Old Testament - Genesis 22:1-24 - (Isaac on Altar)
Channel: Calvary Chapel Windward
Date: 2016-01-30

Old Testament - Genesis 22:1-24 - (Isaac on Altar) - CC Windward - Pastor Tim

Genesis 22:1-24 - Isaac on Altar - Calvary Chapel Windward - OAHU, HAWAII - Pastor Tim Newman - From Local Olelo / Oceanic / Time Warner Cable show "A View from Calvary" - Episode #: - Original Air Date:  A.D.


PASTOR TIM's NOTES:

Genesis 22:1-24
“Laying Isaac On The Altar”
1. The PROVING of Abraham’s faith.
Vs. 1-8
1a. The PROVING or testing came after of period of time.
The announcement in the opening line of chapter 22 that God was testing Abraham
serves to cushion the reader from the shock that follows.
We need to learn to distinguish between trials and temptations.
 Temptations come from our desires within us (James 1:12–16)
Trials come from the Lord who has a special purpose to fulfill.
 Temptations are used by the devil to bring out the worst in us,
Trials are used by the Holy Spirit to bring out the best in us (1:1–6).
 Temptations seem logical
Trials seem very unreasonable.
1b. The PROVING came with a command.
Human sacrifice was therefore familiar to his conceptual worldview, however
dumbfounding and repulsive it may have been to him.3
When we are tested we wanted explanations but God ask us to live by His
Promises.
1c. Abraham PROVED to be obedient.
Notice his faith in the midst of his obedience.
“we will come back to you”

Heb 11:17-19
1d. The PROVING or testing would be at a particular place.
Just to mention briefly the fact that Mt. Moriah is the present day area of the
temple mount continuing to the north.
2. The PROVISION of a substitute sacrifice.
Vs. 9-14
2a. The PROVISION involved the angel of the LORD
The angel of the Lord is a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ.

John 8:51-59
2b. The PROVISION becomes a picture of a substitute sacrifice.
Their experience is a picture of the Father and the Son and the cross and is one of
the most beautiful types of Christ found anywhere in the Old Testament.

3 Walton, Genesis, p. 510.
What did Abraham see in this picture?
 In Isaac’s miraculous birth, Abraham saw the day of Christ’s birth;
 In Isaac’s marriage (Gen. 24), he saw the day of Christ’s coming for His bride.
 But on Mount Moriah, when Isaac willingly put himself on the altar,
Abraham saw the day of Christ’s death and resurrection.
What should we see in this picture?
 The Father and Son acted together.
 The Son had to die.
 The Son bore the burden of sin.
 The ram would die instead of the son
Matt 20:28
 The Son was raised from the dead.
Isaac did not actually die, but “in a figurative sense” (Heb. 11:19, NKJV) he died
and was raised from the dead.
2c. The PROVISION would be remembered by a new name.
The proverb that remembers the event is;
"In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided."
The name of the place “Yaweh Yireh” or “Jehovah-jireh”, which means, “The Lord
will see to it,” that is, “The Lord will provide.”
3. The PROMISE of blessing is renewed.
Vs. 15-24
3a. The PROMISE came with a sworn testimony.

Heb 6:13-17
The great encouragement is, God always keeps his word.
3b.The transition of the PROMISE to Isaac comes in a genealogy.
Vs. 23 And Bethuel begot Rebekah.
Rebekah of course becomes the wife of Isaac.
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