When God tested Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, the promised son, as a burnt offering, Abraham obeyed without a shadow of doubt. It was instant obedience because Abraham witnessed the miracle with his own ...

Abraham was told to offer his only son—the very linchpin in the line of succession that was to bring blessing to the world—as a burnt offering ... ram for the sacrifice. Abraham’s faith ...

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 ...

Abraham responds, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son ... Abraham looks up and sees a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. He sacrifices the ram instead of Isaac.