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1 | Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son | Gen 22:2 | humbledbyhisgrace | 214877 | ||
Greetings bibleman12! First, and most important to keep in mind, doing ANYTHING God commands is not sin but rather obedience! The reverse is sin! Genesis 22:1 (NASB) Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." God was not tempting Abraham, he was testing his faith. Would Abraham be obedient? God told Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering not to "kill" him (Genesis 22:2). If indeed there was any temptation, it would have been Abraham's own heart to disobey God's command. James 1:13-15 (NASB) 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 1:14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. To fear God means to reverence Him as sovereign, trust Him implicitly, and obey Him without question. A true worshiper of God holds nothing back from God but obediently gives Him what He asks, trusting that He will provide. —Bible Knowledge Commentary Steve |
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2 | Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son | Gen 22:2 | bibleman12 | 214889 | ||
Hi, Thanks for the reply. You said above: "God told Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering not to "kill" him (Genesis 22:2)." Do you have Scriptural support that a "burnt offering" does not result in the death of the thing offered? |
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3 | Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son | Gen 22:2 | humbledbyhisgrace | 214904 | ||
No one has stated that "a" result of a burnt offering does not lead to death. The fallacy is saying that "When God told Abraham to kill his son". You are attempting to reconcile something that is not even accurate. In other words, you start off your search to reconcile based on the fact killing is a sin and as you put it, God told Abraham to kill his son. Let me ask you this, was the test to see if Abraham would kill his son as you put it or was it to test Abraham's obedience? Steve |
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4 | Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son | Gen 22:2 | bibleman12 | 214909 | ||
Hi Steve, I do not know what the test was. But I do know this God told Abraham to sacrifice his son as a burnt offering. That would lead to his son's death of course. Thus his son would die. In SC we would say Abraham killed his son. So what I am trying to find out is: How could God require of Abraham to kill his son by the act of human sacrifice which would be an evil act - when in James 1 Scripture tells us that God does not temp with evil. Nobody seems to have the answer. If you could help I would appreciate it. |
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5 | Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son | Gen 22:2 | Vintage68 | 214910 | ||
Hi bibleman Why do you equate the SACRIFICE of Isaac to God an evil act (sin)? The other places where the sacrifice of children are mentioned are only in relation to false gods, idols. I added brackets. This was the test, and the culmination of it. Gen.22:10-12 10.) And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11.) And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12.) And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: (for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.) Vintage68 |
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6 | Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son | Gen 22:2 | bibleman12 | 214917 | ||
Hi Vintage68, Wasn't God asking Abraham to kill his son? Genesis 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. This seems pretty clear to me. I mean after all did not any other burnt offering that was ever offered result in the death of the thing offered? |
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7 | Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son | Gen 22:2 | Val | 214918 | ||
It may have been because Abraham wanted to know how it was that God would bless all the families of the earth through his seed as promised in genesis 12:3. John 8:56 may refer to Abraham's understanding for in offering his son,ABrahM would have had a lively figure of the future offering of the SOn of God as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. From hard sayings of the bible" by Kaiser, DAvids,Bruce and Brauch | ||||||