Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." [Genesis 22:2]
A good deal is made over Abraham's faith and this test. But it is not a test to the Lord who already knows the outcome. He has no need to test Abraham. What He does is ask Abraham to make the sacrifice that He, God, will one day make of His own only Son.
We marvel at Abraham's faith. How much more faithful is God who does not halt His own hand but allows the sacrifice of His only Son to be made.
On a side note: Uz and Buz are nephews of Abraham. Uz and Buz. I had no idea that Buzz Lightyear was a biblical allusion. It gives new meaning to the phrase -- To Infinity and Beyond.
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