1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,840 All right, good morning. I hope you all have had a good 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,560 week. Mine has been eventful all the 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:09,000 way up till this morning. I hit my knee so hard on the 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,640 hitch on the back of the van picking, doing pickups this 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,120 morning. I almost cried, but I didn't 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,239 want to have tears in my eyes when I got up here. 7 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:21,800 So Genesis chapter 22 is where we're going to be this morning. 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,520 It reminds me and hopefully one day we'll we'll we'll do it as 9 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,840 our closing song maybe but there's an old old hymn at the 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,840 chorus says safely through another week. 11 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:37,800 God has brought us on our way. Let us now a blessing seek as 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,560 we're here in church. So I hope that is your goal this 13 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,320 morning. But God brings us safely through 14 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,200 each week and I hope you recognize that and don't just 15 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,840 presume by, as the Bible says, upon the, upon the grace of God 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,680 that he just gets us through another week. 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,080 That's, that's definitely from him. 18 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,560 But Genesis chapter 22 is where we're going to be now. 19 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,160 It's going to be quite interactive This morning. 20 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,800 I got a few questions that I want to ask as we go through 21 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,360 this lesson. And I want you to, to think 22 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,800 about it. And we'll get a few answers and 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,120 then and then we'll move on with the lesson when we get to those 24 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,640 points. But we're going to talk about a 25 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,840 very, very familiar story this morning, and that is Genesis 26 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,760 chapter 22. You probably even recognize it. 27 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:24,040 But Isaac as a type of Christ. And last week we talked about 28 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,080 Melchizedek. There's been a few that maybe 29 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,160 you didn't realize. I didn't realize that was a type 30 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,600 of Christ. Isaac is a very obvious type of 31 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,840 Christ. But there are a few things in 32 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,920 this, in this passage that I want to look at. 33 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,680 Maybe we haven't really noticed before, but go ahead, go to 34 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,520 Genesis 22 if you're not there already. 35 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,600 We're going to read verses one through 14 and then we'll pray 36 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,120 and get into the lesson. Genesis chapter 22 and verse 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,680 one. And it says, and it came to pass 38 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,360 after these things that God did tempt Abraham and said unto him, 39 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,120 Abraham, and he said, behold, here am I, which I'll, I'll 40 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,280 mention this. Now the Bible says that he 41 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,320 doesn't tempt us, but here we have that he tempted Abraham. 42 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,440 And I think we know that just means he tested him. 43 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,560 It's a it's a he's putting him through a test, not to get him 44 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,080 to sin, but to make him stronger or to to lead him in a direction 45 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,040 that he wants him to go. And Abraham said, here am I here 46 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,960 I am. And he said, take now thy son, 47 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,640 thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest and get the end of the 48 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:23,400 land of Moriah. Now Genesis chapter 21, we just 49 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,920 had a Isaac being born and now he says take your only your son, 50 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:30,520 your only son whom thou lovest and get the end of the land of 51 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,880 Morai and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the 52 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,360 mountains, which I will tell thee of. 53 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:40,800 Now a side note here, when when Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees, 54 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,080 he he left at God's command, but didn't know where he was going. 55 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,640 This is a culmination of the faith of Abraham. 56 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:51,200 One final Test, I believe he knows exactly where he's going 57 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,160 in this in this passage. He's going to offer his son as a 58 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,880 burnt offering, and he still and he still obeys. 59 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,960 But verse 3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled 60 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:02,720 his ass and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac 61 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,840 his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up 62 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,040 and went on to the place of which God had told him. 63 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,120 Then on the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the 64 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,760 place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young 65 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,840 men, Abide you here with the ass, and I, and the lad will go 66 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,120 Yonder and worship and come again to you. 67 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:22,800 Another interesting verse there we'll talk about. 68 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:24,920 He had every intention of offering his son for a burnt 69 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:27,840 offering, that that's what God told him to do. 70 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,920 And in verse 6 or verse 5, he says, And will come again to 71 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:34,800 you, I am the lad. And Hebrews tells us he, he 72 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:36,800 figured God would just raise him from the dead. 73 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,720 But anyways, verse 6. And Abraham took the wood of the 74 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,920 burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son. 75 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,160 And he took the fire in his hand, and a knife. 76 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:45,840 And they went, both of them together. 77 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:47,920 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father. 78 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,480 And said, My father, he said, here am I my son. 79 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,440 And he said, Behold the fire in the wood, But where is the lamb 80 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,880 for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God 81 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,040 will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. 