Offer Your Only Son as a Burnt Offering

Abraham and Sarah waited a long time for a child. Then, they experienced the great joy in having him. It is hard to imagine how Abraham must have felt when God tested him by commanding him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. "Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he said, 'Here I am.' And 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'" (Genesis 22:1-2).

Isaac is called his only son because he is uniquely the son of promise. While human sacrifice was practiced by some of the people around Abraham in worship of false gods, it was out of character for the loving God of heaven. Yet, Abraham went without asking a single question.

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