"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham,"
The Spirit uses the word 'tempt' in the same restricted sense as 'remember' as in the case God set the bow in heaven. "And I will remember my covenant" which is in restricted sense since the Covenant everlasting is already in operation so establishing it anew is impossible. God cannot deny his holiness. He remebers the specific token which he is setting after the flood. In this case why should God tempt Isaac when the emblem of the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world is ever in the divine Will?(Rev.13.8;Gen.9.15)
The Spirit compares the state of mind of the father of whom God demands that he sacrifice 'thine only son.'. In vv.6-8 we can sense the pathos of the patriarch wrestling with the knowledge he dare not divulge and the son asks, " And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" The Spirit parallels the Father Son relationship on the mount which doubles for Golgotha.So 'temptation' as a word refers to reduce the Father of heaven and earth to a human parent and seeking a resolution to the problem in human terms.
The Lamb slain already exists in the divine Will of the Father. There is also the Lamb of God who shall manifest in fulness of time. " So we have the problem resolved by producing a ram,"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 up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son."
v.14 "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen."
The tag 'to this day' refers to the day of Lamb which began in Egypt on the ever of deliverance for the Israelites their first Passover. "And this day shall be unto you for a memorial;... ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever." 'Forever' is a tag for Jesus Christ.
"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham,"
The Spirit uses the word 'tempt' in the same restricted sense as 'remember' as in the case God set the bow in heaven. "And I will remember my covenant" which is in restricted sense since the Covenant everlasting is already in operation so establishing it anew is impossible. God cannot deny his holiness. He remebers the specific token which he is setting after the flood. In this case why should God tempt Isaac when the emblem of the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world is ever in the divine Will?(Rev.13.8;Gen.9.15)
The Spirit compares the state of mind of the father of whom God demands that he sacrifice 'thine only son.'. In vv.6-8 we can sense the pathos of the patriarch wrestling with the knowledge he dare not divulge and the son asks, " And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" The Spirit parallels the Father Son relationship on the mount which doubles for Golgotha.So 'temptation' as a word refers to reduce the Father of heaven and earth to a human parent and seeking a resolution to the problem in human terms.
The Lamb slain already exists in the divine Will of the Father. There is also the Lamb of God who shall manifest in fulness of time. " So we have the problem resolved by producing a ram,"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 up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son."
v.14 "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen."
The tag 'to this day' refers to the day of Lamb which began in Egypt on the ever of deliverance for the Israelites their first Passover. "And this day shall be unto you for a memorial;... ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever." 'Forever' is a tag for Jesus Christ.
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