82 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,760 So they went, both of them together, and they came to the 83 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,720 place which God had told him of. And Abraham built an altar 84 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,520 there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, 85 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,280 and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 86 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,160 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay 87 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,200 his son. And the Angel of the Lord called 88 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,000 unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. 89 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:20,200 And he said, Here am I. He said, Lay not thine hand upon 90 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,120 the lad, neither do thou anything unto him. 91 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,560 For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not 92 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,400 withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 93 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,920 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold behind 94 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:33,960 him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. 95 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,080 And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a 96 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:38,760 burnt offering in the stead of his son. 97 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,080 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh, as it 98 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,600 is said to this day. In the mount of the Lord, it 99 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,480 shall be seen. Interesting passage. 100 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:49,960 We'll look at that this morning. Let's pray. 101 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,840 Father, I thank you for this day that you've given us guy. 102 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:55,240 Thank you for bringing us again through another week. 103 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,880 And God, not just that we're surviving through it, but that 104 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,440 we're that we're walking with you and and thriving in it. 105 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,200 And God, I just pray that you would help us to keep our 106 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,200 priorities in order as we heard last week. 107 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,920 God, I pray that there wouldn't be anything in our lives that 108 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,880 we're just not willing to give up, not to be, to have a closer 109 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,840 walk with you. God, I pray that every time we 110 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,640 walk through these doors, it will be with the intentions of, 111 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,320 of drawing closer to you and learning what you have for us 112 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,000 and what your law is for us. And God, I pray that you make 113 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,840 this church and the people that are part of it just a, a, a 114 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:35,440 force for you and not in pride, but got a force that Satan, 115 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,360 Satan trembles at. And, and that I just pray that 116 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,240 you'd help us as we fight and lead our families and raise our 117 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,640 kids now that you would just give us the strength that we 118 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,200 need to do that as fathers, give us the the wisdom and the the 119 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,120 patience as mothers. And God, I just pray that you 120 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,520 would bless each family that's represented here in this church, 121 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,960 that you would help us as we as we strive to live for you in 122 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:03,280 Jesus name, I pray, Amen. All right, And I already 123 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:05,680 mentioned this, but Genesis chapter 22 and verse one, I 124 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,360 wanted to point that out. God did tempt Abraham. 125 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,840 It says right there at the end of the verse. 126 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:11,840 And I, and I think it's important to note, I had a 127 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:16,640 conversation with a couple guys at work this week and one of 128 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,240 them was saying I just don't believe he's, he claims to be an 129 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,880 atheist. I don't I don't think he is. 130 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,200 He's more agnostic than atheist, but he said, he said, I don't 131 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,760 think that a God could exist and rule and be in charge of the 132 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,760 world that would allow all this bad stuff to happen to people. 133 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,480 And of course, that's the next question. 134 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,440 Why would God allow this to happen to people? 135 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,160 Things, things to happen to people. 136 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,000 And, and it's very clear here. He's tempting, he's testing. 137 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,280 And I do believe God does put things or allow things in the 138 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:50,520 life of the unsaved to draw them to himself, to point them to 139 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,880 Christ. But in the lives of the saved, 140 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,680 it's absolutely what it's for. It's to strengthen us. 141 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:01,960 And I wrote this down, God tests us to reveal the good things. 142 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,120 Satan tempts us to bring out the evil. 143 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,640 And that's how you, that's kind of how you know, is it a test or 144 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,280 is it a temptation? If it's tempting you to sin, 145 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,480 that's Satan. If it's testing you to to prove 146 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,080 your faith, that's God. And that's exactly what's 147 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,800 happening here with Abraham. God says in verse 12 of chapter 148 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:26,080 22 for now I knowest that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast 149 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,600 not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 150 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,680 God was testing him to see I've I've blessed you because you 151 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,880 have followed me, but where, how how strong is this faith that 152 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,680 you've got? He's willing to give his only 153 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:42,160 son and God stops him and says, OK, now I know that that you 154 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,680 fear me, but I think it's important to know this that in 155 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,240 our in our testing. I think sometimes, myself 156 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,240 included, and maybe maybe I'm the only one, but I think 157 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,720 sometimes we get into a test and we gripe and we complain about 158 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,160 it and we get through it and go, oh man, God got me through that. 159 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,920 But the whole time we, we griped through it. 160 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,000 And I think it's important that in our testing, in our in, in 161 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,800 the test that God gives us that we bring glory to him. 162 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:14,360 That's what they're for. And so be careful of your of 163 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:18,600 your attitude and your mindset in those times to bring glory to 164 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,080 God. And that's what Abraham does 165 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,760 here. He doesn't, he doesn't go tell 166 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,240 anybody what he's about to do. You know, I think if it was us 167 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,760 and you wouldn't believe, on Tuesday I got to go take my son 168 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:30,840 and I got to offer him up for a burnt offer. 