Abraham and his wife Sarah were getting old.

She wasn't able to give him any children so they tried to fulfill the promise of God through their own manipulation.

Sarah convinced Abraham to have a child with her Egyptian maid, Hagar.

Hagar had a boy and named him Ishmael. But Sarah hated Hagar after this happened and caused her to flee with him into the wilderness.

God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob, who God changed his name to Israel. Abraham and Sarah had Isaac.







But problems arose in Abraham's family. He had several sons, such as Ishmael who was born to Sarah's Egyptian maid, Hagar.

He had six other son through Keturah, whom he marrried after Sarah died.

Although God directly promised Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, they took matters into their own hands.

In the policy of 'pre-emptive war', nuclear weapons become offensive weapons not just defensive.

The development of the new "mini-nukes" could be used in regional wars.

In this view, some people in our government see America as the New Rome and empire with foreign bases across the world.

America may act as the New Rome and along with other nations form a global government.

After 911, the Secretary of Defense ordered his aides to begin planning for an attack on Iraq.

The Administration adopted many of the ideas in the Project For a New American Century, such as the policy of "pre-emptive" war.

When George W Bush entered the White House, he received a report from the Council on Foreign Relations [CFR], "Strategic Energy Policy Challenges for the 21st Century."

This report called for America to move aggressively in order to protect its oil resources around the world.