There's a ton of typology packed into this chapter.
Isaac is the sacrifice that's missing, going up the mountain.
Abraham does not withhold his only son, as God does not, later, at the cross.
Abraham does not withhold his only son, as God does not, later, at the cross.
God provides a substitute sacrifice to spare his boy.
What I never noticed is how this is often a pattern for our own lives.
God sometimes calls us to a path that looks to us like only sacrifice, denial, and the death of our hopes. But He takes us there to show that resurrection and new life, the keeping of His promises, is part of His plan.
God sometimes calls us to a path that looks to us like only sacrifice, denial, and the death of our hopes. But He takes us there to show that resurrection and new life, the keeping of His promises, is part of His plan.
God often tests our faith through the difficult circumstances of our lives, but He means to strengthen, preserve, and redeem us in the end.
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