Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

* Read and follow the eternal implications of this one request God makes of Abraham:

• It is 1876 BC when God appears to Abraham and tells him to sacrifice his only son of promise as a burnt offering on Mount Moriah, a three-day journey from Abraham’s dwelling.

• God has been a friend of Abraham since he lived in UR, in Mesopotamia. How could God ask him to sacrifice Isaac when He also promised him many descendants from Isaac?

Abraham became the father of faith for Jews and Gentiles. He is the first person to be involved in a “Passover”, wherein the Passover IS the Gospel for Men.

• These are the requirements God gave to Abraham: Each one is significant:

1. Isaac is Abraham’s ONLY son of promise.
2. Sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah. See {2 of 5} Genesis 22
3. It is a three-day journey there, and a three-day journey back. See: Patterns of Seven

How can man ignore the Word of God when He foretells the future thousands of years in advance?

Following is a Pattern of Passovers and their Comparisons: Isaac begins at the bottom:

The three Passovers in history in different years: 1876 BC, 1446 BC, and 31 AD. Each one on the same day of the month, the same day of the week, with astonishing parallels.

Did Abraham know God would instruct him to perform it in the same place and on the same day as the Passover of HIS only Son of Promise – before there was a “Jerusalem”, even before there was a temple, and before the Passover became the official name for the “Exodus” from Egypt?

• The Passover IS the gospel. Isaac is all mankind who was redeemed by a replacement. The Passover is the death of Jesus as God’s sacrificial male lamb (ram). Isaac metaphorically rose from the dead when God stopped Abraham from offering his ONLY son of promise. Isaac was on the altar with the wood (cross), but when God replaced his life with a Ram (a male sheep) Isaac literally rose from the altar even as Jesus rose from the dead.

I Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

Therefore; the Passover is the foundation of everything God is in the process of doing with men from before the world was established:

• Revelation 13:8b the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
  His plan was set from creation. It was decided and it was done.

Genesis 2

What should I learn from this chapter?

• The eternal nature of God knowing the past, present and future simultaneously.
• The miracle of the three Passovers: Isaac, Exodus, and Jesus, and their parallels.
• The comparison of Passover with the future seven year tribulation.
• The family of Nahor and Jacob’s two wives.

Abraham’s Faith Confirmed

Genesis 22:1 Now it came to pass after these things that God (‘ĕlōhîm) tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”

And he said, “Here I am.”

• Abraham heard the calling of God.

Genesis 22:2 Then He (‘ĕlōhîm) said, “Take now 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.”

• Abraham is a type of the Father God: Take your only son, whom you love, and sacrifice Him in the land of Moriah. (In Jesus’ time, the temple likewise stood on Mount Moriah).

Genesis 22:3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood (like the cross) for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God (‘ĕlōhîm) had told him.

• See Topic: The Three Passovers
• See Topic: The Patterns of Passover

• There is always a reason for God’s instructions. They are not given haphazardly.

Genesis 22:⁴ Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. ⁵ And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”

• The third day prior is also the day the Passover lamb is selected, on the 10th of Nissan for the Exodus and for Jesus.
• Abraham believed God to the ultimate sacrifice, believing God would raise his son, Isaac from the dead because he said “We” will come back.
• The place of this offering was Mt. Moriah. (Jerusalem, before it was Jerusalem).
• The altar Abraham made was the same location as the altar in the temple of Abraham’s future.
• Abraham’s offer of Isaac occurred exactly 430 years earlier, but on the same day as the Hebrews left Egypt on Passover day.

Genesis 22:6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. ⁷ But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”

• Matthew 26:42 Again, a second time, He (Jesus) went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

Genesis 22:7 And he said, “Here I am, my son.”

Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

Genesis 22:⁸ And Abraham said, “My son, God (‘ĕlōhîm) will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

• @Prophecy Fulfillment Alert: John 1:29 (The Lamb of God promised) (Old Testament prophecy fulfilled by Jesus)
• Symbolic meaning of the number two: “There is another”.

