“By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.” ~ Heb. 11:17-19
In Genesis 22, you find a unique story unlike any other in Scripture. Abraham, once Abram, was instructed to do an unthinkable task. A task that foreshadowed by a sacrifice far greater by God Himself. God instructs Abraham to take his one and only son, and sacrifice him.
No matter how firm your faith is, this story causes a knee jerk, “What?!” reaction. What is even more shocking about this story is Abraham’s response of obedience. He gets up, prepares transport, and takes his son to the mountains to do so. But right before he plunges the sacrificial knife into his son, God intervenes and forbids Abraham from doing so.
It is hard to…