169 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:32,280 Everybody in the church would know about it. 170 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,400 And I'm not making fun of anybody. 171 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,720 That's what I would do. We love to talk about what we're 172 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,120 going through and that's fine. The Bible tells us to bear one 173 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:41,360 another's burdens and all of that. 174 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,600 But Abraham doesn't tell anybody what's going on. 175 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,280 He's got it all inside. He's bearing it himself because 176 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,200 this is a test that God, God is giving him. 177 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,520 And then he does give glory. He brings glory to God. 178 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:56,400 He gives glory, but he brings glory to God because God stops 179 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,480 him and says, now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou 180 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,160 hast not withheld thy Son. So be careful in your testing to 181 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,280 bring glory to God. But here's where I have a 182 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,080 question for you. Go to John chapter 8, John 183 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,360 chapter 8 and verse 56. And these are not deep 184 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,880 theological questions, but I hope these are questions that 185 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,520 you have when you read through maybe a passage like this. 186 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,800 Jesus is talking and just a quick background, He's talking 187 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,360 to the leaders and they said, are you greater than our Father 188 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:29,960 Abraham? I mean who? 189 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,600 Who are you? Are you, are you that great? 190 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,120 Are you greater than Abraham? And you may see that probably in 191 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,160 verse 53, I think. Yeah, verse 53 of John chapter 192 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,400 8. Art thou greater than our father 193 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,560 Abraham, which is dead and the prophets are dead who make us 194 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:46,160 thou thyself? So who? 195 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,720 Who are you? Jesus answered, If I honor 196 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,720 myself, my honor is nothing. It is my father that honoreth 197 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:56,040 me, of whom you say that he is your God, yet you have not known 198 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,200 him. But I know him, and if I should 199 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,640 say I know him not, I should be a liar like unto you, but I know 200 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,600 him, and I keep his sayings. Verse 56. 201 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,760 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and 202 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,960 was glad. So my question for you is, what 203 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,360 is? What is that talking about? 204 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:19,800 Did Abraham see Christ? I mean no, he lived thousands of 205 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,800 years before Christ. So what is it saying in verse 206 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,520 56? Abraham rejoiced to see my day 207 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:30,520 and he saw it and was glad. Any any thoughts for the Todd? 208 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:42,280 Yeah, well, if you, if you go to Genesis 22, I don't think he saw 209 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,280 an Angel at all. He just heard an Angel. 210 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,520 And I'm not not saying you're wrong. 211 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,280 We're talking here, but in verse. 212 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,040 Let's see verse 11. And the Angel of the Lord called 213 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,560 unto him out of heaven and said Abraham, Abraham. 214 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:58,320 So he didn't see an Angel, but he did hear one. 215 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:12,200 Any other thoughts? Messiah. 216 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,120 Yeah. Yeah, OK with Johnny. 217 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,920 OK, good. Anything else? 218 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,440 All right, if you're agreeing with Miss Maxine and brother 219 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,080 Johnny, I believe you're correct. 220 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,480 I think that's exactly what it says in Hebrews Chapter 11. 221 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,120 It says Abraham believed and it was counted unto him for 222 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,360 righteousness. Believed what? 223 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,480 That the in the sacrifices? No, I think that Abraham 224 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,880 realized this was the picture of the Messiah that was coming and 225 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,160 he believed that. And so in John chapter 8, Christ 226 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,360 tells them, Abraham, I already closed my Bible. 227 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,520 Where is it at your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day 228 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,440 and he saw it and was glad is a picture of of the coming 229 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,440 Messiah. So I I believe you are correct 230 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,440 on that. And then it says, well, I'll get 231 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,720 to that in a second. But yes, Abraham rejoiced to see 232 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,640 what will Christ was going to do and he saw it in the type of his 233 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,800 son Isaac. So let's get right into our 234 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,000 lesson. That was all that was all 235 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,320 introduction. So Isaac the son and I and I see 236 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,520 first of all here his character. I'm going to be going back and 237 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,640 forth a little bit between Genesis 22 and Hebrews 11. 238 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,960 So if you can keep a finger in Hebrews 11 or a bookmark or 239 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,640 something, we won't reference it a ton, but we will be there a 240 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:12,080 few times. So Hebrews Chapter 11 and 241 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,640 Genesis chapter 22. So I have another question for 242 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,280 you. In Genesis chapter 22, it says 243 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:26,960 take now thy son, thine only son Isaac was Isaac, Abraham's only 244 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,920 son. So what is he talking about 245 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,320 there? Any thoughts on that? 246 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,160 We'll come back to that in a second. 247 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,120 Think about it. Yes, Sir. 248 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:49,740 Does that mean he did not know what he was going to do? 249 00:13:49,740 --> 00:13:52,900 No, I think that. So God is God is all knowing, 250 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:54,420 right? He obviously knew. 251 00:13:54,860 --> 00:13:57,540 But we do have a free will. Abraham at any point could have 252 00:13:57,540 --> 00:14:00,280 stopped and said, and you know what, I can't go through with 253 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,400 this. I, I, I believe you will. 254 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,160 I and I say, I've said this before, our actions betray what 255 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,640 we actually believe. What I'm saying is this is God 256 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:15,080 says, now I know you're right, but he didn't know before. 