Conclusion of God Tests Abraham's Faith

How sad those words made Abraham, because Abraham loved his son very much. And remember, God had promised that Abraham's children would live in the land of Ca'naan. But how that happen if Isaac were dead? Abraham did not understand, but still he obeyed God. 

When he got to the mountain, Abraham tied up Isaac and put him on the altar that he built. Then he took out the knife to kill his son. But just at that moment God's angel called: 'Abraham, Abraham!' And Abraham answered:  'Here I am!'

'Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him,'   God said:  'Now I know that you have faith in me, because you have not held back you son, your only one, from me.' 

What great faith Abraham had in God!  He believed that nothing was impossible for Jehovah, and that Jehovah could even raise Isaac from the dead. But it was not really God's will for Abraham to kill Isaac. So God caused a sheep to get caught in some nearby bushes, and he told Abraham to sacrifice it instead of his son.

Genesis 21:1-7; 22:1-18.

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