“Consider how the
Akedah provides a prophetic picture of Yeshua the Messiah as the
promised "Lamb of God" (Seh haElohim) who takes away the sins of the
world (John 1:29). Both Isaac and Yeshua were born miraculously;
both were "only begotten sons"; both were to be sacrificed by their
fathers at Mount Moriah; both were to be “resurrected” on the third day
(Genesis 22:5, Hebrews 11:17-19); both willingly took up the means of
his execution as Jesus carried the cross and
Isaac carried the wood he was to be sacrificed on; and both demonstrate
that one life can be sacrificed for another – the ram for Isaac, and
Yeshua for all of mankind.”
“Indeed, the first
occurrence of the word love in the Scriptures (ahavah) (Gen 22:2) refers
to a father's love for his "only" son who was offered as a sacrifice on
Moriah (the very place of the crucifixion
of Yeshua), a clear reference to the gospel message (John 3:16).”
Genesis
22 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take
now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the
land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the
mountains of which I shall tell you.”
3 So
Abraham rose early
in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men
with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt
offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad[a] and I will go yonder and worship, and we
will come back to you.”
6 So Abraham took the
wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where
is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My
son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then
they came to the
place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and
placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the
altar, upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the
Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And
He said, “Do not
lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that
you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only
son, from Me.”
Sources: hebrews4Christians.com; Wikipedia; NKJV
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Bruce Baber