<TITLE>12. Par 40-43</TITLE>L-40 But Abraham, by faith he knew that God had give him to him, this boy, as good as from the dead, and knowed that God was able to raise him up from the dead. There's the faith. "You stay here, the lad and I are going yonder to worship, and the lad and I shall return."
Laying the wood upon his own boy's back, leading the way up the mountain, perfect portray of Christ, God leading Christ to Calvary like a Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. The wooden cross on his back, the altar, going up Golgotha, what a picture God's acting out through Abraham, the beginning of the faith, acting out through him what He was going to do to save the world.

L-41 Abraham with this faith, walked faithfully up the mountain, rolled the rocks together, 'cause it was wrong to put a tool on a rock for a Hebrew altar. Rolled the rocks together, laid the wood down, took the fire, made the fire, and little Isaac kind of got suspicious. And he said, "My father?"
And he said, "Here I am, my son."
He said, "Now, here is the altar, here is the wood, here's the fire, but where is the offering? Where is the lamb for an offering?" Listen to this.

L-42 The old patriarch looking back... You know how that dad was feeling in his heart. That steady nerve, when the flesh looked down, his only little boy, and here he was obeying God's command... What a hard thing. He said, "My son, God will provide for Himself a Lamb for the burnt offering." Oh, what faith will do.
Then he goes around, takes the rope. "Isaac, put your little hands together." See that little chubby handed boy, taking his hands out like this, wrapped the rope around them, probably was a double sheepshank knot, tying them together to keep from him moving his hands, picked up his own little boy, kissed him on the side of the cheek, and laid him up on the altar, and Isaac never said a word: Obedient, as Christ was obedient even to death to bring many sinners unto God. Obedient, "Opened not His mouth. Sheep before shearers is dumb, so opened not He His mouth." Tied his own little boy's hands together, kissed him, laid him up on the altar, moved back the locks off of his face, and reached over and got the knife in his hand, and raised it. And when he did, in obedience to what he'd been commanded to do, by faith he did it. And as he raised his hand, the Holy Ghost caught his hand, said, "Abraham. Abraham."
He said, "Here I am, my Lord."
Said, "Stay your hand. Don't touch the boy." Said, "I know now, you love Me; you wouldn't withhold even your own son." Said, "I know that you love Me, Abraham."

L-43 And about that time, Abraham heard something behind him bleat. And he looked around, and there was a ram, male sheep, caught by its horns in the thicket. Where'd that ram come from? Think of it. He was a hundred miles from civilization, and he was way up on top of the mountain, where there's no water or nothing for the ram. How did he get up there? No, it wasn't a vision. It was a real ram.
He picked him up, and he was kicking and a bleating, laid him up, and cut his throat, and blood run out. It wasn't a vision; it was a real ram. Where did the ram come from? No wonder he called it Jehovah-jireh, the Lord provided. Almighty God Who could speak Hisself into a body, and speak Angels into a body, spoke that ram into existence. It come into existence one minute, and five minutes later, it went out of existence, for God is Jehovah-jireh. No matter what the conditions are, He will provide for Himself a sacrifice.


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