Genesis 22:⁹ Then they came to the place of which God (‘ĕlōhîm) had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. ¹⁰ And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

• This event took place Nissan 14, 1876 BC. Isaac was 15 years of age. See “Timeline BC” scroll down to 1876 BC.
• Abraham called Isaac “a lad”. (v4)
• The place is Mount Moriah.

Genesis 22:¹¹ But the Angel of the Lord (mal’āḵ Yᵊhōvâ) called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

• The “Angel (Messenger) of the Lord” is known as Jesus before He (as the second person of the Godhead) came to earth in the flesh.

So he (Abraham) said, “Here I am.”

• The Angel of the Lord is Jesus who preordained Himself (with a vow, an oath) to be offered as a sacrifice on 31 AD.
  
  • I Peter 1:20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.
  • Revelation 13:8b …the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
  • Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice to You With the voice (song) of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation (Jesus’ name in Hebrew) is of the Lord.”

Genesis 22:¹² And He (mal’āḵ Yᵊhōvâ) said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God (‘ĕlōhîm), since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

• The “Angel of the Lord” is also “Me” from whom Abraham did not withhold Isaac.
• Jesus is also the one and only Son of God, the Son of Promise.

Genesis 22:¹³ Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns.

• The power of the ram is in the horns on its head. The ram is caught by its horns.
• Jesus is the Passover Lamb, a male, that takes away the sins of the world. Jesus was the Ram, as innocent as a lamb and as powerful as the ram.
• Passover lambs were all spotless males.
• Jesus was caught in a thicket of thorns wrapped around His head as a crown of thorns.

Genesis 22:¹³ So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. ¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) it shall be provided.”

• See: {2 of 5} BIBLE: Genesis 22 – Headline “Mount Moriah”

Genesis 22:¹⁵ Then the Angel of the Lord (mal’āḵ Yᵊhōvâ) called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,

Genesis 22:¹⁶ and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ),
Because He could swear by none greater, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—

• The only “promised” son. This verse overlooks Ishmael.

• Abraham played the part of (Father) God offering up His own Son of Promise on the same day and place Jesus was destined to be killed in Abraham’s future.
  
  • Abraham left Beersheba on the same day the Passover lamb was to be selected according to the law after Abraham’s time.
    
  • Furthermore God told Abraham exactly where to do it: Mount Moriah (which will become Jerusalem’s temple).
  • THIS is why Abraham is called the father of faith.

• When Abraham was given the command to take his one and only son of promise to Mt. Moriah and sacrifice him on the altar where God directs; I’m fairly sure he didn’t tell Sarah.
• If Sarah had known, she would have done everything she could to stop him. Somehow, Abraham believed God would resurrect Isaac and they would return together.

Only God understood why this requested act had a sacred meaning.

	EVENT: PASSOVER	YEAR	DAY	DAY OF THE WEEK IN THAT YEAR
	Abraham and Isaac	1876 BC	Nissan 14	Wednesday
	The Exodus	1446 BC	Nissan 14	Wednesday
	Jesus Crucified	31 AD	Nissan 14	Wednesday

Both Abraham and Jesus’ Crucifixion took place in the same place: Mount Moriah.

See Topic: Passover and the Mimic Messiah.

Genesis 22:¹⁷ blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

• See Pop Up: The Stars of the Heaven and the Sand on the Seashore.

Genesis 22:18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

• @Prophecy Fulfillment Alert: Gal 3:16 (As Isaac’s seed, will bless all nations) (Old Testament prophecy fulfilled by Jesus)

Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba (The oath at the well with Abimelech).

The Family of Nahor

Genesis 22:²⁰ Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

Genesis 22:²¹ Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, ²² Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” ²³ And Bethuel begot Rebekah (who became the wife of Isaac). These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. ²⁴ His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.

• A total of twelve: See Topic: Symbolism of Numbers

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Genesis 22: {1 of 4} BIBLE: The First Passover
Genesis 22: {2 of 4} BIBLE: Mount Moriah
Genesis 22: {3 of 4} BIBLE: Proving Passover
Genesis 22: {4 of 4} BIBLE: Nahor’s Family Chart

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