Genesis 22 thoughts
I’ve heard this story so many times, but I’ve never considered that when Isaac asked Abraham where the sacrifice was, Abraham was actually right. He said God would provide a sheep and God did. I don’t know if he was expecting God to stay his hand the whole time, or misleading Isaac only to see God prove Abraham correct. But to Isaac that must have been enormous. Tied on the wood, his father wielding a knife with the apparent intent to kill and suddenly that sheep Abraham mentioned earlier appeared.
Other thoughts on Genesis 22?
Tags: abraham, genesis 22, isaac, sacrifice
April 30th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
i wonder if isaac was freaking out or not. he was tied up - was he writhing? was he silent? was he screaming? what did those two servants think of all this?
talk about life-altering, scarring situations. does isaac think his dad is nuts? is he mentally abused? Or does he see his dad as obedient, and God as faithful?
I can’t imagine NOT getting untied and running as far as I can from my father…but perhaps isaac had much more faith than I