Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Yesterday we saw God fulfilling his 25-year-old promise to Abraham by giving him a son, Isaac.

Today we hit a pretty important story in Abraham's life. There are some

really unique language things happening here that we need to pay attention to. So first, we start out

with God's call to Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. This is crazy, right? Human sacrifice? That's not the God

we know, is it? No, we're right. It isn't. God does not

delight in human sacrifice. This becomes obvious later, but it's even hinted at here.

Abraham is called to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, not to sacrifice him. It's an offer God rejects, fortunately. And here's another interesting

language detail. God also refers to Isaac as Abraham's only son, which we know isn't literally true

because of Ishmael, but in terms of the uniqueness of God's covenant with Abraham, it certainly is true.

You may remember that when God commanded Abraham to be circumcised, he immediately obeyed.

And we see the same thing happening here.

Abraham and Isaac set out on their journey early the next morning.

Some of the toughest assignments in all of Scripture are given to Abraham, and he doesn't

seem to hesitate with any of it. First of all, Scripture are given to Abraham, and he doesn't seem to

hesitate with any of it. First of all, Abraham knows that God is not going to make him kill Isaac,

or that if he does, God will raise him from the dead, which, by the way, is something we have

no biblical record of prior to this. According to Hebrews 11, Abraham's faith is a huge faith. It's a faith that

believes in something that has never yet been done. But it's not the size of our faith that

makes things happen. It's the plan of God. And God's plan is for Isaac to live, but for Abraham

to be tested. God knows our hearts, but the testing he puts us through

reveals a lot to us about what we truly believe. And Abraham willingly faces the test.

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