The stereotype here is so on the nose that The Babylon Bee couldn't have written it better 😂
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As they say in Dearborn, Alhamdulillah!
(Update: A self-proclaimed "sheep nerd" has contacted us to say that these are actually sheep, not goats.)
People had thoughts on a local news account:
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This week is the Islamic slaughter day of Eid al-Adha, where a sheep/goat is killed to cover their sins. They connect this to the biblical story in Genesis 22 where Abraham is asked by God to offer his son as a sacrifice.
Muslims, however, believe God offered up a ram to replace Ishmael, ignoring the fact that God's provision and promises were made through Isaac. The ram - just like the lamb's blood the Israelites would later paint on their doorposts in Egypt - signified that God would Himself pay the price for humanity's evil deeds.
Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, so today it is said, 'It will be provided on the Lord's mountain.'
That same mountain, Mount Moriah, is one of the hilltops where Jerusalem was built, and where Jesus Christ was later crucified. Jesus explicitly claimed that He was God and had come to die for our sins, and He is repeatedly referred to by His followers as "the Lamb of God." This is not an accident.
The next day [John the Baptizer] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!' - John 1:29
'For Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed.' - 1 Corinthians 5:7
Muslims, meanwhile, sacrifice goats on Eid al-Adha by slicing open their necks while they are facing Mecca as a superstitious way to get the "Evil Eye" off them (bad luck caused by Satan).
The idea of substitutionary atonement is there (I bet you didn't think this was gonna be a theology article!) but they have divorced it entirely from the proper context of the Mosaic Law and its symbolism that points to the Messiah.
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Ironically, Muslims are also taught to keep their sacrificial animals hidden so people won't be envious of them and therefore attract more bad juju.
In this case, one Muslim family in Michigan is going to have a lot of negative karma coming their way!
(I am so glad Jesus frees me from this works-based superstition.)
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