Genesis 15:2-4 - But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram continued, “Look, You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir.” 4 Now the word of the Lord came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
ENEMIES OF ISRAEL BORN OUT OF SIN.
• HAM’S SIN - THE CANAANITES, EGYPTIANS, AND BABYLONIANS.
• LOT’S DAUGHTERS’ SIN - THE AMMONITES AND MOABITES.
• ABRAHAM & SARAH’S SIN - THE ISHMAELITES.
DISCIPLINE FROM GOD IS OFTEN THE RESULT OF DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD.
Genesis 22:1-14 - 1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. 2 “Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” 3 So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship; then we’ll come back to you.” 6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac. In his hand he took the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together. 7 Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father.” And he replied, “Here I am, my son.” Isaac said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” Then the two of them walked on together. 9 When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He replied, “Here I am.” 12 Then He said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from Me.” 13 Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, so today it is said: “It will be provided on the Lord’s mountain.”
SYMBOL OF REDEMPTIVE FORESHADOWING:
MOUNT MORIAH & JERUSALEM'S TEMPLEGenesis 22:2 “Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”
2 Chronicles 3:1 - Then Solomon began to build the Lord's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Lord appeared to his father David.
SYMBOL OF REDEMPTIVE FORESHADOWING: THE DONKEY DELIVERS THE SACRIFICEGenesis 22:3 - So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac.
Zechariah 9:9 - "Shout in triumph, Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; he is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey.
SYMBOL OF REDEMPTIVE FORESHADOWING: THE THIRD DAY, RESURRECTION.Genesis 22:4 - On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
Hebrews 11:17–19 - “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac… He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead, and as an illustration, he received him back.”
SYMBOL OF REDEMPTIVE FORESHADOWING - THE WOOD & THE CROSSGenesis 22:3,6,7,9 – 3 He split wood for a burnt offering.6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac.7 The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”9 Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
SYMBOL OF REDEMPTIVE FORESHADOWING: THE LAMB & THE RAMGenesis 22:7 Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “...where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb...”
Genesis 22:13 - Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
1 Peter 1:18–19 – “You were redeemed… with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
John 1:29 – “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
OUR OBEDIENCE TO GOD SHOULD BE IMMEDIATE AND COMPLETE, EVEN AT THE COST OF THE VERY THINGS HE’S GIVEN TO US.
EVERYTHING WE HAVE, EVERYTHING WE LOVE—THEY ARE ALL FROM GOD, AND THEY ALL BELONG TO GOD.
ARE WE WILLING TO BE OBEDIENT TO GOD'S WILL—EVEN AT THE COST OF OUR COMFORT OR THE COMFORT OF THOSE WE LOVE?
DO YOU LIVE IN UNCONDITIONAL OBEDIENCE TO GOD?
