Day 6 -- Isaac as a Sacrifice
Scripture Passage: Genesis 22: 1-19
One of my favorite passages in scripture, this narrative of Isaac is full of redemption-story symbolism. God had made a covenant with Abraham: He had promised to make Abraham father of a great nation, and to send one through that nation who would change the world. But here God was, instructing Abraham to sacrifice the very son meant to continue the family line. But Abraham trusted the character of God -- that God would fulfill His promise even if it meant raising Isaac from the dead. So Abraham proceeded with the planned sacrifice, to the point of raising his knife against Isaac. And then, at just the right moment, God sent a ram, caught in the thorny thicket not by tender, puncturable flesh, but by impenetrable, uninjurable horns. A perfect, unblemished ram. And the redemption story continued.
Key Verse: Genesis 22:8 -- "God himself will provide the lamb."
Suggested Symbol: Ram
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