Founders of Our Faith: Genesis through Deuteronomy by Dr. Henrietta C. Mears

Author:Dr. Henrietta C. Mears
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers

GENESIS 22NEW TESTAMENT PASSAGE

Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you” (verse 2). John 3:16

On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance (verse 4). 1 Corinthians 15:3-5

He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you” (verse 5). 1 Peter 3:18

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife (verse 6). 1 Peter 2:24

Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son” (verses 7-8). John 1:29

When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood (verse 9). Matthew 27:2

Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son (verse 10). Colossians 2:14

But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son” (verses 11-12). Romans 8:32

The emphasis of this chapter has been to recognize a major theme that is often missed: the Bible as a whole (including the Old Testament) wants us to appreciate and focus on God the Son, even before God the Son became a human being and dwelt among us. Read John 1:14. In this verse, the phrase “made his dwelling among us” in the original Greek denotes “dwelling in a tabernacle or tent.” What parallels can you draw between this and God's words to His people in Exodus 29:45 and Ezekiel 37:27?

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