Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. …. And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together…. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. Genesis 22:4-5,8,13-14
The name, “Jehovah-Jireh,” means “the LORD will see” or “provide.” Provide what?
He will provide a Redeemer, which all of this, as it regards the proposed offering of Isaac, represented.
The great test of Faith which the Lord required of Abraham, as it regards the proposed offering of his son Isaac, was for the purpose of telling the great Patriarch how mankind would be delivered. It would be by and through the death of God’s Only Son, of which Isaac was a Type.
However, as the Lord told Abraham of the MANNER of Redemption, which would be by death, He did not tell him HOW this death would be brought about, which would be by the Cross.
That information would be given to Moses some 400 years later “And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.” Numbers 21:8-9
LET’S PRAY
Almighty God, by Your Divine Mercy and Favour open my heart to Your Word for revelation concerning my purpose in life. O Lord, connect my heart to Your Heart in Your Word by Divine Mercy and Favour to see life clearly as You see it. Open my spiritual ears to hear when You speak and follow Your leading in all l do to glorify You in Jesus’ Name.
BENEDICTION
Now, the Lord of peace HIMSELF give you peace ALWAYS by all MEANS. May the Ever Faithful God be with you ALWAYS to walk in power and perpetual Victory due to the Finished Work of Christ on the Cross in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. Fountain 😇