International Burn a Koran Day

Believe it or not, Jews, Christians and Muslims all worship the very same God, the God of Abraham and Jacob. Where the conflict is began with Abraham and Sarah. God had promised Abraham a son and he was getting old so Sarah suggested he sleep with Hannah, the women who took car of Sarah. He did and a son was born. He was the first born son of Abraham but he was not the son that God had promised Abraham. When Issac was born, the promised was fulfilled and to avoid conflict between Hanna's son and Sarah's son, Sarah suggested that Abraham turn Hanna out of the camp, which he did.

Christians accept Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah, Jews reject Jesus outright, and Muslims believe Jesus Christ was a great prophet but not the son of God. Muslims believe the Abrahamic Covenant should have been made with them and the Jews stole that birthright from them.

Both the Koran and the Old Testament have some cruel teachings in them. The biggest difference between the three religions centers around Christ. The Korean and the Old Testament are books of law. Christ said that he came not to change the law but that the law through Him is fulfilled. he ushered in the age of grace.

What that means, simplified, is that we are no longer required to obey the law and are not under the penalty of the law but we are now under grace. Christ paid the penalty of the law for us. The Jewish religion and the Muslim religion are all religions of law, not grace.

Jesus had harsh words for the Pharisees, not because they didn't accept him, but because he saw them as perverters of the Jewish religion, paying more attention to pomp and circumstance than to the spirit of the law.

I believe that is where the founder of "International Burn a Korean Day" has missed the mark. His burning of the Koran serves no purpose but to spread hate and is a show. That act lacks the love that Christ showed towards his friends and enemies alike and is not the spirit in which He wanted his followers to live in. Christ dieing on the cross said of those that were crucifying Him and those that accused him as well as the one who convicted Him "Forgive them, for they know not what they do."