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The Sacrifice (1 of 4)
Series: Genesis
D. Marion Clark
Genesis 22:1-18
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, ''Abraham!'' And he said, ''Here I am.'' 2 He said, ''Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.'' 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. 7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, ''My father!'' And he said, ''Here I am, my son.'' He said, ''Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?'' 8 Abraham said, ''God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.'' So they went both of them together.
9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Abraham, what were you thinking? What was going through your mind? What was going through your heart? We parents want to know. We want to know how you could do it? How could you obey such a command? How could you have taken that knife?
We come now to one of the most shocking, most troubling scenes in Scripture. God instructs Abraham to take the life of his son. The very method of writing the story drives the pain into the reader.
The opening verse sets up ...
Series: Genesis
D. Marion Clark
Genesis 22:1-18
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, ''Abraham!'' And he said, ''Here I am.'' 2 He said, ''Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.'' 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. 7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, ''My father!'' And he said, ''Here I am, my son.'' He said, ''Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?'' 8 Abraham said, ''God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.'' So they went both of them together.
9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Abraham, what were you thinking? What was going through your mind? What was going through your heart? We parents want to know. We want to know how you could do it? How could you obey such a command? How could you have taken that knife?
We come now to one of the most shocking, most troubling scenes in Scripture. God instructs Abraham to take the life of his son. The very method of writing the story drives the pain into the reader.
The opening verse sets up ...
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