Genesis 22-24
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wolfbiblemoonAbraham's son Isaac, almost a human sacrifice and married to his cousin.
* I think much has been said about the barbarity of the Lord's test of Abraham's faith. The fact that he has to test someone's limits shows he's definitely not all-knowing and Abraham carries on being the most easily led man ever. To actually get to the point of raising the knife above your child's heart, another fine example of the family values in this book.
* After the death of his very old wife, Abraham sends a servant to find a wife for Isaac in his homeland, because he can't have his son marrying within the place they reside, because they aren't part of the chosen people I suppose. The servant finds Abraham's brother and procures his daughter, and Isaac therefore marries his cousin. It's nice that Abraham decided to do something nice for his son, well nicer than sacrificing him to the Lord anyway...
* I think much has been said about the barbarity of the Lord's test of Abraham's faith. The fact that he has to test someone's limits shows he's definitely not all-knowing and Abraham carries on being the most easily led man ever. To actually get to the point of raising the knife above your child's heart, another fine example of the family values in this book.
* After the death of his very old wife, Abraham sends a servant to find a wife for Isaac in his homeland, because he can't have his son marrying within the place they reside, because they aren't part of the chosen people I suppose. The servant finds Abraham's brother and procures his daughter, and Isaac therefore marries his cousin. It's nice that Abraham decided to do something nice for his son, well nicer than sacrificing him to the Lord anyway...
yeah ...
Date: 2010-05-17 10:30 pm (UTC)I then came across some in depth studies on this specific passage, and it has helped me see clearer on this passage. While most bible studies will use this as a teaching about faith, i had come to learn that this passage is more about God's love. Here's why ...
According to Chuck Missler's Learn the Bible in 24 Hours, a lot of the Old Testament has what he calls prophetic types. God asked his people to perform a lot of things that may fulfill an immediate need within the context of the story, but also, fulfills a grander purpose. In this instance of Abraham and Isaac, God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to prophetically illustrate one thing: God Himself, is going to sacrifice His own Son Jesus for us as an atonement of sin. Abraham acted out what God himself will do on our behalf.
If that is true, God isn't petty or jealous in that sense in having Abraham perform this. It is simply a foretelling of what God himself will do in the future in Jesus, and Abraham was faithful enough to trust God in performing this act for God. It's a partnership God has with some of his chosen in creating these prophesy of Jesus. Elsewhere, you will read other prophetic acts also. For example, Moses was asked also, but he failed to carried out when he became frustrated. The story of Ruth is another prophetic type/story packed with info. I'll let you read more about it on your own. But the chuck missler book will definitely help seeing how everything in the Bible work together to bring one message across, that is Jesus Christ.