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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Lamb That God Provided<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db18a21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-591 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db18a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The subject of the Lamb is one of the most beautiful themes in the Word of God. It\u2019s threaded throughout Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. In Genesis 4, we see the Lamb in type when Abel offered a firstborn from his flock to God. He understood that God had shed the blood of an innocent victim to clothe his parents and offered an innocent victim to God, typifying the Lamb that was to come. In Genesis 22, we will see the Lamb prophesied. God would provide Himself the Lamb, and that Lamb had to be a man for mankind. In Exodus 12, we see a beautiful picture of the Lamb slain, and its blood applied. In Isaiah 53, we see the Lamb personified; in John 1:29, we see the Lamb identified; in Revelation 5, the Lamb is magnified; in 22:1, the Lamb is glorified.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">As we trace the Lamb through Scripture, we learn that in Genesis 4, the Lamb is for an individual, in Exodus 12 for a household, in Leviticus 16, the Lamb is for a nation, and in John 1:29 for the whole world. As the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus was gentle, sinless, and the perfect sacrifice. In 1 Peter 1:18-20 we read, \u201cknowing that you were not redeemed with\u00a0corruptible things,\u00a0like\u00a0silver or gold, from your aimless conduct\u00a0received\u00a0by tradition from your fathers,\u00a0but\u00a0with the precious blood of Christ,\u00a0as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.\u00a0He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world but was\u00a0manifest\u00a0in these last times for you.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">As we focus on Genesis 22, there are many ways to view this historical chapter. We can examine its many practical lessons of a tested faith or the excellent example of a father and son relationship. There is a prophetic side that I would like to draw our attention to.<\/p><h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Background<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">This story begins a few chapters earlier when God had first called Abram, promising his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the heavens. Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord gave him a sign of the covenant and changed his name from Abram (exalted Father) to Abraham (Father of a multitude). The difficulty with this was that Abraham did not have any children up to this point! His wife, Sarai, had taken the matter into her own hands, giving her maidservant, Hagar, to him to have a child with, but this was not the way of faith, nor was not God\u2019s way! In chapter 21, we learn that Hagar and her son Ishmael are cast out after Isaac, the son of promise, is born. Isaac\u2019s birth is a picture of the birth of the Lord Jesus, while Hagar and Ishmael are a picture of the law.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Three prophetic pictures point us to the Lamb of God in this chapter. All types and illustrations have their limits, but there is much in this chapter to appreciate.<\/p><h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Abraham the Father<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">Our chapter begins with Abraham being tested by God (v1-2), \u201cNow it came to pass after these things that\u00a0God tested Abraham, and said to him, \u201cAbraham!\u201d And he said, \u201cHere I am.\u201d \u00a0Then He said, \u201cTake now your son,\u00a0your only\u00a0son\u00a0Isaac, whom you\u00a0love, and go\u00a0to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a\u00a0burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.\u201d Humanly speaking, this test was personal, purposeful, painful, and perplexing. Throughout the test, we learn of Abraham\u2019s steadfast obedience and complete God-focused trust. When we read Hebrews 11:19, we learn that Abraham believed \u201cGod\u00a0was\u00a0able to raise\u00a0him (Isaac)\u00a0up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.\u201d Trials and tests come to us throughout our lives. The lesson we learn from Abraham is how to respond when things might not make sense to us. Abraham is a vivid picture of Proverbs 3:5-6 lived out, \u201cTrust in the\u00a0Lord\u00a0with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall\u00a0direct your paths.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Abraham is also a picture of God the Father giving His beloved Son. Where else can we find such a beautiful example of what the giving of the Lord Jesus at Calvary meant to the Father?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In verse 4, we read, \u201cOn the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.\u201d The place is mentioned four times (22:3, 4, 9, 14).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Moriah means \u201cforeseen of God\u201d or \u201cchosen by God.\u201d God the Father knew all that laid ahead for His beloved Son at the place called Calvary. The third day might remind us of resurrection. Three times in this chapter, we read of the father and son going together (22:6, 8, 19), reminding us of the constant communion between God the Father and His beloved Son. Also, Abraham took the fire and knife in His hands (22:6). The fire speaks of testing, and holy judgment, while the knife speaks of death.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">It might be good to mention that God had asked Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering. In the book of Genesis, all the offerings are burnt offerings. A burnt offering is all for God. It was to be a sweet-smelling aroma (Lev. 1, 7). The importance is that we don\u2019t get the thought of a substitute until we are introduced to the ram. Isaac is a picture of what the Son was to the heart of the Father; He is a sweet-smelling aroma! We read of the wood five times, which was placed on Isaac had been split. Wood, in Scripture, often speaks of manhood. This split wood meant that you could see inside. The Father saw and appreciated the moral perfections of His beloved Son as a man here in this world.