Now I Know

Abraham raised his hand to plunge the knife into his son, Isaac, the son of promise, when the angel of the Lord stopped him with a word. Then, the Lord said, “Now I know that you fear God seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me” (Genesis 22:12).

Isaac was loved by Abraham, as all fathers love their sons. Beyond that, however, Isaac was the son of whom God had said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named” (Genesis 21:11). Every promise God had made to Abraham was to be fulfilled in Abraham’s descendants through Isaac, not in Abraham himself. So, Abraham had faith that God would keep his promises to raise up children through Isaac, even if he also had faith enough to kill Isaac as God commanded.

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