A Dress Rehearsal for Calvary
Love Worth Finding | Audio Program
Adrian Rogers
4.9 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Hebrews 11 recalls the story of Abraham and Isaac from Genesis 22, when God called a father to offer up his son as a sacrifice. This story was a dress rehearsal for Calvary, in which God the Father would send His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for our sins. In this message, Adrian Rogers shares how Isaac is an Old Testament picture of Jesus Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | Known for his unique ability to simplify profound truth so that it can be applied to everyday life. |
| 0:06.0 | Adrian Rogers was one of the most effective preachers, respected Bible teachers, and Christian leaders of our time. |
| 0:13.0 | Thanks for joining us for this message. Here's Adrian Rogers. |
| 0:17.0 | As you hold your Bible in your hand, may I tell you there is no book like the Bible, none, |
| 0:23.6 | none whatsoever. The book that you hold in your hand is one book and yet it is 66 books. |
| 0:30.6 | There are 39 books in the Old Testament, there are 27 in the New Testament. They were written |
| 0:35.6 | over a period of about 1,500 years by at least 40 different authors |
| 0:39.8 | and three different languages, people from all backgrounds and walks of life. |
| 0:44.7 | But when you bring them together, they don't make 66 books. |
| 0:48.8 | They make one book, one book that is bound together. |
| 0:53.6 | It has one hero. His name is Jesus. It has one villain. |
| 1:00.0 | He is the devil. It has one theme. It is salvation. It has one purpose. The glory of God. |
| 1:10.7 | And so if you read the Bible anywhere, |
| 1:13.3 | you're going to find standing somewhere in the shadows |
| 1:16.3 | the Lord Jesus. |
| 1:17.3 | And that's what we're going to see today |
| 1:19.1 | as we look in the life of a man whose name was Abraham. |
| 1:23.1 | He's the father of the faithful, |
| 1:24.8 | the brightest star in the Hebrew heaven, |
| 1:26.9 | and we're going |
| 1:27.6 | to look back in history, centuries before Jesus Christ was born upon this earth, and we're |
| 1:34.7 | going to find a wonderful depiction of the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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