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Isaac the Son<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">Isaac is a picture of the <i>sonship <\/i>of the Lord Jesus. Notice Isaac&#8217;s distinct description: Your son, your only begotten son, Isaac (which means laughter or joy), whom you love. This is the first mention of love in the Bible. It is significantly connected to the son of the father\u2019s love!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We see that Isaac was Abraham\u2019s unique son. Ishmael was also Abraham&#8217;s son, but Isaac was precious, being the son of promise, the son of Abraham\u2019s love. This reminds us that in the gospel of John, we read of the Father\u2019s love for the Son seven times (Jn. 3:35, 5:20, 10:17, 15:9, 17:23, 24, 26).<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Isaac is also a picture of the Savior in His <i>sacrifice<\/i>. Abraham laid Isaac on the altar at the place where God told him. This place reminds us of what we read in Luke 23:33, \u201cwhen they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him.\u201d Mount Moriah was along that same mountain ridge where Calvary would be located. Just as Isaac went to the place, the Lord went to the place called Calvary to lay down His life as a sweet-smelling aroma to God!<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Isaac reminds us of the <i>servanthood<\/i> of the Lord Jesus as well. Isaac was not a little boy; he was probably a young man in his twenties. He could have easily overpowered Abraham. However, we see he was <i>submissive<\/i>, even acted as a <i>servant<\/i> by carrying the wood, then allowed himself to be bound and placed on the altar. This reminds us of our Lord Jesus, the perfect servant who submitted to the will of the Father, being obedient to the point of death, even the death of the Cross. \u201cHe steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem\u201d and would say, \u201cnot My will, Yours be done!\u201d In verse 9, we read, \u201cThen they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.\u201d Up to this point in Genesis, the offerings were killed before they were put on the altar, but Isaac was placed on the altar alive. This reminds us that no one took the life of the Lord Jesus. He had the power to lay it down and the power to take it up again! He gave up His life for us!<\/p><p class=\"p1\">We sometimes sing, \u201cLove bound Thee to the altar, The Father\u2019s love and Thine, For us, O peerless Victim, That we with Thee might shine. Thy wealth Thou didst surrender, Thy self didst freely give, Thy life in grace unbounded, That we with Thee might live.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In Psalms 118:27, we read, \u201cbind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.\u201d Our Lord was bound by golden cords of love to the Father and silver cords of love toward man!<\/p><h2 class=\"p1\"><b>The Ram \u2013 the Substitute<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">In verse 7, Isaac asks, \u201cWhere\u00a0is\u00a0the lamb for a burnt offering?\u201d This is the first time in the Bible that we read the word lamb! We can only imagine how this question penetrated Abraham\u2019s heart, as he responded, \u201cMy son, God will provide Himself the Lamb for the burnt offering.\u201d Isaac would ask the question, and John the Baptist would answer it years later, announcing, \u201cBehold!\u00a0The Lamb of God\u00a0who takes away the sin of the world!\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p4\">As Abraham laid Isaac on the altar, he lifted the knife, about to thrust it into the son of his love, when the\u00a0Angel of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0called to him from heaven saying, \u201cAbraham, Abraham!\u201d So, he said, \u201cHere I am.\u201d And He said,\u00a0\u201cDo not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for\u00a0now, I know that you fear God since you have not\u00a0withheld your son, your only\u00a0son,\u00a0from Me.\u201d Abraham lifted his eyes, \u201cthere behind\u00a0him was\u00a0a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So, Abraham took the ram and offered it for a burnt offering instead of his son.\u00a0And Abraham called the name of the place,\u00a0The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said\u00a0to\u00a0this day, \u201cIn the Mount of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0it shall be provided.\u201d For Isaac, there was a substitute, caught by its strength in the thorns. This reminds us that in the strength of His perfect love and obedience, the Lord Jesus conquered sin, death, and the grave! He was our substitute! The burnt offering is for the glory of the Father, and the substitutionary ram speaks of our redemption (1 Pet. 1:18-19, 3:18).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p4\">It is interesting to see that verse 5 connected this burnt offering to worship, the first time in Scripture that we read the word worship. No words were spoken when Abraham offered the ram as the burnt offering! The worship was about the burnt offering, not Abraham or Isaac. Our worship is not about us. It ought to be about the Son. When we worship the Son in private, we will be prepared to praise Him in public!<\/p><p class=\"p4\">Later we read, \u201cBy Myself I have sworn, says the\u00a0Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only\u00a0son,\u00a0blessing I will\u00a0bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants\u00a0as the stars of the heaven\u00a0and as the sand which\u00a0is\u00a0on the seashore; and\u00a0your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.\u00a0In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,\u00a0because you have obeyed My voice.\u201d Here we see for the first time that the word \u201cobeyed\u201d is mentioned in Scripture. In this beautiful chapter, speaking to us of the Lamb provided by God, we have love, worship, lamb, and obedience all mentioned for the first time. 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