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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 52
Hebrews 11:9–23
Hebrews 11:16a
Now I hope you all realize that when the patriarchs were faithful, God blessed them materially. All of our promises are heavenly. All right, let’s go on into the next verse now, verse 17.
Hebrews 11:17
"By faith Abraham, when he was tried, (or tested) offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son," Now let’s go back and look at it. Now we’ve already stressed in the earlier programs this afternoon that Abraham was fifty years waiting for the promised son.
God had nothing to do with the birth of Ishmael. All right, but now Isaac is a young lad himself. To test Abraham’s faith. My, you wouldn’t think God would have had to test Abraham anymore - he’d already been tested for 50-some years. But, nevertheless, God is going to test the faith of this man of faith, Abraham, once again.
Genesis 22:1-2
"And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt (or test) Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. (now look at verse 2. Genesis 22:3-4
"And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave (or held) the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Genesis 22:5
All right again, by faith, and oh, I can’t emphasize this enough, what did Abraham know? That if he would have to kill Isaac, God would raise him up so he could go back home with him. All right, let’s read on. Now verse 6.
Genesis 22:6-7
7. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. Genesis 22:8
"And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together." But what had God told Abraham? "To sacrifice Isaac." It would be Isaac, but somehow or other, Abraham knew one of two things. If he would have to offer Isaac, God would raise him from the dead. And if he didn’t offer Isaac, God would provide the lamb. Genesis 22:9
"And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood." Now that almost seems beyond human comprehension, it seems beyond the God that we know of Scripture. How could God expect a man to lay his own son, when we know that one of the horrors of Israel’s history was child sacrifice and yet here God commanded Abraham to lay Isaac on that altar bound, hand and foot, although there is no indication that Isaac resisted. That God did bring about a Human sacrifice, the greatest one of all. Number one, as I’ve already pointed out, Isaac was the only begotten son. Isaac fulfilled everything pertaining to Christ’s sacrifice by being totally obedient to be that sacrifice. God said it and they could rest on it.
Genesis 22:10
"And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son." All right verse 11.
Genesis 22:11a
Well, that’s God the Son.
Genesis 22:11b-12
…called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." Now there’s the emphasis - that as Isaac was the only son of Abraham in God’s eyes, so Christ was referred to as the only begotten Son of God. Genesis 22:13
"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 for a burnt offering in the stead of his son." From Isaac or from the ram? All right, and so now verse 14.
Genesis 22:14
Let begin with verse 5:
Philippians 2:5-8
Hebrews 11:18-19a
Scripture tells us that if Abraham would have carried out the killing of Isaac, God would have raised him from the dead - but of course, He did the alternative. Hebrews 11:19b
All right, let’s go on to verse 20.
Hebrews 11:20
"By faith (again) Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come." Because God promised Ishmael that He would bless him. They’ve been blessed.
Now verse 21.
Hebrews 11:21a
"By faith Jacob, when he was a dying,…" Hebrews 11:21b
"…blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff." In verse 22 - of Joseph, the favored son of Jacob. Joseph ends up down in Egypt. Jews. Jews. Jew or Gentile? Second man in Babylon. All right, now here’s Joseph. "We walk by faith."

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