Binding Of Isaac

God promised Abram three promises which the narrator repeated several times. It is important to know to understand the rest of the bible. The first promise was that Arbam would have a great nation. The second promise to Abram was that the lad he was standing on would be for him and his people and family. The final promise was that God would bless the whole earth through one of his descendants. God created a covenant with Abram and renamed him Abraham. This was a patron covenant. It is a covenant that solely depends on God and does not rely on others.

The complete obedience and faith that Abraham displayed was the reason that God spared Isaac as per their covenant.

In this chapter, it is clear that Abraham trusted God completely. Abraham did not know why God was testing him. But Abraham could recognise God’s voice. The Bible clearly teaches that murder is wicked (Deuteronomy 5:17). The answer is that God never wanted Abraham to kill Isaac. God stopped Abraham before Abraham could hurt Isaac. So God had a different plan. God was not really asking Abraham to kill Isaac. In fact, God was asking Abraham to prove that he (Abraham) would always trust God. Abraham did not know about God’s plan to save Isaac. But Abraham realised that God had such a plan. He told his servants that he would bring Isaac back to them (verse 5). He told Isaac that God would provide the *lamb for the *sacrifice (verse 8). Hebrews

God of the Old Testament is a God of election. Throughout the Old Testament we see God choosing whether to bless or curse people. Youngblood explains this through Jacob and Esau. Both were from the same father yet he chooses to bless Jacob who was younger than Esau. Election removes pride and boastfulness in humans and puts all of us on the same level waiting for God’s will in different ways. Youngblood than brings out the aspect of the covenant. Since the beginning of the time, God made covenants with the people. Through these covenants, God portrays that he always keeps his promise, and he is fair, and trustworthy to all who honor God.

Finally, they both received similar covenants, however they communicated with God in a different way. God told Abraham, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all people on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:1-3). These covenants set

It all began in the covenant with Abraham, God promised many things to him. God promised numerous descendants, land, and a relationship with him. God’s first blessing would provide Abraham with numerous descendants, which in turn would become a great nation. His second blessing would provide him and his family with a place to call home. His third blessing states that Abraham will have a relationship with God. This means that, anyone who blesses Abraham will be blessed by God, anyone that curses him will be cursed. In return for all of these promises, Abraham and all of his male members and descendants were circumcised to let God know that they belong to him.

God’s covenant with Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham, was to be the father of many nations. The covenant includes promises concerning a land covenant, a seed covenant, and a blessing covenant. The foundation will flow out of the “Seed Covenant” to his descendants Isaac and Jacob, through whom the twelve tribes of Israel were born.

In the story the binding of Isaac, God’s plan was not to tempt Abraham, but to test him to see if Abraham had faith and would put God above all else, even his own son Isaac. In doing this God wanted to demonstrate the importance of faith and trust in Him. God did not condemn the sacrifice of children. God despises the “hand that shed innocent blood” (Prov. 6:17). It’s crucial to remember that God put a stop to the sacrifice of Isaac. God never wanted Isaac to be sacrificed, his only motive was testing Abraham’s loyalty. Abraham, along with many other followers believe that God is the creator of the Earth and the Heavens, which means God has the right to

The Lord continued to test Abraham through rigorous tasks including sacrificing his own son which the Lord promptly told him to stop before the deed was finished. All in all, Abraham seemed to be punished or “tested” at a much higher rate than his rewards where given and played the first man to communicate with the lord in Jewish history.

The people was destroying what Abraham was longing for. They was ruthless and didn't care were they came from.

Isaac was the long anticipated son of Abraham and Sarah. He was the son of the promise in which God gave to Abraham. However, Isaac was born into a hostile environment because of is half brother Ishmael. There was great favoritism played between the boys in the family which eventually Isaac won and Ishmael moved out. Tragically, Isaac’s life just about came to an end when his father obeyed the instructions of the Lord and headed to Mount Moriah to sacrifice him as a burnt offering. Isaac was not fully aware of the situation and asked where the sacrifice was, which became obvious when Abraham tied him up and

The lack of Abram's verbal acquiescence, however, may be interpreted in a different light. Although he leaves his home and moves into the land of Egypt, in apparent acceptance of the promise, once there, he sells his wife Sarai into prostitution out of fear that he will be killed (Gen. 12:11-15). God promised Abram previously that He would protect him: "I will bless them that bless thee and curse those that curse thee" (Gen. 12:3 ). Yet, Abraham fears for his life and exploits Sarai. If Abraham was blindly and fully obedient, as the traditional view assumes, why does he doubt God's promise of protection and consequently bring shame upon Sarai? The text depicts an Abraham who is struggling with personal doubt and who decides to take matters into his own hands rather than trust the possible promises of a God unseen.

Abraham’s descendants moved to Egypt to be with their brother Joseph to receive a better lifestyle, but when Egypt received a new pharaoh he turned Abraham’s descendants into slaves(51). Because of the covenant that was made between Abraham and God years before, God sent Moses to rescue the descendants from Egypt and bring them to the promise land. During their journey to the promise land, Moses and the descendants went through many obstacles causing the descendants to blame God for all of their problems and begin worshiping other Gods (54). When they reached Mount Sinai, God made a covenant with Moses and the descendants. In order for them to reach the Promised Land, God expected them to follow the Ten Commandments and to praise God with rituals and sacrifices for leading them to the Promised Land.

Christians hold God in the exceptionally high esteem, revolving their entire religion around Him. Showing God to be the highest power, that He is before all, is a true testament to the Christian faith. I am personally tied to this faith, and I believe that Christianity and its many branches and interpretations allow each individual a chance to find holiness and to find God. An example of this ability to find God is in the case of Abraham in Genesis 22. Abraham is tasked by God to sacrifice his only son to Him, and Abraham follows God’s will with a blind passion. Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son to God is the ultimate testament to his faith. I believe that this passage in Genesis is written in order to summarize all of the roadblocks that one faces when practicing his or her own theology. Abraham’s choice is reflective on his faith and his own personal theology; however, Abraham is an extreme example as

Covenant making and covenant people have been a part of God’s plan since the beginning of time. In the Old Testament, and with Jesus Christ being just a foreshadow of things to come, covenants often made God and God’s holiness visible (Fehren, 1996). Furthermore, covenants were the vehicles or processes in which God used to institute promises and manage people (Korver, 2015). In the simplest terms, a covenant is an agreement between two or more parties concerning shared responsibilities and privileges, once ratified, covenants cannot be changed in any way, including the parties involved or the covenant provisions (Korver, 2015, p. 29). Covenants, may either be unconditional or conditional. Thus, an unconditional covenant, such as the one offered to Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3), requires no conditions to be placed on the recipient (Korver, 2015). Hence, the onus of the Abrahamic covenant was completely on God, and Abraham needed only to accept God’s offer. However, the enjoyment of the blessings made in the Abrahamic Covenant was dependent on how well Abraham and the future nation of Israel adhered to and listened to God’s commands (Merrill, 2006). Therefore, some action was required on behalf of Abraham and Israel to reap the full benefits of God’s blessing. Conditional covenants, such as the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 19:1-8), requires the recipient to meet certain conditions before enjoying the benefits of the covenant (Korver, 2015). Typically, conditional covenants