Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together.
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… rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place which God had told him. On the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. And Abraham said to his young men, stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and he laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, my father. And he said, here I am, my son. He said, behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? Abraham said, God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son. So they went both of them together. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac, his son, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, here I am. He said, do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to …
… Isaac spoke up and said to his father abraham father yes my son Abraham replied the fire and the wood are here but where is the lamb for the burnt offering Abraham answered God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering for that God had told him about Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it and he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son but the angel of the lord called out to him from heaven abraham abraham here i am he replied do not lay a hand on the boy he said do not do anything to him now i know that you fear god because you have not withheld from me your son your only son and abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns and he went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. …
… One thing that he knew to be true, even though he didn't know where this was leading. God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering. In this moment, we wonder, was Abraham bluffing? Did he really know that that was going to happen? Because that is what happens. It's not a lamb, but it's a ram, because God isn't going to ever do it exactly like you think he is. But he says it like he knows it. God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering. Watch this. I get the picture here that Isaac has seen Abraham trust God before. has seen his father trust God before. Why? Because the deeper the trust, the less the need for details. Isaac told him God will provide, and the two of them went on together. He said God will provide, and Isaac said, Let's go. Isaac is saying, Let's go, while Abraham is letting him go. and the moment comes. Now, just lock in with me for a minute. When they reached the place God had told him about, not the place he knew in his mind God showed him when he got there, Abraham built an altar, which was a place of sacrifice, which was a place of death, which was a place of worship. He built an offer there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. I know how hard this is for us to get our …