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The LORD Will Provide - Part 2
Genesis 22:3-6
03/19/2024
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his
donkey, and took two of his young men with him,
and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the
burnt offering and arose and went to the place of
which God had told him.
4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and
saw the place from afar.
5 Then Abraham said to his young men, ``Stay here
with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there
and worship and come again to you.''
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his
hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of
them together. (ESV)
So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his
donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his
son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering
and arose and went to the place of which God had told
him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and
saw the place from afar. Then Abraham said to his
young men, ``Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy
will go over there and worship and come again to you.''
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and
laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the
fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.
For three days, Abraham looked upon his son, Isaac, and
considered him already dead. This child of promise, the one
through whom the world would be blessed would soon be sacrificed
at the command of God. Imagine the anguish that Abraham felt as
he, his servants, and his son traveled the three days to Mount
Moriah, the place where, in the future, the Temple in Jerusalem
would be built.
Again we find several parallels between the sacrifice of
Isaac and the sacrifice of Jesus. Abraham mourned the coming
death of his son for three days. Jesus lay three days in the
tomb, mourned by those who loved Him. Both the sacrifice of
Isaac and the sacrifice of Jesus were in the area of Jerusalem,
the place where God established His holy altar. Both Isaac and
Jesus carried the wood used for their own sacrifice.
Without complaint, both Isaac and Jesus bore their burdens.
Both Isaac and Jesus were commended into the hand of God. May
our Lord show us His love and mercy as we watch the sacrifice of
His Son for our redemption. Amen.