My Thoughts- Abraham, Issac, and Jacob- Genesis 22

Abraham, Issac, and Jacob- Genesis 22


I love how Abraham answers God "Here I am". It shows the familiarity he has with talking to God, which is so cool. I wonder if Abraham hadn't followed God in this circumstance would God have revoked his promise? Or would that be against His character? I like what my bible has to say about the passage:


Abraham, a man renowned for his faith, does not come but hat faith easily, Although God reveals to Abraham his overall plan for the future, the realization of that plan includes many bumps and pitfalls along the way.
Originally God tells Abraham to claim the land of Canaan as his own. But upon his arrival there, he finds the land so drought-stricken and its people so famished that he flees with his family to Egypt. there he fails a test of faith by lying about his wife to save his own skin (chapter 12)
God also promises Abraham many descendants, and that too leads to crisis of faith, Nothings gives Abraham more delight than dreams of a tent filled with the sounds of children- his children- at play. But is that promise only a cruel joke? At age 85, Abraham gives up on that promise and has sex with a female servant. At least he will have one child he can call his own. At age 99, when he hears God confirm the original promise, Abraham laughs in God's face. Sarah pregnant at 90?

What kind of game is God playing? Whatever does God want? God wants faith, the Bible says, which means complete trust, regardless of the odds. And so Abraham finally learns what it means to have faith. Against all odds, a son is born to Abraham and Sarah, fulfilling God's promise. they never live to see tents filled with happy children or their descendants multiply like the stars in the sky, But they doe have the one believed son whom they name Isaac, or "laughter", as to remind them of the very absurdity, the miracle, or parenthood in their old age.
Now God presents a final test of faith, a trial so server that it makes all the others seem like kindergarten games. The Bible makes it clear that God does not intent to let Abraham go through with his plan of child sacrifice. In fact, years later when the Israelists actually commint infant sacrifice, God calls it "something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind" (Jeremiah 19:5). All along, God intends to provide another sacrifice: a ram caught in it's horns in a thicket.
Nevertheless, Abraham does not know these things as he climbs the steep mountain with his only son. Abraham must blindly follow God's orders. Too many times he has doubted God. this time her determines to obey, no matter what. It has taken more than a hundred years, but Abraham has finally learned to trust God. This scene, above all others, shows how he acquired his reputation as a man of faith.