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Abraham Names the Location Genesis 22:9 Excerpt In naming the place Abraham of course was commemorating his own experience of sacrifice to the Lord . But an animal ( a ram —not a lamb; cf. Gen .  22:8 — caught . . . its horns  in a thornbush) was provided by God’s grace as a substitute for the lad in the offering ( v .  13 ). Later all Israel would offer animals to the Lord . Worship involved accepting God’s sacrificial substitute . But of course in the New Testament God substituted His only Son for the animal, and the perfect Sacrifice was made. John certainly had this in mind when he introduced Jesus as “the Lamb of God , who takes away the sin of the world!” ( John  1: 29 ) Yet the main point of Genesis   22:9-14  is not the doctrine of the Atonement. It is portraying an obedient servant worshiping God in faith at great cost, and in the end receiving God’s provision . Abraham did not withhold his son. Similarly Paul wrote that God “d...

Abraham Names the Location Genesis 22:9 Excerpt In naming the place, Abraham of course, was commemorating his own experience of sacrifice to the Lord. But an animal (a ram—not a lamb; cf. Gen. 22:8 —caught . . . its horns in a thornbush) was provided by God’s grace as a substitute for the lad in the offering (v. 13 ). Later all Israel would offer animals to the Lord. Worship involved accepting God’s sacrificial substitute. But of course in the New Testament , God substituted His only Son for the animal, and the perfect Sacrifice was made. John certainly had this in mind when he introduced Jesus as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” ( John 1:29 ) Yet the main point of Genesis 22:9-14 is not the doctrine of the Atonement. It is portraying an obedient servant worshiping God in faith at great cost, and in the end, receiving God’s provision. Abraham did not withhold his son. Similarly, Paul wrote that God “did not spare [epheisato] His own Son, but gave [delivered] H...

Abraham Names the Location Genesis 22:9 Excerpt In naming the place Abraham of course was commemorating his own experience of sacrifice to the Lord. But an animal ( a ram —not a lamb; cf. Gen.  22:8 — caught . . . its horns  in a thornbush) was provided by God’s grace as a substitute for the lad in the offering (v.  13 ). Later all Israel would offer animals to the Lord. Worship involved accepting God’s sacrificial substitute. But of course in the New Testament God substituted His only Son for the animal, and the perfect Sacrifice was made. John certainly had this in mind when he introduced Jesus as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John  1:29 ) Yet the main point of Genesis  22:9-14  is not the doctrine of the Atonement. It is portraying an obedient servant worshiping God in faith at great cost, and in the end receiving God’s provision. Abraham did not withhold his son. Similarly Paul wrote that God “did not spare [ ephei...

Abraham Names the Location Genesis 22:9 Excerpt ‎In naming the place Abraham of course was commemorating his own experience of sacrifice to the Lord . But an animal (a ram—not a lamb; cf . Gen. 22:8 —caught . . . its horns in a thornbush) was provided by God’s grace as a substitute for the lad in the offering ( v. 13 ). Later all Israel would offer animals to the Lord .  Worship involved accepting God’s sacrificial substitute . But of course in the New Testament God substituted His only Son for the animal, and the perfect Sacrifice was made. John certainly had this in mind when he introduced Jesus  as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” ( John 1:29 ) ‎Yet the main point of Genesis 22:9-14 is not the doctrine of the Atonement . It is portraying an obedient servant worshiping God in faith at great cost, and in the end receiving God’s provision . Abraham did not withhold his son. Similarly Paul wrote that God “did not spare [epheisat...

Abraham Names the Location Genesis 22:9 Excerpt ‎In naming the place Abraham of course was commemorating his own experience of sacrifice to the Lord . But an animal (a ram—not a lamb; cf . Gen. 22:8 —caught . . . its horns in a thornbush) was provided by God’s grace as a substitute for the lad in the offering ( v. 13 ). Later all Israel would offer animals to the Lord . Worship involved accepting God’s sacrificial substitute . But of course in the New Testament God substituted His only Son for the animal, and the perfect Sacrifice was made. John certainly had this in mind when he introduced Jesus as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” ( John 1:29 ) ‎Yet the main point of Genesis 22:9-14 is not the doctrine of the Atonement . It is portraying an obedient servant worshiping God in faith at great cost, and in the end receiving God’s provision . Abraham did not withhold his son. Similarly Paul wrote that God “did not spare [epheisato] His own Son...

Abraham Names the Location Genesis 22:9 Excerpt ‎In naming the place Abraham of course was commemorating his own experience of sacrifice to the Lord . But an animal (a ram—not a lamb; cf . Gen. 22:8 —caught . . . its horns in a thornbush) was provided by God’s grace as a substitute for the lad in the offering ( v. 13 ). Later all Israel would offer animals to the Lord . Worship involved accepting God’s sacrificial substitute. But of course in the New Testament God substituted His only Son for the animal, and the perfect Sacrifice was made. John certainly had this in mind when he introduced Jesus as “the Lamb of God , who takes away the sin of the world!” ( John 1:29 ) ‎Yet the main point of Genesis 22:9-14 is not the doctrine of the Atonement. It is portraying an obedient servant worshiping God in faith at great cost, and in the end receiving God’s provision. Abraham did not withhold his son. Similarly Paul wrote that God “did not spare [epheisato] His own Son , but ga...