When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
GENESIS 22:9-11
The Lords desire is for you to become intimate with him. He is love. Humans think of Christianity as a set of rules for an angry God. Disciples of Christ know the truth.
On willing sacrifice of all things known - for faith in the truth of the resurrected King - Eternity is given - peace is delivered and the revelation of Jesus Christ and what he did for us on the cross becomes the truth in your heart. This truth is eternal - it is heavenly - it is from God - the only God - The God of Israel.
God did not want Abraham to hurt Isaac. Isaac was a gift from God for the purpose of the promise. Abraham thought that God wanted him to sacrifice Isaac - God is always after the same thing - faith and obedience. God desires that we are a Living Sacrifice for him.
Not because he wants to control you as a person of the world does - but because he created you and knows exactly the purpose for your birth - the purpose of right now - and he is preparing your tomorrow - he simply asks for you to come to him and to have faith in him that he loves you and will do for you what he says he will.
Trust in Jesus with all of your heart, strength, soul and mind and be set free of that which you do not know.
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