Advent 6 | The Lord Will Provide Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters podcast

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"And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, 'By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.'" – Genesis 22:15-18

A Contradicting Command

You’ll notice that the scripture for today is really encouraging, but the trip from the beginning of the chapter to the end of the chapter is an emotional rollercoaster. During the past couple of sections we have been focused on how God is going to fulfill his promise to Abraham through Isaac. He has been very clear on that. But here we get one of the most confusing commands in all of the Bible. In verse 2 God says to Abraham, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” Doesn’t this contradict what God told him about Isaac? Well, sorta, we are actually really blessed to have more information about what God is doing than what Abraham had in this situation. When we look at the immediate context of this verse we see that verse 1 gives us a huge hint as to what is going on. It says, “after all these things God tested Abraham”. Whew. So we know this is a test, but Abraham doesn’t. After all, what kind of test would it be if he knew he was being tested...
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