Will Provide the lamb

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

Genesis 22:6–11 AV

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

Genesis 22:12–14 AV

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

He we have the account of the testing of Abraham. he was about to say goodbye to his second son. the was the son of promise to sarah the son he was told he would have from here.

In the chapter before we find that abraham said goodbye to both Hagar and Ismael as he sent them off with a bottle of water and some bread.

you could say that Abraham was about to say goodbye to his his final chance of realising the promise that God had given him.

I can not emagin for a moment how he must de feeling.

a few days earlier he had two sons and he could see the promise that God had given him before his eyes

what was that promise

Genesis 22:17 AV

That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

once again i hear you say this was after the event

but what about before

Genesis 12:2 AV

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

this was when God was asking Abraham to leave his fathers house and the ur of the caldeanes

As abraham was sending Hagar away with Ishmeal and as he with isaac traveling away from his home to the place that God would show him just what would be going through his mind.

God gave me Ismael and he has been sent away from me (and we dont ever read of them seeing each other again)

And now i am traveling to the place that God would reveal and im going to sacrifice my other son

Dose God know what he is doing,?

has he forgotton his promise to me?

if i Kill Isaac will he raise him up again?

many of the questions that would have gone through his mind would have have tested his Faith

Faith in the God that had called him, had lead, him supplied for him, prospered him and had blessed him with children

And now we see that after travelling for 3 days abraham saw afar off the place that God had told him about.

Genesis 22:4 AV

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Three is a number of compleatness but to a lesser degree than 7 but it also denote seperation

Here we see that abraham and Isaac and the two men had be seperated from sarah 3 day and now aBraham and Isaac were to be seperated from the two young men.

The road of sacrifice can be a lonely road but the father is always near.

Abraham and isaac were to continue to the place of sacrifice alone

Isaac says nothing

But his parting words to the young men was

Genesis 22:5 AV

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

Here we can see the faith of Abraham. he and the lad would go and worship and come again.

Here i believe we can see the huge faith that Abraham has, I don’t feel that this was some idle word that came out of his mouth but he was prophesying into the situation.

I believe that Abraham trusted God enough that if he had offered Isaac upon the alter of sacrifice that God had the power to rise him up again.

this word for worship here is to bow down to stoop to humbly beseech.

the word speaks of falling down prostrate and paying reverence.

Isaac hasn’t spoken a word yet

Abraham loads on to Isaac the wood for the burnt offering

Isaac has said nothing

Now Abraham and Isaac are setting off to the place that God has revealed to Him and only him.

Following a word from God. explain

its at this point that Isaac opens his mouth

Genesis 22:7 AV

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

isaac question was a fair and valid question to ask, he knew that to offer a burnt offering there had to be a lamb

The lamb that would be quite would led and was willing.

I dont suposse for a minute that had isaac new that he was to be the sacrifice he would have had something to say about it.

But what about abrahams answer to the first of the two questions of Isaac.

Isaac said my father and abraham and said

Here am I my son

If we would have answered him we might have said

Here i am my son

lets put them side by sidw

Here am I my son Here I am my son

in the first

Abraham was letting his son Isaac know that he was he.

in the second

Here God the father is letting the son Jesus that he is here.

He we see an analogy between abraham and isaac and God and Jesus.

Abraham responce to Isaacs question is just as prophetic as his statement to the 2 young men

Genesis 22:8 AV

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Here we have a statement that was as relevent then as is now

it was as prophectic then as now.

God will provide.

God has always provide a sacrifice for an offering.

God was the first one to shed blood for man

Genesis 3:21 AV

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

here adan and eve had sinned and were naked

God clothed them with a skin of an animal

yes because of sin we might know good and evil just as the triune God did

God the father

God the son

God the holy spirit

Genesis 3:22 AV

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

there was an innocence before sin entered into the world

just like that newborn child but these were adults

Isaac a youth but still trusting that his father new best

trusting in the words that his father had said

trusting that God would do as his father had said.

Now bound and laid upon the alter lying upon the wood that he had carried trusting in his fathers words

looking into his fathers eyes as the knife that his father carried in come down towards him

Isaac is still trusting

Then at the last moment the angel of the lord called out

Genesis 22:11–12 AV

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

looking up abraham saw

Genesis 22:13 AV

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

abraham called that Place

Genesis 22:14 AV

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

because of Abrahams faithfull to do that which the angel of the lord had called him to do

the angel of the lord

Genesis 22:15–19 AV

And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

Gods promise to abraham was to be something that he would be able to see as he saw his son isaac grow up

Gods promises

2 Corinthians 1:20 AV

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

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