The Everlasting Hatred by Hal Lindsey Page A

Muslims. Much of Islam’s spread in the world was the result of traders and Sufi missionaries, this is true. Yet the weaponry—scimitars and sabers—all through the art and symbolism of Islam, makes violence and war a central theme of Islam… . Mohammad both taught and practiced violence from the beginning. The phenomenal and almost unparalleled efflorescence (exponential growth) of early Islam was due in no small measure to the latent powers of the Bedouins, who, in the words of the Caliph Omar, ‘furnished Islam with its raw material.’”
    â€”A BDUL H OUSSAIN Z ARIN K OUB 95
ARAB PRE-ISLAMIC HISTORY
    There is very little recorded history of the sons of Ishmael and Edom, outside of the Biblical record, prior to the birth of Mohammad and Islam. We know the names of the twelve sons of Ishmael from whom the Arabs primarily descended, but not all twelve tribal lines can be clearly traced. However, in the following passage from Genesis 25, the Bible does give a careful genealogy of Ishmael, to demonstrate that God kept His promise to him:
    This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s maidservant, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps. Altogether, Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people. His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the border of Egypt, as you go toward Asshur. And they lived [to the east] in hostility toward all their brothers. 96
    The second son, Kedar, is the most frequently mentioned son of Ishmael. He became the most powerful and wealthy of all his brothers.
    Ezekiel confirms the sons of Ishmael as wealthy merchants who traded with the great seafaring Empire of Tyre in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. before God destroyed it for its wickedness. Ezekiel writes,
“Arabia
and all the princes of
Kedar
were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.” 97 This report is part of a prophecy about Tyre’s destruction, which was fulfilled by Alexander the Great.
    We also find some of the descendants of Abraham’s other sons through his aforementioned concubine Keturah. They are mentioned in this same prophecy regarding Tyre as being part of the Arab peoples. They lived in the port cities on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula in what is now Yemen and Oman. Ezekiel writes,
“Dedan
traded in saddle blankets with you… . The merchants of
Sheba
and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices and precious stones, and gold.” 98 Sheba and Dedan are grandsons of Abraham through Keturah’s second son, Jokshan. 99 Much is written aboutthe spices produced in the southern part of Arabia. Such sought after spices as frankincense and myrrh were produced there.
    Isaiah predicts that the wealth of Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn) and Kedar will be offered to the Lord at His Second Coming when He sets up His Kingdom in Israel. In Isaiah 60:7 we read, “All Kedar’s flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple.” 100 This prophecy is very important because it indicates that descendants of Kedar and Nebaioth will continue to exist and prosper until the end of future Kingdom age. This means that a remnant of these people will repent and believe in the Messiah Jesus during the Tribulation and go into the thousand-year kingdom.
THE KORAN’S VIEW OF THIS HISTORY
    According to Islamic teaching, Abraham (in Arabic,
Ibrahim
) did not stay in