed much for his people and suffered much pain for his people. Upon such conditions, God was able to establish Abraham as the ancestor of faith and to bless his descendants to prosper greatly. Although such content is not recorded in the Bible, behind God's blessing there was such a background. (52-53) It was the same for Abraham and Noah. The son of an idol merchant, Abraham was a person whom Satan loved most. However, God took away that bright and loving son. The world Abraham dreamt of was different from his father's. Even though he was the son of God's enemy, his thinking was different from his father's. Abraham did not worry only about his own family, but he worried about the future Israel. What must have happened when God took away Abraham? When he was growing up, he thought his environment and relatives were on his side, but everything became his enemy. Moreover, think about where would be Abraham's home, relatives, country and world after his breaking away from his own country and tribe, and opposing his own parents? Indeed he was alone. Therefore, wherever Abraham went he experienced hardship and pain. When he went to Egypt, the king Pharaoh tried to take his wife, he became a gypsy receiving persecution wherever he went. (18- 160) In order to resolve the miserable history of lamentation, God chose Abraham and made him live a life of wandering. Therefore, Abraham had to go the path of miserable destiny leaving behind the beloved land, his hometown. Because of this, the road Abraham walked was a miserable one. He had to cross many borders. He became a gypsy. Moreover, he was even driven into the situation where his wife was taken away from him by the deceit of Pharaoh, and his family became isolated. (64- 210) However, because Abraham felt more seriously that a victorious nation was calling him, and the foundation of happiness was searching for him, he only longed to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, God gave His blessing to Abraham. Anyone else would have betrayed God if called into such a severe suffering and difficult environment; however Abraham attended God with the heart that can develop an even deeper relationship with God in such a situation. For that reason, the door of happiness opened in front of his path. (18-160)
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