Just Obedience

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 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. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.-Genesis 22:1-12***Isaac was the only child born to 100-year-old Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and 90-year-old Sarah (Sarai). When Abraham was over 75 years old, the Lord God appeared to Abraham and told Abraham that he would give Canaan, a land inhabited by idolaters, to Abraham's descendants and Abraham. When the Lord God came to Abraham in a vision, Abraham said he thought his servant Eliezer would be his beneficiary. However, the Lord God assured Abraham a son would be born to Abraham and Abraham would have an immeasurable number of descendants. When Abraham was 86 years old, Ishmael was born to Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's maidservant. After Isaac was weaned, Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away, according to the demand of Sarah, and with assurance from the Lord God. When Abraham was 99 years old, the Lord God appeared to Abraham and gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham spoke of Ishmael to the Lord God. The Lord God said that a son to be named Isaac was going to be born to Abraham and Sarah, and the Lord God told Abraham that he was going to bless Ishmael, and make Ishmael fruitful, with numerous descendants, the father of 12 princes, and Ishmael would be made into a great nation. Years thereafter, Abraham obediently took Isaac to a place in Moriah. When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. During the 20th year of their marriage, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born to Isaac and Rebekah. Decades thereafter, Jacob married Rebekah's nieces Leah and Rachel. Over 1,900 years after Judah was born to Jacob and Leah, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist. The Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus, and the Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. For 40 days Jesus fasted and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. Jesus revealed that God so loved the world that he gave the only begotten Son, and Jesus came to give his life as a ransom for many, and that he willingly lay down his life for the sheep.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, Romans 4:1-25, Galatians 3:1-4:31, Hebrews 6:1-20, 11:1-40, James 2:1-26

 

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