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The Sacrifice of Isaac - After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of ...
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8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a...
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Abraham Tested. 22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He...
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In the biblical narrative, God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac at Moriah. As Abraham begins to comply, having bound Isaac to an altar, he is stopped by the Angel of the Lord; a ram appears and is slaughtered in Isaac's stead, as God commends Abraham's pious obedience to offer his son as a human sacrifice.
The narrative's tension reaches its zenith as Abraham binds Isaac and prepares to offer him as a sacrifice. However, at the pivotal moment, a divine intervention occurs. An angel of the Lord calls out to Abraham, halting the act and providing a ram as a substitute for the sacrifice.
Abraham Tested. 22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son , your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you. ”
5 cze 2024 · God’s command to sacrifice Isaac was to validate Abraham as the “father” of all who have faith in God. “Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness” (Romans 4:9). And we today “who have the faith of Abraham” also find that “he is the father of us all” (verse 16).
6 lip 2021 · When God commanded Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, the Lord provided a substitute for Isaac in the same way he provided Christ as our substitute through his sacrificial death. God's great love for us required of himself what he did not require of Abraham.
In a foreshadow of Jesus’ death at the cross, God instructed Abraham to sacrifice his only son. To the Jews, this story is called either “the Binding of Isaac” (Akedát Yitzḥák) or just “the Binding” (Akedah or Aqedah).
