Title: Here I am / Genesis 22:1-3
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After Abraham left Ur and arrived in Canaan, he continued to move his tent.
I have been on a pilgrimage. Now he was over a hundred years old. Fortunately
He had Isaac, a great comfort in the twilight of his old age. at this time
God appeared to Abraham again. testing Abraham
it was for Abraham's life was a series of trials.
He suffered the heartbreaking ordeal of expelling Hagar and Ishmael until recently.
We know that there is no vacation or retirement on the pilgrimage. But to Abraham
It is difficult to understand that there are still more tests to be taken. God
What else do you want?
“Here I am” (verse 1).
During this time, God appeared to Abraham several times and revealed Himself.
Each time, Abraham would have responded to God's call. But actually
This is the first time it has been written, "Here I am." Abraham
The time when I received God's call was "after those things" <verse 1>. Here, 'the thing' means 'the
'Things' is more accurate. This is all that Abraham has been through.
It can be seen as referring to the tests. However, in terms of content, in Chapter 21,
The event of the expelling of Ishmael and the planting of an eser tree in Beersheba and the eternal life of God
The events that have been called by name are the primary context.
Ishmael's expulsion was in fact the result of Abraham's voluntary choice and decision according to the flesh
It means breaking up with an old person. That is, Abraham was “the one who was born after the flesh.”
4:29> and completely entrust the future to the eternally faithful God,
It has reached the level of trust. In other words, "Here I am"
'I' was the self without Ishmael in the flesh. therefore
Abraham was ready to go to the pinnacle of faith.
When Isaac tried to ask where the lamb was for a burnt offering, he said, "Here I am
Yes,” he immediately replied, “<verse 7>.
It was a statement of determination to carry out God's will without bowing down. he also
At the moment when he was about to kill Isaac with his sword, he heard God's voice and said, "I am here
Yes,” he answered <verse 11>. Abraham’s devotion continued throughout
It was consistent with immediate obedience. In this sense, Abraham was brought to Mount Moriah.
God is calling that the buds of prepared obedience can bloom at the summit of faith.
It was to give you a chance.
“Your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, offer him as a burnt offering” (verse 2).
This is to those who cast out Ishmael in the flesh and bow their heads before the eternal God.
This is what God requires. What God required of Abraham
It was like life. But God gave the life to Abraham.
I knew how precious it was. listed before the name Isaac
The modifiers prove this. This person who emphasized the importance of Isaac
Even just one word would have already penetrated deeply into Abraham's heart.
will be Isaac was the son of a hundred years old. This son to Abraham and Sarah
It gave me the greatest joy in my life. Isaac was Abraham's only
was the heir. Moreover, without Ishmael, Isaac was Abraham's only
It was comforting and hopeful. God told him to offer this Isaac as a burnt offering.
commanded.
We cannot comprehend these demands with human emotions and logic.
As promised, God allowed Abraham to have children. But the child
He demanded that he be burned as a human sacrifice. offering a burnt offering
Let alone, if the reader dies before he reaches maturity, his descendants will be like the stars in the sky.
How will the promise be fulfilled? If it's a child you take back, 25 years
Where was the need to keep you waiting? Abraham gave this command
He will dismiss a harsh God as not a God of love that fits his priesthood.
it could have been
Or that God will retaliate for the sins and mistakes he has often committed in the past.
you might have thought. He will do anything else, so please love
He could have pleaded with God in tears not to take his only son, Isaacman.
will be Or it could have been that they blamed God and fell into self-sacrifice.
Anyone who has lost the person closest to them will go through those moments
I will vividly remember these conflicts that weighed on my heart. But Abraham
He never complained, asked, or pleaded with God.
He followed God's command to "get up early in the morning" <verse 3>.
It was unimaginable with the beliefs of ordinary merchants.
So what was his secret?
First, Abraham argued that God's methods could transcend human logic and understanding.
He had learned the facts.
He asked, “How can children be born between a hundred-year-old old woman and a ninety-year-old woman?
