Possessing a similar belief in prophethood, many Biblical prophets coincide with Quranic prophets. This stuns some Christians. These prophets derive from Father Abraham. Originally called Abram, Abraham marries his half sister Sarai, or Sarah. God promises Abram a son to his wife Sarai, repeats his earlier promises, and confirms them by a covenant. According to the Bible, Hagar, an Egyptian slave in Abraham's household, conceives Ishmael, Abraham's first son. Later, Isaac, born to Abraham by Sarah, comprises the first of his legitimate descendents. God demands that Abraham sacrifice Isaac as a test of faith, but because of Abraham's unquestioning compliance, God permits him to spare Isaac and rewards Abraham with a formal renewal of his promise, that of a son. According to Islamic tradition, Hagar presumably the true wife of Ibrahim, as Muslims regard him, bore the sacrificial victim, Ishmael. Christians and Muslims recognize Abraham as an epitome of the man of unswerving faith. The Quran pronounces the relevancy of these prophets, "Say we believe in God, and the revelation given to us, and the revelation given to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to the prophets from their Lord: We make no distinction between any of them, and to God we have surrendered ourselves"(2:136). This verse says, that between Christianity and Islam the prophets remain the same. All mortal men and elect messengers, these prophets, speak to God through an angel or by inspiration. In this sense, considerably intertwined, Islam and Christianity appear to come from the same beginning. Both coexisting primarily because of the lives and teachings of men sent by God. .
Did God have a son, or just a prophet in Jesus? In Christianity, Jesus, the Son of God, descended to earth to spread the word of the Lord to the people and ultimately die a brutal, sacrificial, and substitutionary death, so that one-day all people may reach eternal peace and glory in heaven.
