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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: God the Father did not die on the Cross, if that is what you are asking. I would go a step further than that and say that it was Jesus' human nature that died on the Cross. The church throughout its history has imterpreted the Bible to say that Son of God became human by taking on a second nature. Therefore, the person Jesus Christ has two natures, one human and one divine. Jesus shares the same divine nature with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit, so I understand this to mean that the divine nature is immortal and imperishable. The human nature (the one he shares with is and was made like us in all ways, excpet without sin) was created, depends on God for its existence and survival, got tired and hungry and thirsty and weak, and obviously was perishable. So yes, the Lamb is God and man both, but I would disagree that the "God" nature died on the Cross. --Joe! |