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About Me
- Benson
- I am a graduate student finishing up my M.B.A. in International Business. I love to read and talk about the good news of Christ and what He has done for us to save us from our sins.
Currently, the Jews have been unable to offer the sacrifices that were established by God's specific instructions in the Torah. The consequence has been God's judgment upon Israel as His prophets had foretold: "For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice..." (Hos 3:4,5). Jesus declared that Gentile control over Jerusalem would continue until Armageddon: "Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled" (Lk 21:24). This prophecy still being fulfilled.
The offering of Isaac by Abraham is a classic example. Muslims claim that Ishmael, not Isaac, was the son offered --an obvious lie because it doesn't fit Islam. Allah is not a father, has no son, Islam has no redemptive sacrifice, and denies Christ's death for sin...
Abraham's offering has meaning only in relation to the biblical account of Father God offering Christ on the Cross for man's sins. It is no coincidence that the very place where God told Abraham to offer his son became the site of the Jewish Temple and its sacrifices.
"God will provide himself a lamb" (v. 8). God himself was the sacrificial lamb for man's redemption. Christ refered to this statement when He declared, "Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad" (Jn 8:56) Isaiah revealed both that the coming Messiah would be God's son: "unto us a son is given" (Is 9:6) and also that He would be YAHWEH, called "the God of Israel" 203 times in the Bible: "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father" (Is 9:6)! A baby born to "a virgin" would be God's son and at the same time would be the Father..."I and my Father are one" (Jn 10:30).