257 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,800 I think another one way to say that is now you've proved that 258 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,800 you fear God. God knew it. 259 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,800 But Abraham, like I said, could have stopped at any point and 260 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,560 God, he goes all the way through with it. 261 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,360 And God says, OK, now you've proved that you fear God, don't, 262 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,480 don't kill your son. So, but anyways, all right, So 263 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:37,720 Hebrews Chapter 11, verse 18, I think, OK, any any thoughts on 264 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:38,960 that? I forgot I asked the question 265 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:47,200 that it says in Genesis 22 that take thy son, thy only son, 266 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,400 Isaac. What we know he had more than 267 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:51,880 one son. So, Josh? 268 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,360 OK, dot, same. Anything else? 269 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,360 Everybody got the same idea. Yeah. 270 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,440 Yeah. I think he was the A He was the 271 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,880 only legitimate son of Abraham, but he was also the only son 272 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,840 that that really mattered. And I don't mean that in a bad 273 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,240 way. Ishmael never should have been 274 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,600 there. He was. 275 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:23,600 God didn't kill him, but but Ishmael was a curse to this day 276 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,840 on the children of Israel. But yes, he was the he was the 277 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,680 son of promise, the one that the that the promises were going to 278 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,440 come through. So the one that really, really 279 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,040 mattered. Take that son, Johnny. 280 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,760 Yeah, wouldn't it be nice if Genesis 22 said thine only 281 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:12,880 begotten Son, But it's not right, right? 282 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:21,160 That's right. And that's where I was going 283 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,640 next. We were all we were given power 284 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,720 to become the sons of God. So how is he the only begotten 285 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,480 son of God because he is he is the son of promise. 286 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,400 We are we give him power, but he is the son of God, just like 287 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,800 Isaac was the son of Abraham, the one that all the promise 288 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,840 promises were going to come through very good. 289 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,880 All right, so that is the son, Isaac the son. 290 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:48,240 But here's the calling in Genesis chapter 17. 291 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,600 You're close to there. Genesis 17. 292 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,320 I got to leave a bookmark or I'm going to be fumbling around here 293 00:16:54,320 --> 00:17:00,520 in a second, but Genesis chapter 17 and I just want to make a 294 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,960 quick point on this and remember Isaac is a type of Christ, not 295 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,880 just this story is a type of Christ. 296 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,920 Isaac himself is a type of Christ. 297 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:11,880 And so all the way through Isaac's life, then you're going 298 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,400 to see a whole bunch of about similarities. 299 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,680 And we see in Genesis chapter 717 verse 19, when and when, 300 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,280 when Sarah is told that she's going to have a son. 301 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,680 And God said, Sarah, thy wife shall bear a son indeed. 302 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,440 And thou shalt call his name Isaac. 303 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,560 And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting 304 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,160 covenant and with his seed after him. 305 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,360 But but the point I want to make here is that God told them what 306 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:38,520 they were going to name their son. 307 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,760 They didn't get to choose it in the same way. 308 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,080 Matthew chapter one, verse 21. She shall bring forth a son and 309 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,960 shalt thou shalt call his name Jesus. 310 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,640 His name was was was given before his actual birth, before 311 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,280 he was even conceived. They God told them what his name 312 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,800 would be and what's the importance of what? 313 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,240 What does the name Isaac mean? I think most of us know that 314 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,360 laughter because Sarah laughed when the Angel told her you're 315 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:05,720 going to have a son. She laughed. 316 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:10,040 Yeah, OK, am I being old and and barren anyways? 317 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:14,560 Am I going to have a son? And but that laughter did turn 318 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,640 to joy. It was a laughter at first of 319 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,400 not a mocking God, but a laughing at this at the whole 320 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,680 scenario. Yeah, OK, but when Isaac was 321 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,880 born, there was there was joy. And and we have the same thing 322 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,000 with Jesus Christ birth in Luke chapter one, verse 47. 323 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,560 My spirit hath rejoiced. Actually, that's not the verse I 324 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:40,080 wanted to to to give you. Well I will that's Mary talking. 325 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,960 My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. 326 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,920 And I've got a side note there. Pastor just talked about this I 327 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:50,200 think on Sunday night and I can't remember the context, but 328 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,120 he said that even Mary called Jesus Christ her savior. 329 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,120 And I think it was in context with the Catholic Church being 330 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,000 being wrong that they deify Mary. 331 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:04,240 She calls Jesus Christ here in Luke chapter 1 her savior. 332 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,520 But the point I wanted to make here was there was great joy 333 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,280 with Isaac's birth. There was great joy. 334 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,520 In fact, the angels of heaven came down to rejoice with the 335 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,560 birth of Jesus Christ. So many, many similarities. 336 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,240 And we're, and we'll get even even more pointed similarities 337 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,800 here in just a little bit. Not it's not just similar, it's 338 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,920 a picture. It's a type of Christ. 