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NASB | Genesis 22:8 Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 22:8 Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself a lamb for the burnt offering." So the two walked on together. |
Bible Question: Is it sound theology to read into "God will provide for Himself the lamb" a future look at Jesus ultimate sacrifice on the cross as "God actually being the sacrificial lamb?" I know that Jesus was God become man, I just wanted some assurance that reading this verse in this manner is correct. Thanks for the help. |
Bible Answer: Dalida: I know it may sound like a play on words, but the truth is Christ died upon the cross in obedience to God. God is eternal, death has no claim upon him; that is why he had to send his Son who was made in the likeness of men. In Gen.22:8 God did provide a lamb for the burnt offering and that was his own son. "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all" Romans 8:32 We read "that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world." 1 John 4:14 Jesus was pointed out by John the baptist "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" John 1:29 The Lord Jesus Christ is truly a man who lived on this earth, suffered and died on the cross, was buried, and rose again on the 3rd day and is seated on the right hand of God. He is truly God manifest in the flesh. In Isaiah we read "It pleased the Lord (Jehovah) to bruise him" It was Christ who died for our sins 1 Cor. 15 The topic of the Godhead or the Trinity is very difficult to understand, that we have one God who is seen as three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. I believe it is incorrect to say God died. When Christ died upon the cross God laid on him the iniquity of us all and was totally satisfied in the sacrifice of his Son in that he raised him again the third day. Robert |