We end this week's reading with Genesis 21-25, and the one story in this reading that I have to stop and look at is the story of Abraham's testing in Genesis 22.
As I look at this portion of scripture in light of what I know about God, the test here isn't for God's sake, he knew Abraham's heart, it is for Abraham and us. This scripture, especially in light of Hebrews 11, demonstrates the faith of Abraham. Abraham believed that God was going to raise the promised son from the dead.
We see in this chapter a picture of Jesus. The one and only son given as a sacrifice. We hear Abraham's words that God would provide Himself a sacrifice which was literally true, God himself died for us. We see a son not fighting the will of his father. We see a ram caught by its head in a thorn bush, a reminder of Jesus on whose head was placed a crown of thorns. We have an angel proclaiming the news that would of life and so did an angel proclaim the news of Jesus's life. At the end we see the promise that through Abraham all the nations would be blessed, a promise fulfilled in Christ.
Jesus the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Rev. 13:8). Truly, when we stop and look closely, the Bible is always pointing us to Jesus
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