Month: September 2019

The ultimate sacrifice. “Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife…” Genesis 22:6, NIV. Isaac carried the wood as a shadow which pointed to reality. The reality was when God offered His Son for the sin of the humankind.…

The ultimate sacrifice. Sometime after the birth of Isaac, God continued the show-and-tell lessons concerning what He will accomplish for the helpless humankind, in the fullness of time. “Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering…