"Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."GENESIS 22:12+Fear and ReverenceWhen Abraham is...  Read More

[Abraham] said, "Here am I."GENESIS 22:11+Here Am I[Abraham's] obedience gave God extraordinary pleasure. For of all the sacrifices the one most acceptable to God is this: to kill sin, to live in righ...  Read More

But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, 'Abraham, Abraham!"GENESIS 22:11+Death ConqueredHere you see with what unconcern the divine Majesty toys with death and all the power of d...  Read More

Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.GENESIS 22:10+In the Midst of DeathMoses sums up that remarkable and amazing account in one short sentence. At this very moment the...  Read More

[Isaac] said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son."GENESIS 22:7-8+God Provide...  Read More

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. . .. Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son…. So they went both of them together.GENESIS 22:4...  Read More

So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac.GENESIS 22:3+Without HesitationThis is an extraordinary example and a description of...  Read More

"Offer [Isaac] there as a burnt offering."GENESIS 22:2+Raised from the AshesEven though there is a clear contradiction here—for there is nothing between death and life—Abraham nevertheless does not tu...  Read More

"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."GENESIS 22:2+Called to SacrificeThis trial cannot be overcome and is far too ...  Read More

At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do. Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me." . . . A...  Read More

And God was with the boy, and he grew up.GENESIS 21:20+God Gives GrowthWhen the text states that God was with Ishmael, this is rich comfort, which shows that God opens heaven to us when we have been h...  Read More

"Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation."GENESIS 21:18+Hold FastThus [the angel] absolves the troubled woman from all excommunication and fear. ...  Read More