Abraham Offers IsaacIsaac and Jesus Compared

Nahor’s Sons

Genesis 22

In Genesis 12:1-3 God made covenant with Abraham.

We discussed Genesis 17 “The Covenant of Circumcision” in which God further committed himself to Abraham.

In Genesis chapter 22 God requires Abraham to sacrifice his only son of promise. In covenant, what is required of one of the partners is also required of the other. We are going to compare the sacrifice of Isaac to the sacrifice of Jesus.

Read Genesis 22:1-19

There are several significant comparisons between the sacrifice of Isaac and the sacrifice of Jesus.

First, both sons were born miraculously. Isaac through a couple who were not able to produce a child together, even in their youth. Jesus, through a virgin mother.

Second, Mt. Moriah2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David.

 2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."

Isaac was the only spiritual son of Abraham. While Abraham loved Ishmael, he was not considered the son of the covenant.

Isaac was to be sacrificed on Mt. Moriah.

Jesus was crucified on Golgotha, a portion of Mt. Moriah.

Mosses wrote of Abraham 500 years before David would establish the Israelite holy city as Jerusalem. It was 2000 years later that Jesus would be crucified on Golgotha.

Third, Three DaysGenesis 22:3 Abraham and Isaac traveled three days until they saw the place of sacrifice.Isaac was offered up and resurrected on the third day.

Jesus was offered up, and after three days he was resurrected. It could be said that there was a three day journey to victory for both of them!

Isaac and Jesus were both their father’s only spiritual sons.

“You have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” Genesis 22:12

 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

Both God and Abraham, two covenant partners, offered their only spiritual sons as sacrifices.

The Wood

Both sons carried their own means of offering. Isaac carried the wood to be burned and Jesus carried the wood to be crucified.

8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.

Abraham had no doubt of God’s intention to provide.

Vs 14. So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

The true lamb was provided to fulfill the covenant, on that mountain! Praise Jesus!!

It is important to remember once again the importance God placed on His covenant with Abraham. He knew this was the plan by which He would redeem all mankind.

Gen. 22: 15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,

18 and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."

Nahor’s SonsSome time later Abraham was told, "Milcah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

21 Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel." 23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.

Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham's brother Nahor. 24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacah.

“This is quite a family; besides Rebekah, comes Elihu the only person in the book of Job who really understands the truth; then there is Laban who knows of God, despite his household idols (Genesis 31:19).”http://thesentone.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/genesis-21-23-isaac-and-jesus/

Some information found http://www.windmillministries.org/frames/CH27-4A.htm

http://thesentone.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/genesis-21-23-isaac-and-jesus/ This is a very good resource.