Monday, February 13, 2012
When will the tests end?
We learned just before leaving for the trip all about Avraham's difficulties. Without the Akedah Avraham sure has had his share of hardships. Hashem though, didn't think so. On top of everything Avraham had to prove himself to Hashem yet again through almost killing his only son, but even more so his inheritor. This test in my opinion is just not right. Avraham spent his life proving himself worthy to Hashem. Time after time Hashem had Avraham do something or Avraham did something without Hashem telling him to, that proved he was the right person to lead Bnei Yisrael. It just bothers me that someone so great, and Hashem knew he was so great, still had to be tested of his greatness. It makes me think about how many times a month, week, or even day we are tested. I know personally I have had many hardships in my life. I'm sure we all have. Are these all tests proving our devotion to Hashem? I think it makes more sense for our current lives as opposed to Avraham receiving all these tests. We have a lot more to "distract" us from Hashem, so it would make sense for Him to test us daily. Avraham on the other hand did not have the kind of distractions we have nowadays. It just bothers me. Makes it seem like Hashem doesn't trust us or doesn't have the confidence in us that will just follow Him like we are supposed to. I simply think Avraham should have been trusted more and certainly after all those. Taking it as far as the Akedah, in my opinion, is just too far.
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I agree with Orly Davis. Avraham had dedicated his whole life to serving G-d. He spent a big part of his life being the only person in the world who believed in one omnipotent G-d. Why does G-d need to test him again? He has already proved that he would do anything for G-d. What would have happened if Avraham had not listened to G-d and refused to kill his son? Would that have damaged their relationship? Would G-d have trusted him less because he could not kill his son? Or would He have respected Avraham's decision to not go against his moral code?
ReplyDeleteIf Avraham had gone against what G-d said and killed Yitzchak, a number of things would be different today. First, there would probably be no Jewish people. Seccond, Avraham would be known as a killer and it would go downhill from there. Also, if he had ignored G-d, their relationship would be severely crippled. We would not be known as just and righteous. It would be an all out terrible situation.
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