AND IT CAME TO PASS
The spiritual experience of Abraham was marked by four great crises,
each of which involved a surrender of something naturally most dear.
These were:
(1) Country and kindred (Genesis 12:1); (Matthew 10:34); (2
Corinthians 6:14).
(2) His nephew, Lot; especially dear to Abraham... [ Continue Reading ]
LAID
The typical lessons here are:
(1) Isaac, type of Christ "obedient unto death" (Philippians 2:5).
(2) Abraham, type of the Father, who "spared not His own son, but
delivered Him up for us all" (John 3:16); (Romans 8:32).
(3) the ram, type of substitution -- Christ offered as a
burnt-offering... [ Continue Reading ]