ABRAHAM OFFERING ISAAC. -- Genesis 22:1-14. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ God will provide himself. lamb for. burnt offering._ -- Genesis 22:8. TIME. --About B. C. 1872. PLACE. --Beersheba, in South Palestine, and Mt. Moriah, the land of Moriah, probably at Jerusalem. HELPFUL READINGS. -- Genesis 18:9-15; Genesi... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE NOW THY SON, THINE ONLY SON, WHOM THOU LOVEST. It would seem as if the divine word sought to probe the utmost depths of the heart. It is, 1. "Thy son"--the heart of the Father is appealed to; 2. "Thine only son"--the heir of his name, estate, and of the promise--the long hoped for son, whose d... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ABRAHAM ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING. The promptness and steadiness of Abraham's obedience are strongly marked in all the details of this verse. There are-several things to be noted: 1. While it was an awful shock to be called upon to sacrifice his son, it did not occur to him that such. sacrifi... [ Continue Reading ]
II. ABRAHAM NOT FOUND WANTING. 4. ON THE THIRD DAY ABRAHAM LIFTED UP HIS EYES. Reckoning the distance from Beersheba to Moriah as 45 miles, if they traveled 15 miles the first day, and 20 miles the second day, there is yet ten miles of travel for the third day, on which they came in sight of the p... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAHAM SAID TO THE YOUNG MEN, ABIDE YE HERE. He took only his son. He wished to suffer alone. There were to be no witnesses. He had spoken to no one during the long journey of what was in his heart. Isaac himself did not know what fate seemed to be in store for him. COME AGAIN UNTO YOU. I and th... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAHAM TOOK THE WOOD FOR. BURNT OFFERING AND LAID IT UPON ISAAC. Leaving the young men behind, he went forward with his son. The wood prepared at home for the burnt offering, laid upon Isaac, the promised seed, the son slain "in. figure," is. fitting type of the Son of God carrying his own cross.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD THE FIRE AND THE WOOD: BUT WHERE IS THE LAMB? Isaac broke the dreadful silence with this touching inquiry, which Bishop Hall has observed "must have gone to Abraham's heart as deeply as the knife could possibly have gone to Isaac's." If any word or deed could have broken down the father, it... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF. LAMB. The thought in Abraham's mind was that God had provided the lamb in his son carrying the sacrificial wood, but his words received. fulfillment that he did not anticipate. Many regard these words as having. still deeper meaning, and pointing forward to the "Lamb of God... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAHAM BUILT AN ALTAR. The dreadful hour was at hand. The very place that the Lord had by some means pointed out was reached; the very spot either of the Savior's condemnation or crucifixion. The patriarch proceeds to gather unhewn stones and to build his simple altar; the wood that had been carri... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ABRAHAM STRETCHED FORTH HIS HAND. His hand was now laid upon the sacrificial knife, and raised to strike the fatal blow. So far as his heart and his intent are concerned, he has shown the deed to be virtually done. Paul shows that it was so regarded by God--"By faith Abraham, when he was tried,... [ Continue Reading ]
III. JEHOVAH JIREH. 11. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CALLED UNTO HIM. There is. significance in the change of terms to represent the Deity. Thus far in the account of the trial of Abraham the word is _God_ (Elohim), but now it is _Lord_ (Jehovah), the covenant name of the God of Israel. The Angel of the... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY NOT THINE HAND UPON THE LAD. "Sacrifice and offering, and burnt offering and sacrifice for sin thou wouldest not, neither had pleasure in them: Lo,. come to do thy will,. God." The Father of the Faithful, the great type of all the heroes of the Faith, had demonstrated his supreme submission to... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAHAM... LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, BEHIND HIM. RAM. Here occurs the wonderful substitution, in which God set forth as in. figure the plan of the Mosaic economy, for the offering of animal victims instead of human sacrifices--animal offerings for the sins of men, pointing forward to the only acceptable... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAHAM CALLED THE NAME OF THAT PLACE JEHOVAH-JIREH. Which means? "The Lord will provide," or as some render it, "The Lord will see." IN THE MOUNT OF THE LORD IT SHALL BE SEEN. Jerome says: " This became. proverb among the Hebrews, that if any should be in trouble and should desire help of the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]