“God will provide for himself the lamb” – The Sacrifice of Isaac and Jesus Christ

The Lord had promised Abraham (formerly known as Abram, until he was renamed by the Lord) that he would one day have a son of his own with his wife Sarah.  Finally, in their old age, Sarah, as promised, gives birth to a son, Abraham’s long-promised heir.  Abraham names his son Isaac and has him circumcised on the eighth day as a sign of the Lord’s covenant into which Isaac is born.  Thus, God has finally, after all these years of promises to Abraham and Sarah, given them their own son.  The p...