339 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,240 Isaac is. So then we have the coming of 340 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,400 Isaac. And for this I want you to go to 341 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:36,160 Genesis chapter 18, Genesis chapter 18 in verse 11. 342 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,920 And what I want you to see here is that both the birth of Christ 343 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,120 and the birth of birth of Isaac were supernatural. 344 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:45,480 They were miracles. Verse 11 of chapter 18. 345 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,280 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age. 346 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:54,320 Now you have an early Genesis, 430 years old. 347 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,360 This guy started having kids, right? 348 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,080 So it wasn't abnormal. Now it's abnormal. 349 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,800 This is after the flood. They, they don't live nearly as 350 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,240 long as they did in early in the early parts of Genesis. 351 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,080 There. So now Abraham and Sarah were 352 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,840 old and well stricken at age, and it ceased to be with Sarah. 353 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,520 After the manner of woman, she's not able to bear children 354 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,960 anymore. Therefore Sarah laughed within 355 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,240 herself, saying, After I am waxed old, shall I have 356 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,120 pleasure, my Lord, being old also? 357 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,680 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, 358 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,000 saying, Shall I have a surety bear a child which I'm old? 359 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,280 Is anything too hard for the Lord at the time appointed? 360 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,840 I will return unto thee according to the time of life, 361 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:35,320 and Sarah shall have a son. But this is a miraculous birth 362 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,960 of Isaac. I mean, even Sarah and Abraham 363 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:39,080 are going. No chance. 364 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,680 It's not happening. But Jesus Christ was born of a 365 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,760 virgin. That's a miraculous birth. 366 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,440 And that's all we'll say about that. 367 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,920 Both of them are supernatural births. 368 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,800 But then we have the purpose of Isaac's birth. 369 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,600 And what was the purpose of Isaac's birth? 370 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,520 We saw that just now in Genesis chapter 18, to fulfill the 371 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,880 promise that was given to Abraham, to bring a nation to 372 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,040 Abraham as the sands of the sea and as the stars of the sky. 373 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,440 God told Abraham in that promise. 374 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:15,120 And so to give life to a nation. And Jesus Christ birth was this 375 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:17,800 for the same purpose, to give life not just to a nation, but 376 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,840 to the entire world, to us even as Gentiles, that we can have 377 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,240 eternal life through this only begotten Son. 378 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,640 So that was Isaac the Son. And now let's look at Isaac the 379 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:38,400 sacrifice in Genesis 22 here. Isaac on the altar is, I mean, 380 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,800 you don't even have to look into it to see the type of Christ 381 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,520 here. I mean it is a very, very 382 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,680 obvious type of the sacrifice that was going to happen on 383 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,240 Calvary. And I want to look at something 384 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:55,800 here, a phrase in verse, verse 8 of chapter 22. 385 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:02,920 And Abraham said, my son, God will provide himself a lamb for 386 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,640 a burnt offering. And I think you can look at that 387 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:06,400 in three ways. When I don't know if any of you 388 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,160 men, I know some of you were, but I don't know who all was in 389 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,880 the hermeneutics class that pastor taught for the men how to 390 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,840 how to study and how to preach God's word and, and what are you 391 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,600 looking at? And there are phrases in the 392 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,720 Bible that I think I've preached a message. 393 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,320 Now I can't remember what the phrase was, but there was only 394 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,880 four words and each point was one of those words. 395 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,920 I think this is kind of the same way God will provide himself a 396 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,280 lamb. You can look at this phrase a 397 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,360 few different ways. God will provide it. 398 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,240 It's it's the sources from God, right? 399 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,920 So God will provide it. The second way you can look at 400 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,040 it, and I'm not saying interpret this different ways. 401 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,200 I think this is all in this in this statement that God will 402 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:53,400 provide himself a lamb is that there was a necessity of the 403 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:54,920 lamb. It had to be there. 404 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:59,120 And so he will provide it, but he'll provide for us for the 405 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:02,240 redemption of mankind, a lamb. But the third way I think that 406 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,440 that we can look at this is because there's no punctuation 407 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,160 here. God will provide himself as the 408 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:14,200 Lamb, right? And so I think very easy to see 409 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,840 that God, God himself is the lamb that he's going to provide. 410 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:24,200 And so go to look at look at verse 2 of Genesis chapter 22. 411 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:29,800 The passion here between father and son is what I want to see. 412 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:36,640 Abraham loved Isaac very much, unlike Ishmael. 413 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,560 He cared for Ishmael, but he didn't love Ishmael like he 414 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,160 loved Isaac. And we see that that parallel 415 00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:46,480 with the the love of the Father and Jesus Christ. 416 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:54,640 When Christ is in the garden and he's sweating drops of blood and 417 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,200 he's praying to the Father to let this cup pass from me. 418 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,960 I think there's a few things going on there. 