Isaac and Jesus

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1. The father leads his son to be sacrificed.

Genesis 22:3 ESV
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
Mark 14:31 ESV
31 But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.
Mark 14:36 ESV
36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Mark 14:
The father leads his son to be sacrificed.A donkey is involved on the road to the sacrifice.They leave their “homeland” to go to the place of sacrifice (Abraham & Isaac travel to the mountain, Jesus leaves heaven to come to earth).To get from where they are to the place of sacrifice requires a journey.Each son is the “one and only son” of his father.The son is a descendant of Abraham.The son had been born with divine intervention.The sacrifices take place on the same mountain (called Mt. Moriah in the Old Testament, called Mt. Calvary in the New Testament — also known as Mt. Zion, by the way)The companions that were with them stayed behind (most likely on the hill across the valley, called the Mt. of Olives) when the son went with the father for the sacrifice.The son carried the wood/cross to the place of sacrifice.The son asked questions of the father.The father knew what he was called to do.The son was submissive to the will of the father.The father was willing to sacrifice his son, if necessary.The father believed in resurrection.The father loved the son.A resurrection was prophesied (Abraham said, “we’ll come back to you.” Jesus said, “I will rise on the third day.”)The son was laid upon the wood/cross.The son was bound to the wood/cross.Abraham had a knife to pierce his son, Jesus’ skin was pierced by whips laced with bones, glass and rocks.The Lord Himself provided the sacrifice (the ram, Jesus). [Note, the word order in the Hebrew text of could read, “The Lord will provide Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” A foreshadowing of Jesus]Blood was shed.The sacrifice was a substitute (ram a substitute for Isaac, Jesus a substitute for us).The sacrifice was a demonstration of love for God.Men of great faith in God who were committed obediently to the will of God.The ram was caught in the thorns, and Jesus had a crown of thorns on his head.Abundant blessings flow because of the sacrifice (abundant life).Abraham was tested, Jesus was tested.The son ultimately survived the sacrifice.The son was resurrected on the third day.

2. A donkey is involved on the road to the sacrifice.

Genesis 22:3 ESV
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
Matthew 21:6–8 ESV
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Matthew 21:6-

3. They leave their “homeland” to go to the place of sacrifice (Abraham & Isaac travel to the mountain, Jesus leaves heaven to come to earth).

Genesis 22:2 ESV
2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
John 1:14 ESV
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14

4. To get from where they are to the place of sacrifice requires a journey.

Genesis 22:4 ESV
4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.
John 19:16–18 ESV
16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, 17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
John 19:16-

5. Each son is the “one and only son” of his father.

Genesis 22:2 ESV
2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
John 3:16 ESV
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

6.The son is a descendant of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 ESV
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

7. The son had been born with divine intervention.

Genesis 21:1–2 ESV
1 The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
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Matthew 1:18 ESV
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

8. The sacrifices take place on the same mountain (called Mt. Moriah in the Old Testament, called Mt. Calvary in the New Testament — also known as Mt. Zion, by the way)

Genesis 22:3 ESV
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
Genesis 22:2 ESV
2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
John 19:17 ESV
17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
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9. The companions that were with them stayed behind (most likely on the hill across the valley, called the Mt. of Olives) when the son went with the father for the sacrifice.

Genesis 22:5 ESV
5 Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”
Gen. 22:
Matthew 26:56 ESV
56 But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Matthew 26:

10. The son carried the wood/cross to the place of sacrifice.

Genesis 22:6 ESV
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.
John 19:17 ESV
17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
John 19:

11. The son asked questions of the father.

Genesis 22:7 ESV
7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Gen. 22:7
Matthew 26:39 ESV
39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

12. The father knew what he was called to do.

Matt. 26:

12. The son was submissive to the will of the father.

13. The father was willing to sacrifice his son, if necessary.

Genesis 22:10 ESV
10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

14. The father believed in resurrection.

14. The father loved the son.

15. A resurrection was prophesied (Abraham said, “we’ll come back to you.” Jesus said, “I will rise on the third day.”)

Genesis 22:5 ESV
5 Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”
John 20:8–9 ESV
8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9 for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
John 20:

16. The son was laid upon the wood/cross.

Genesis 22:9 ESV
9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

17. The son was bound to the wood/cross.

Genesis 22:9 ESV
9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

28. Abraham had a knife to pierce his son, Jesus’ skin was pierced by whips laced with bones, glass and rocks.

Genesis 22:10 ESV
10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
John 19:34 ESV
34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
Gen. 22:
John 19:37 ESV
37 And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”
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19. The Lord Himself provided the sacrifice (the ram, Jesus). [Note, the word order in the Hebrew text of could read, “The Lord will provide Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” A foreshadowing of Jesus]

Genesis 22:8 ESV
8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:13 ESV
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
Gen. 22:

20. Blood was shed.

Genesis 22:13 ESV
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
John 19:34 ESV
34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.

21. The sacrifice was a substitute (ram a substitute for Isaac, Jesus a substitute for us).

Genesis 22:13 ESV
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

22. The sacrifice was a demonstration of love for God.

John 3:16 ESV
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

23. Men of great faith in God who were committed obediently to the will of God.

Genesis 22:16 ESV
16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Gen. 22:

24. The ram was caught in the thorns, and Jesus had a crown of thorns on his head.

Genesis 22:13 ESV
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
Matthew 27:29 ESV
29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Matt. 27:

25. Abundant blessings flow because of the sacrifice (abundant life).

Genesis 22:17–18 ESV
17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, 18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
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26. Abraham was tested, Jesus was tested.

Genesis 22:1 ESV
1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

27. The son ultimately survived the sacrifice.

Genesis 22:11–12 ESV
11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
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30. The son was resurrected on the third day.

Luke 16:6 ESV
6 He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
Mark 16:6 ESV
6 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
Luke 16:
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