The Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam contradict each other on several issues, most of them minor, with the most important one being whether Jesus is merely human or the Son of God. In hindsight, it is possible to summarise the grand scheme of God’s plan via Biblical themes or historical developments.

Creation: God created the world and assigned humans as its caretakers. Humans are created in the image of God. Hence, God is somewhat like us, which aligns with us being simulations created by an advanced post-human civilisation.

Fall: Humanity’s disobedience brought evil into the world. Humans wished to know the truth themselves and become like God. Ambitions are humanity’s main problem. The Tower of Babel represents the collapse of advanced civilisation.

Covenant and Kingdom: God made covenants with Abraham, Moses, David, and also with Muhammad to establish Her people and rule. The spread of the Abrahamic religions is a prerequisite for the establishment of the Kingdom of God.

Messiah: By the Fall, humans set the path to the apocalypse in motion by acquiring knowledge. Averting it is a global collective-action problem that requires everyone to adhere to the same social contract. By his sacrifice, Jesus laid the groundwork.

Exile and Return: Israel’s exile to Babylon symbolises humanity’s exile from Eden, with the messiah providing the way back home. The simple life in Eden is the opposite of the advanced civilisation of Babylon, so Paradise is a return to nature.

Restoration: The final chapter of the biblical story promises a new heaven and a new earth, where God restores creation and dwells with Her people in the New Eden. The Quran stresses this particular interpretation.

Apart from these Biblical themes, there is a historical scheme. In short, it is:

• Creating a tradition of monotheism out of Judaism with the help of Zoroastrianism.
• Creating a tradition of reason and objective enquiry, starting with Greek philosophy.
• God revealing Herself to Jesus, thereby contradicting the Jewish religion.
• Resolving that confusion, turning Christianity into a baffling religion.
• Making monotheism uncompromising and spreading it via Christianity and Islam.
• Letting the Greek tradition of reason and objective enquiry revive in Europe.
• That tradition came to include science and ideas of social progress.
• It included ideologies and social experiments, giving us insights to build on.
• The uncovering of the plot in which religion meets reason and objective enquiry.
• Building a utopian society in which humanity survives with the help of a messiah.
• Quite possibly, humankind lives happily ever after, like in a fairy tale.

Latest update: 15 May 2026