419 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,720 I think more important, I think probably the strongest one there 420 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,120 is not. He wasn't afraid of the 421 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:06,720 suffering. I think we can say that he 422 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,160 wasn't afraid of, Granted, he was a man, he wasn't happy with 423 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,400 being beaten and his beard ripped out, but that's not what 424 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,080 he was afraid of. Even martyrs have gone through 425 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,160 stuff like that with a smile on their face because of the glory 426 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,520 that's being given to God. So I don't think Jesus was 427 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,080 sweating great drops of blood because of the the suffering 428 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,720 that was coming. I think there's two things. 429 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,720 One, the sin that he was going to have to bear. 430 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:33,040 He had never known sin and he's asking the Father if you can 431 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:37,360 please let this not happen. Nevertheless, not my will. 432 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,920 But the second thing is the Father. 433 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,800 He knew the Father was going to turn his back on him, that that 434 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,720 relationship had never from eternity past been broken. 435 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,040 And now it's that's about to happen. 436 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:56,120 And so I think the parallel here, the type here is the love 437 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:58,800 that Isaac has for his son and he's going to have to sacrifice 438 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,640 him is the same love that Christ that God had for his son, Jesus 439 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,880 Christ. And he's going to have to 440 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,720 sacrifice him for the sins of mankind. 441 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:13,280 And we don't really see that, that that bond of love between 442 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,120 father and son really anywhere else in the Bible. 443 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,480 We we have many fathers and sons. 444 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:22,040 You think of Saul and Jonathan and David and and Absalom when 445 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,800 he cries after Absalom is killed. 446 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,320 Absalom, my son Absalom would to God. 447 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:32,400 But the love between Isaac and and and Abraham here is a is a 448 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,640 is a type of the love between the father and the son. 449 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:41,960 And in John chapter 17, don't go there, but John chapter 17 and 450 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:47,560 verse 24 kind of gives us a picture of the bond of love, the 451 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,320 relationship that was about to be broken when Christ took on 452 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,080 the sins of the world. John chapter 17 and verse 24 453 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,800 says this. For Father I will that they also 454 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,560 whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that they may 455 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,600 behold my glory which Thou hast given me. 456 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,320 For Thou lovest me before the foundation of the world. 457 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,480 This is Christ praying. Thou loved me before the 458 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,840 foundation of the world. So for eternity past this 459 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,640 relationship was there and now it's about to be broken and 460 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,080 Isaac and and Abraham are are a perfect picture of that Now 461 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:28,480 Genesis chapter 22 back in in our our text in verse 6, we have 462 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,160 a a partnership here. Not only did they love each 463 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,000 other, they, they spent time together and they and they had a 464 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,400 had a relationship. In verse 6, it says and Abraham 465 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,680 took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it upon Isaac 466 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,280 his son. And he took the fire in his hand 467 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,160 and a knife and they went both of them together. 468 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,720 Now I think sometimes we get the picture. 469 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,440 Isaac didn't know what was going on here. 470 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:54,800 I'm sure they had sacrificed many times before together just 471 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,440 as just as Adam would have, would have shown Cain and Abel 472 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,920 how how to sacrifice to God. And that's why Cain was was 473 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,320 judged for his his sacrifice. Abraham would have done thing 474 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:09,880 the same thing for Isaac. So Isaac thinks nothing of it. 475 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:12,760 And I'm sure, you know, I think in our minds, we see them 476 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,120 walking up this mountain and it's it's somber. 477 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,160 They're both you know, they're going up to their death. 478 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,960 Isaac didn't know that Abraham may have been a little more 479 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,240 serious, but I think that it would have been this a 480 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,920 conversation as any father and son would have had going out, 481 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,080 you know, to maybe to church. You know, you're not somber on 482 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,840 your way to church, man, this is going to be tough, you know, 483 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,720 unless you're about to get church discipline or something. 484 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,320 I'm just kidding. But but they weren't, they were 485 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,160 not somber. They were having a conversation. 486 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,240 They were doing this together in communion. 487 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,280 And that's all the way through the life of Jesus Christ. 488 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,240 You, you see that in the Gospels where Jesus goes out and he 489 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,080 prays and he has communion with the Father. 490 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,440 It was a perfect relationship. And because Abraham and Isaac 491 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,280 are human, I'm sure it wasn't perfect, but it was very, very 492 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,600 good communion. And so they have this 493 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,760 partnership. But then I want to look real 494 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:09,840 quickly at the purpose. What was the purpose of Genesis 495 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,760 chapter 22? When we punish our kids, we 496 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,360 don't punish them to death. But when we punish our kids for 497 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:19,680 something they've done wrong, it's their fault, right? 498 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,520 They have something that they did wrong. 