Holy Reason in 2008 A.D. and 3000 B.C.
Why did the God choose Abram? For an unknown holy reason?
To find the answer we have to study Sumerians.
(Will people choose their President for a holy reason in 2008? You need this study.)
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As you know, Sumerians were the first tribe that established the first human urban civilization, the Mesopotamian Civilization, building for example the city Ur 6000 years ago, though there had been a preceding agricultural tribe already in the delta of the Tigris and the Euphrates who however made no war against new comers.
From Ur, Abram departed once for all to the west following the order of God 5000 years ago, namely, in 3000 B.C. to become Abraham (which symbolizes an important thing).
(Moving around the regions might have been just an ordinary custom of ancient nomads; there might have been nothing holy as scholars have emphasized. Everything might have happened by chance, as everybody's birth and death as well as admission to Heaven or the hell...But I prefer assurance or holy assurance.)
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Mesopotamia is the ultimate home province of Israelites (accordingly, isn't it holy?).
Though the different race Akkadians later came to Mesopotamia and shared the Civilization with Sumerians who had earlier come from the north and settled there, I believe Abraham belonged to Sumerians partly due to the location, the southern city Ur, which he left just relying on his God.
(This is why even today people living in Southern Iraq [Iraq may be named after another city called Urq] observe a different kind of Islam and rather communicate better with Iranians.)
The language Sumerians used is a kind of mystery; however, it has been proved to be different from a Semitic language Akkadians used, though both the races got mingled and shared their languages to some extent.
When Abraham left Ur, he seems to have used no longer the original Sumerian language. His descendants completely lost whatever Sumerian traits that had been preserved in Ur to become Semito-Hamitic like contemporary pious Arabs.
The genealogy that can be traced back to the first civilized race Sumerians seems to be more authentic than the one that can be traced only to the second civilized race Akkadians. I believe that Israelites are more glorious than today's scholars (and themselves) believe them to be.
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We have to go and study in Mesopotamia to discover the holy reason why the God chose Abraham, a descendant of Sumerians.
The key to understanding human history might be found there. It will lead to deeper understanding the will of God.
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Nonetheless, what the only superpower in the world is today doing for Mesopotamia, to which the God mercifully gave crude oil and Islam to bless descendants of mostly Akkadians, is just reinforcement of military capability.
I am afraid that they are doing something wrong or the worst in these 5000 years.
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You don't have to share my view. It is yet to be proved.
However, when Puritans in 1620 left England and Holland on board the Mayflower heading for the New World Columbus had discovered based on his belief in Marco Polo's report, there must have been a holy reason which modern people have missed for a very long time.
"LEAST AMONG YOU ALL IS THE GREATEST"