Abraham’s Altar

Genesis 22

Isaac was a birth.

Through Isaac the world would be by the eventual coming of the Messiah.

Times of blessing are often followed by a time of .

God now wants to know if Abraham’s was in His , not in his .

• A Scrapbook of Pictures

This is a picture of another that would happen on the same .

Our heavenly Father walked with His only begotten named .

Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.”
Gen. 22:5

What was about to happen on the summit was a transaction between father and son .

The same was true at Mount in the hour darkness.

Abraham took the of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his . 22:6

Isaac made an inquiry of his . 22:7-8

Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.”
John 8:56

Abraham built an – his son, Isaac; and him upon the alter. 22:10

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not reach out your hand against the boy, and do not do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” 
Genesis 22:11-12

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Romans 4:3

The ram is a beautiful picture of .

And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
Gen. 22:14

Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.”
John 8:56

The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29

• A Supernatural Darkness
• It was a darkness of .
• The annual Day of Atonement was the only time in the when the Jewish High Priest was allowed into the of and he had to go . (Lev. 16)
• He brought with him the of the sacrifice and it on the seat.
• Only God the saw him do it.
• During those hours of darkness, Jesus completed an eternal transaction with His and finished the work He to do.

I glorified You on the earth by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.
John 17:4

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Matt. 27:46

• Jesus was , yet He was made for us.

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Cor. 5:21