499 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,960 Or maybe maybe we've had a bad day at work and we come home and 500 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,120 you know, everybody feels the wrath and they didn't even do 501 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:30,280 anything. But you know, I'm wrong, but 502 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,680 they feel it. We don't have that here. 503 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,320 Isaac did nothing wrong and the father wasn't punishing him. 504 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,000 So, So what is that? It's what we have with Jesus 505 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,280 Christ and God the Father. God wasn't mad at his son and 506 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,520 Jesus did nothing wrong. Perfect type. 507 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,440 And I'm trying to hurry through this so we can get get all the 508 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,560 way through it, but it's a perfect type of what was what 509 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,560 was going to happen. And that's why in Hebrews 510 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:59,560 Chapter 11, we or John chapter 8, we see Abraham saw what was 511 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,960 coming and he rejoiced in it. And we'll see here in just a 512 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:07,440 second exactly when, when I think Abraham finally realizes 513 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,320 what exactly is going on here. But I think it's important to 514 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:17,200 note that in let's see verse 6. And Abraham took the wood of the 515 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,360 burnt offering and laid it upon Isaac his son. 516 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,240 Perfect picture of the cross being laid on Jesus Christ. 517 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:27,320 And then he took the fire in his hand and a knife and they both, 518 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,240 they went both of them together. And through the Bible, you'll 519 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,560 see this. But the knife points to death 520 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,600 and the fire points to judgment. And Abraham has both of those. 521 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,720 And so the same way that Jesus Christ carried the cross and 522 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,080 the, and the father had the death and judgment in his hand 523 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,280 of what was about to come. And I don't think these are 524 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,360 stretches at all. I think this is very, very 525 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,080 obviously a picture of of Christ and what was coming. 526 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:59,040 Let's see, let's keep on moving. All right now, I want to look 527 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,160 real quickly and I already mentioned this, but I want to 528 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:07,120 look real quickly at Isaac. What is Isaac's part here? 529 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,880 Isaac at this point. Now remember Genesis chapter 530 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,800 2021, Isaac is born. We have all that Genesis chapter 531 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,440 22. Now, Isaac is a young man and 532 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,680 remember, Abraham is an old man. He's old and well stricken in 533 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,800 years. And so I think the point here 534 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,040 that's important to note is that do you think Isaac could have 535 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,200 gotten away if he wanted to? Absolutely. 536 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,880 Isaac, when he realizes what's going on, where, where's the 537 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,760 lamb? God will provide himself a lamb. 538 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,040 Here. Come here, let me bind your 539 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:44,640 hands and feet. I think Isaac said OK, he could 540 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:49,600 have stopped it and and Jesus Christ being the God of the 541 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:55,480 universe Incarnate could have stopped this, but we saw that in 542 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,240 the garden nevertheless. Not my will, but thine a very 543 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,920 obvious type of Christ and what was coming. 544 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:07,120 I think it's also important to note here that Isaac is 545 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,520 completely alone as the sacrifice. 546 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,560 There's no men with them. Remember they left all the men 547 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,080 at the bottom of the mountain. His father is not with him. 548 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,000 His father's about to kill him and Jesus Christ was the same 549 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,920 way. All the disciples have fled. 550 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,040 His own father has turned his back on him. 551 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,920 Christ is burying this sacrifice alone. 552 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:30,440 And I think Genesis chapter 22, it's purposely this way. 553 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:34,360 It's not just said this way. It's this was done on purpose as 554 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:38,640 a pointing, as a type of what Christ was going to do. 555 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,880 Now I got one point left and we got about 5 minutes. 556 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,360 So I want to, I want to make sure we get through this. 557 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:56,920 So all right, in Genesis chapter 22 in verse verse 11 is where it 558 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,560 starts. Angel, the Lord called him to 559 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,680 him out of heaven, said Abraham. Abraham said, here am I lay not 560 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,920 thine hand upon the land. This is where the picture sort 561 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,360 of breaks down. Jesus was not spared. 562 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:11,360 Isaac is spared. So So what do we have going on 563 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:13,720 here? And I want to look at that just 564 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,600 for a second. I think that OK and I have one 565 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:23,800 more question for you. It is in is in Hebrews Chapter 566 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,200 11. So if you're still if you still 567 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:33,720 got that, go to Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 19. 568 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,440 Yeah. So verse 17 by faith Abraham 569 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:44,080 when he was tried offered up Isaac, he did offer him. 570 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,040 He didn't kill him, but he definitely offered him. 571 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:51,760 He's on the altar bound and ready to to slay him when the 572 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,920 Angel stops him. So he did offer him up and that 573 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,840 he had received the promises offered up. 574 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,960 OK, sorry, offered up Isaac. And he that had received the 575 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:04,400 promises that Isaac would become a great nation offered up his 576 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,560 only begotten Son, of whom it was said that in Isaac shall thy 577 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,440 seed be called. And here's where in verse 19 578 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:13,800 accounting or assuming that God was able to raise him up even 579 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:18,120 from the dead from whence also he received him in a figure. 580 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,360 So my question here is what does that mean? 581 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:27,680 He received him in a figure he didn't receive him figuratively. 582 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,000 So what is what is that saying? What do what do you think that 583 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:35,440 is saying Hebrews Chapter 11, verse 19. 584 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,600 What is that figure that it's talking about? 585 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:45,000 Anybody. All right, I'm going to tell 586 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,920 you. So in Genesis chapter 2, the 587 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,520 type seems to break down. Isaac is spared. 