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Daily Devotion: Genesis 22:1-2

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Genesis 22:1-2    "And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.  (2)  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of."

Abraham had followed God for 25 years and had experienced many things at the hand of the Lord. He had experienced highs and lows, victories and defeat. He had seen the power of God on many levels and had enjoyed the blessings being bestowed. The one blessing that he waited and longed for was the promise of a son. Sarah had given birth to Isaac. Now God was speaking directions into the very heart and soul of Abraham: "Give me your son." What?  God had promised the son and now He was asking Abraham to offer him back. It is amazing to me (and I'm sure most others) that Abraham immediately made preparations and took two of his servants, Isaac, and the wood for the burnt offering. Notice again, just as in the beginning, God said "I will tell thee" when you arrive at the place. We would call this blind faith to follow God without knowing where He was leading.

God brought them to Mt. Moriah where Abraham made a great statement of faith to the two men: "Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you." (Genesis 22:5)  Notice the tense of those verbs. Isaac and I are going there. We are going to worship. And WE are going to "come again to you."  We are told in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews that as they made the journey, Abraham knew he was going to offer Isaac and was confident that God was going to raise him up again. After all, God had promised that a nation would rise up in Isaac. What great faith was to be exercised and the great faithfulness of God would be shown. Through this event, we can learn to place that which is the absolute dearest to us into the hands of our Lord and He will guard and protect it with the covering of His grace.

Excuse the length, but I cannot stop this writing without speaking of Mt. Moriah. The city of Jerusalem would be located in Mt. Moriah. Outside the gates of Jerusalem would occur the glorious miracle of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Saviour.  I have no problem believing that what was about to take place for Abraham was in the exact place where the miracle of the resurrection would take place.  Tomorrow, we will look further into the correlation between the events of Abraham and Jesus.

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