Gen 22-4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

Hebrews:11-17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

“and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you..””How could Abraham by words of consistency and truth make this straight forward statement in Gen 22- 5, all the while knowing that he was going to make his son Isaac a burnt offering? Hebrews 11-19 reveals the answer… “accounting that God was able to raise him up even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure”,

It was Abraham’s :faith” and complete obedience to the LORD and his duty to carry out God’s command. Abraham knew it was as easy for God to raise Isaac up from the dead as it was to give the gift of life in Isaac to Abraham and Sarah, who where both past age and could not bear children…It was a great “miracle by God” that Sarah even gave birth to Isaac in the beginning, thus Abraham “by faith” knowing that the raising up of Isaac from the dead would be no impossibility for his God to preform……verse 19 reveals this in Hebrews chapter 11.

peace be with you

bill

It seems a small thing, a small act of faith – and yet….. from that seed of faith !