22:6-8
So Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering on the back of Isaac. We can draw a parallel between this and Jesus carrying the cross. Abraham took the knife with him. On the cross it was the Father who poured out His wrath on His Son. Isaac is getting worried by this point and calls out to his father. Isaac then asked him where the sacrificial lamb was. “God Himself will provide the lamb”. John 3:16 is apposite here, God did indeed provide the sacrificial lamb. “So the two went on together. This is perhaps the greatest walk of faith a man, or a man and a boy, have ever taken. There is only one thing that makes any sense of it, and that is Abraham’s trust in God, his faith in God’s promises.
22:9-11
Abraham arrived at the place God had told him to go to. There he built an altar and put the wood on it. He bound Isaac and laid him on the altar. Then he reached out and took the knife ready to slay his son. Abraham was going as close as possible to actually slaying his son without actually doing so. At this point the angel of the Lord called out to Abraham.
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