God Tests Abraham’s Faith

Do you know what Abraham is doing here? He has a knife that seems to be trying to kill his son. Why does he do so? First let's see how Abraham and Sarah got their son's son.

Remember, God promises that they will have a son. But since Abraham and Sarah are old they seem impossible. But Abraham believed that God could do what seems impossible. So what?

A year has passed since God promised. Then, when Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90, they had a boy named Isaac. God has kept the promise!

But when Isaac age, Jehovah tested Abraham's faith. He cried: "Abraham replied, 'He is coming!' Then God said," With your son, your one son, Isaac, I will go to the mountain, Please kill your son and use him as a victim.

Because Abraham loves his son so much, how sad are these words for Abraham? Remember, God promised that the children of Abraham will live in the land of Canaan. But what happens if Isaac dies? Abraham did not understand, but he still obeyed God.

When he reached the mountain, Abraham tied Isaac and put him on the altar he built. Then he pulled out his knife and killed his son. But then the angel of God cried: "Abraham, Abraham!" Abraham replied, "I am coming!"

"Do not hurt the boy," God said. "Now I know that you are confident in me, because you have not stopped your son, your only child."

What great faith does Abraham possess in God? The Lord can not even raise Isaac from death. But the murder of Isaac by Abraham is not God's true will. So God caused the nearby bushes to catch the sheep, and he told Abraham to sacrifice it instead of his son.

The first sentence of this module is the subject. "Elohim Test Abraham" has offered us the purpose of the story from the beginning. God is testing faith in Abraham. The story of many eroticists is related to faith and loyalty. Interest in this topic can be explained in part as a condition of Erohist's original writing. This is an era of harsh trials in Israel, and this story assures people that God supports this challenge and helps it achieve that purpose. Unit 1 contains the command of God to sacrifice Isaac in the mountains. Moria could not be located geographically. A place where 3: 1 of Chronicles later recognized the location of Moriah and Solomon Temple. Through the interpretation of the chronicle's tradition, the connection between Abraham's story and Solomon's temple made the temple's place ancestor's connection, so the place gained greater respect.

Noah and his patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob sacrificed for God. As a trial of faith and obedience, God sought Abraham the father's father to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham intervened to prevent Abraham from actually traversing it, but Abraham told the role of his father "I loved the world and devoted his only son" father's role as a sacrifice of our sins and give up my son It was. Isaac did not give resistance, it was a pioneer of Jesus, and Jesus offered blood of life to the sins of the world and obediently offered.