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Text 1
Abraham had heard the voice of the Lord enough that he knew it when he heard it.
The Lord is now further polishing Abraham’s faith, so it will shine like gold.
In the Garden, God took the life of an animal instead of Adam and Eve’s life.
The animal died so that they might be clothed.
And the principle of the sacrifice was revealed.
Cain and Abel sacrificed.
Noah sacrificed.
And Abraham sacrificed.
Underlying it all is Abraham’s faith - “God will provide” - Jehovah will see to it.
Jehovah-jireh
So Abraham arose early.
He knew that the seed who would redeem the world would come through Isaac.
He knew that God commanded him to sacrifice Isaac.
He had no way of knowing how that would resolve itself, but he knew that God was able to raise the dead if that is what it took to fulfill his promise.
So Abraham goes.
It is a two day journey.
The longest two days of Abraham’s life.
When Isaac sees the wood, the fire, the knife - he knows that a sacrifice is being offered.
But where is the offering?
Abraham answers - God himself will provide the offering.
He isn’t just trying to brush Isaac off or keep secrets.
He is professing his faith.
God will provide.
When the Angel stops the hand of Abraham, Abraham looks up - and sees a ram caught in a thicket.
And he offers that up “instead of Isaac”.
The substitute was provided.
And Abraham called the place “The Lord will provide” and said, “In the mount of the Lord, it will be provided.”
Next Text.
We don’t know what David’s sin was.
Perhaps, because of what Joab said, the sin was pride.
But Israel was not innocent in this either.
We know that they had long sins with idolatry, high places, rebellion.
Whatever the sins were, God is seeking an occasion against them 2 Sam 24:1
Grace is only seen in the backdrop of the curse.
Salvation is only visible rising from the dust of death
Death is not “part of nature” or “just how things are”.
Nor is it simply something that God didn’t plan for.
The bible teaches that death came upon all men as a curse from a personal God because of Adam’s sin.
We are separated from God, which is death - which leads to physical death.
But God provides grace, and life, in the middle of death.
So the angel passes through Israel, and stops between heaven and earth right over the threshing floor of Araunah - or Ornan.
Both names are used in scripture.
Same man.
The angel stops - the Lord relents.
The angel is over the threshing floor with his sword raised to kill - just like in Eden, blocking the way to the tree of life.
David couldn’t inquire of the Lord because of his fear of the angel.
The way to the Holy of Holies was not yet revealed.
But when David cries out to the Lord, and offers the sacrifice, the sword of the angel is put away.
And David says
When Solomon begins the construction, we read this.
This is the same place where Abraham was provided a substitute for Isaac.
The same place where the sacrifices are offered in place of Israel.
God will provide - on the mount of the Lord.
And here, Solomon will build a temple.
There will be a lot of imagery, and ceremonies, and songs and dances and feasts here -
But the heart of it is this: Here, God provides a substitute for the soul that sins.
And here he accepts the sacrifices of his people, and hears their prayers when they call on him.
But the way into the holy of holies is still not clear.
The high priest must still offer sacrifices daily.
He still must enter in only once a year and never without blood.
The way to the holy of holies is now clear.
On the mount of the Lord it was provided.
The sacrifice was offered in place of the people.
When John the baptist saw Jesus, he cried out, “Behold, the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!”
And the whole point of the whole thing is this - that we might rest in his love.
Our whole lives are spent wondering if we have done enough to cover our sins and earn a place in God’s favor.
But Christianity teaches that it is finished.
God provides the sacrifice himself, in the place that he chooses and it is finished forever.
There is now no more sacrifice for sin.
Now we hear his words of love and rest in his embrace, longing to see him face to face and hear his voice and walk with him again in the garden of delights.
If we still have to provide the sacrifice, then we can’t ever rest.
But he has provided the sacrifice.
Now we can rest.
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