Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah
The Old Testament
Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
Genesis 22:8
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In the New Testament
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
Romans 8:32
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God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only, beloved son. Isaac carries the wood up the mountain himself and asks: where is the lamb? Abraham: God will provide himself a lamb. At the last moment a ram is offered in his place.
According to 2 Chronicles 3:1, Mount Moriah is where the temple was later built. The son carrying the wood, the 'only son', a substitute sacrifice: the early church always saw the parallels with the cross. Hebrews says Abraham received Isaac back from the dead 'in a figure'.