Foretold - Part 3 [Notes]

Although the Bible covers thousands of years of history and is filled with true stories and accounts, there is One Story that ties all the others together—the story of God’s plan to bring people into a relationship with Himself through the death and resurrection of His Son. This story is revealed throughout the Bible through prophecies, the Old Testament Law, and through God’s interactions with humanity.

Join us for our series leading up to Easter, Foretold, where we will look at some of the hidden messages of redemption found in Old Testament Bible stories.

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.”
– Genesis 22:2 (HCSB)

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.
– Genesis 22:3 (HCSB)

On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 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.” 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. 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?” Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide  the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” Then the two of them walked on together.
– Genesis 22:4-8 (HCSB)

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. Then Abraham reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He replied, “Here I am.” 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.”
– Genesis 22:9-12 (HCSB)

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. And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, so today it is said: “It will be provided on the Lord’s mountain.” Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies. And all the nations of the earth will be blessed  by your offspring because you have obeyed My command.” Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba.
– Genesis 22:13-19 (HCSB)

1. The phraseology of the stories.

“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.”
– Genesis 22:2 (HCSB)

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
– John 3:16 (HCSB)

And there came a voice from heaven: This is My beloved Son. I take delight in Him.
– Matthew 3:17 (HCSB)

2. The unique parentage of Isaac and Jesus.  

Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
– Genesis 18:11 (HCSB)

Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?” The angel replied to her: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
– Luke 1:34-35

[A] type in Scripture is a person or thing in the Old Testament that foreshadows a person or thing in the New Testament.
– Wikipedia

3. The place of the sacrifices.  

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.”
– Genesis 22:2 (HCSB)

This event took place on Mt. Moriah, the place where the temple was eventually built (2 Chronicles 3:1).
– Wiersbe

It is generally thought that this was one of the hills of Jerusalem, on which the Great Sacrifice was afterwards offered.
– Jamieson

4. The purity of those sacrificed. 

The sacrifice of Isaac points to the sacrifice of God’s own Son. 

He made the One who did not know sin to be sin  for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
– 2 Corinthians 5:21 (HCSB)

5. The pain of carrying the implement of death on their backs.

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.
– Genesis 22:6 (HCSB)

Carrying His own cross, He went out to what is called Skull Place, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
– John 19:17 (HCSB)

6. The picture of a resurrection. 

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He received the promises and he was offering his unique son, the one it had been said about, Your seed will be traced through Isaac. He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead, and as an illustration, he received him back.
– Hebrews 11:17-19 (HCSB)

7. The provision of salvation as a gift through faith. 

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift.
– Ephesians 2:8 (HCSB)

Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
– Genesis 15:6 (HCSB)

He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead, and as an illustration, he received him back.
– Hebrews 11:19 (HCSB)

And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, so today it is said: “It will be provided on the Lord’s mountain.”
– Genesis 22:14 (HCSB)

For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
 – John 3:16 (HCSB)

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