588 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,200 But what I think we actually have going on here is a figure 589 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,040 of the resurrection of what? Christ what? 590 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,320 What was going to happen when Christ is resurrected and then 591 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:02,560 he ascends? Where does he go? 592 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,720 To the Father. And we have the same thing here 593 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:11,080 with Isaac. He is not literally resurrected, 594 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,120 but figuratively He was. He was dead. 595 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:17,000 He he was done and figuratively he is resurrected and and 596 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,760 brought back in perfect fellowship with the father. 597 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,639 And I think not just that. I think, I think it's very clear 598 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:25,480 that the Bible is, is saying that without actually killing 599 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,360 Isaac. Why did God not let Abraham kill 600 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,639 Isaac and raise him from the dead? 601 00:34:29,679 --> 00:34:32,400 I don't know, but he didn't he stopped him. 602 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:36,760 And then it says in Hebrews 11 as a figure, he resurrected him 603 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,960 figuratively. And I think that's important to 604 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,000 know that the type breaks down there. 605 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,040 But I but I don't think it's, it's not an accident. 606 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,679 It's on purpose to to point out the resurrection. 607 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:52,480 This is this is also very interesting and I think we'll 608 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:56,880 finish with this point. Genesis chapter 22 and verse 4. 609 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:02,240 When does all this happen? The third day. 610 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:06,960 That's not an accident. This is a type of what Christ 611 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,600 was going to do. Then on the third day, Abraham 612 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,600 lifted up his eyes and saw that place afar off. 613 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,800 And all this happens on the third day, the resurrection of 614 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,920 figuratively of Isaac and, and all of that. 615 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:22,120 So we'll close with this very, very strong type of Christ. 616 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,600 I don't think there's any argument that, that, that, that 617 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,160 this is not a type of Christ. We're going to look at look at 618 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,520 a, a different 1 next week. And if you want to study up on 619 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,080 it a little bit, right this passage down, it's Leviticus 620 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:37,040 chapter 14 verses one through 7. But the two birds being 621 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,320 sacrificed are a type of Christ. We're going to look at that next 622 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:41,800 week. But I want to close with this. 623 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,040 In Genesis 22, verse 7, Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, 624 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,640 and said, my father. He said, here am I my son. 625 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,000 And he said, behold the fire in the wood. 626 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,720 But where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 627 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:02,280 And in direct contrast to that today we don't ask where is the 628 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:06,400 lamb? John said, behold the lamb which 629 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:07,720 taketh away the sin of the world. 630 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,640 In this type, we had them looking for the lamb and, and, 631 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:14,360 and Abraham having faith that God would provide himself a 632 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:15,320 lamb. He will do it. 633 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,440 And then he did provide himself a lamb. 634 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,800 And that's the one that we worship even now, the one that 635 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:24,080 was sacrificed for us and sits on the right hand of the father, 636 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:29,760 the Lamb and he's coming back as the conquering king. 637 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,440 But he he went out as as the lamb, the sacrificed lamb. 638 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,920 And I have a whole lot more that I want to say, but I think we 639 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,520 get the point here. Isaac is a type of Christ. 640 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,760 And so very good Genesis chapter 22. 641 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,040 There's a whole lot there, but it's Hebrews Chapter 11. 642 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,800 The end of that chapter is all about Isaac and and Abraham or 643 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,480 the middle of the chapter there. So you can go back and look at 644 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:53,160 that this week in your devotions and spend a little more time 645 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,280 studying that. But Isaac as a type of Christ. 646 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:56,960 Let's pray and then we'll be finished. 647 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,440 Father, I thank you for this day you've given us got to thank you 648 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:05,400 that the Old Testament is just full of of the proof that from 649 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,800 the foundation of the world. This was this was the plan. 650 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,360 This was not a man sinned and then a redemption plan had to be 651 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,440 coming up come up with from the foundation of the world. 652 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,640 Your son was planned to be sacrificed for mankind and I 653 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:22,760 thank you for that God, I thank you for where we see in in as 654 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,480 we've talked about before in Genesis 5. 655 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,560 The plan was there, all the genealogies pointing to the 656 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,600 Messiah that would come now here in Genesis 22, Isaac pointing to 657 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,760 the Messiah that would come and even back in the Old Testament, 658 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,920 it being counted to the to the to the those that were saved 659 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,640 then that they believed in the coming Messiah and God. 660 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,520 I just pray that you'd help us now that we are looking back. 661 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:51,040 I think in some ways it's easier for us. 662 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:54,080 We've seen the Messiah come. We've seen him be sacrificed and 663 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,760 resurrected and now we just have to believe. 664 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,720 And God, I just pray that you would help us as we study your 665 00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:03,400 word on our own and in church and and wherever we get a chance 666 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:08,680 that we would see you pointing the see the word of God pointing 667 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,480 to you and it would draw us closer to you. 668 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,480 God, I pray that we'd have just a great fellowship and a great 669 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,800 relationship with you. Pray that you be with the next 670 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,280 hour that you be with our pastor as he preaches that you'd fill 671 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,360 them with your power. But God, I pray that you would 672 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,480 feed us from your word. In Jesus name I pray. 673 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:24,240 Amen.