In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “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 ...

In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “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 ...

In the Binding of Isaac, Abraham has the knife to Isaac’s throat when an angel intervenes, sending a ram to be slaughtered instead. But he is seemingly lauded for his willingness to go through ...

A massive Abraham is the central figure, joining heaven (the angel who restrains the sacrificial knife in his hand) and earth (Isaac on the altar). His orangish robe almost alludes to blood, while ...

Abraham and Isaac before the Sacrifice, Jan Victors, 1642. ... Then he reached for the knife to slaughter his son. When a story perplexes the most brilliant minds in history, ...

One of the most dramatic moments of the entire Bible occurs when Abraham reaches out his hand to take the knife, ready to sacrifice his son Isaac in obedience to the Lord (Gen. 22:10).

Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah prefigures the Father’s sacrifice of his Son, Jesus, on Mount Calvary. What Isaac foretold is realized in full in Christ.