It was the person I was looking for. But God does not care about the impossible situation of man
He was the one who experienced the fact that Isaac was born. God's command to sacrifice
When Isaac's existence itself confronts the fact that the dimension of God is different from that of humans,
It was evidence that Faith based on this firm experience is another power of God.
It makes you look at the dimensions. So we know that God is with our narrow logic and
You have to remember that you are outside the realm of limited thinking.
Of course, God can speak through our sound logic or common-sense judgment.
can. But God is against our theology, tradition, and logic.
You can say whatever you want. God is more than anything else
Because he is of great scale and infinitely great. Therefore, 'like dust
'I put God in my little frame and quarrel with him while judging his words and intentions.
cannot be covered. It is not us who will sit in the judge's seat.
He is God. Abraham was well aware of this fact.
Second, Abraham was a person who acknowledged the sovereignty of God.
As he lived to be over a hundred years old, Abraham learned many things about who God was.
He was a learner from the side. He came from Pharaoh of Egypt and Abimelech king of Gerar.
God's protection of Sarah and God's protection from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
I have witnessed sovereign justice. Also, through the promise of children and land
God is “the one who calls things that are not as though they were” (Romans 4:17),
that he is a sovereign absolute who can give even the land he occupies to anyone he wants
I believed. So Abraham, like Job, said, “The Lord gave and took away.
He was the one who could confess, "Job 1:21". Such a person is God's
We don't feel resentful or angry when we get back what you gave us.
Third, Abraham had the faith of Jehovah-jireh.
On the long pilgrimage so far, he tried to overcome difficulties with his own strength and brain.
He was a man who strayed from the path and wandered.
I learned the lesson that procurement is the best. the root of all life problems
Anyone who knows that the solution is in God's hands and trusts in His power
In a desperate situation, “God himself will prepare” <verse 8>
who can.
Fourth, Abraham said in his heart the command of the Lord that you should walk before me and be perfect.
He was a person who lived with it.
Those who believe in God's absolute power can
I also believe in being one. So, as Abraham testified, after Isaac died,
You can even reach the resurrection belief that God can bring you back to life if God wants you to.
<5> "He did not know that God was able to raise him from the dead.
I thought, figuratively, it was received back from the dead" (Hebrews 11:19).
Abraham knew that absolute obedience was the only perfect step before the Lord.
I was able to proceed towards Mt. Moria.
Let's re-illuminate Abraham's attitude of faith.
"Get up early---cut the wood for the burnt offering--- go to the place where you are directed.
and went" (verse 3)
When Abraham led Hagar and Ishmael into the wilderness, “early in the morning
Rise up"<21:14>I am ready. When I have more than one precious thing,
In the worst case, you can sacrifice some of the less valuable ones. but the last one
It is our common reaction that we cannot give up when branches remain.
After Ishmael was driven out, Abraham lived with Isaac
came. Now, in the face of the severe fiery move of losing even his Isaac, Abraham
Once again I woke up early in the morning. Abraham's obedience without delay
There is absolutely no passive element in reluctantly agreeing.
The fact that he went straight to the 'place where he was instructed' with Isaac means, "Walk before me,
Be perfect"<17:1> is a shining example of putting the word into practice.
The pilgrim's pace is a dramatic one, carried out with a determination to die.
Esther said, "If you die, you will die." Esther 4:16
Abraham split the wood for the burnt offering just as he was prepared to say, 'If Isaac is lost,
It was a confession of wretched determination, 'I will lose it'.
Abraham's journey to Moriah is reminiscent of Jesus' journey to the cross. "Jesus
When the promise of his ascension had passed, he was determined to go up to Jerusalem." <Luke
9:51> Jesus was determined to be crucified on Calvary and made the way
left He walked towards the Five-pointed Cross Bay. nothing in his teeth
I couldn't break my resolve.
The last part of Luke 9, which mentions Jesus' indomitable crucifixion, is all about discipleship.
It is filled with lessons about Jesus.
There is a cross that must be carried with each step. Abraham got up early
This unshakable bend to Mount Moriah for firewood and gleaning