<TITLE>34. Par 330-333</TITLE>L-330 Now, what was he? Then when that little baby was born, after all these years, when they turned back again. God said, one day, said, "Take him up on a mountain, cut his throat." Oh, my.
Genesis 22, he took this little baby up there. And took little Isaac, oh, wasn't a baby, he was about fourteen years old, put his little curls back like that, and took out the knife, that old trembling hand of that old father; no doubt, swallowing hard, choking back, you know. "My only son. I've waited all these years. My, I never had a boy. Look at him. Look at him. Here he's my only son, poor little fellow. But, God, You told me to do it. I know to trust Your Word. I don't know how You're going to do it. But, Lord, You gave him to me, as one from the dead."
Now, if you want to put that down, Hebrews 11:17-19. Let us just turn to it and then we'll just get it, Hebrews 11, 7 to 19. We're fixing to close just in a minute: 11:17, all right.
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that... received the promise offered... had received the promise offered up his only begotten son.
Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Accounting... (the 19th verse)... Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in... figure.

L-332 Abraham said, "Lord, if you get... Back yonder when I was barren, I had nothing. I was a sinner. And You made me something; You made me a promise. And here it is. You give me this boy. And I waited twenty-five years for him to come. And now fourteen years later, why, here he is a young man, just the pride of his mother's heart. I slipped him out from the house, keep... Mother wouldn't understand it. But I understand You, Lord, I know that Your Voice is Truth. Now, You told me to offer him up, to kill him. And You told me, that through I--me, me, I'd be the father of many nations through this boy, that You would take this boy, and through him... When You made me the promise, and cut those pieces of meat apart that day, and that little white Light went between them, You made me a promise: according to this child here, that You'd rise up Your Own Son. Amen. You'd bring Your own Son; and through the seed of my son You would bring Your Son and He'd save all nations. I don't know how You're going to do it, Lord; it's not my business. But I know the certainty of that. I know the certainty of Your promise, and I'm persuaded that I received him as one from the dead. And I'm fully persuaded that You're able to raise him up from the dead. And by faith, You could raise him back again. I'll take Your Word, Lord."

L-333 Pulled out the knife, said, "Bye, Isaac," kissed him. Pulled back and...
God said, "Wait a minute, Abraham. Wait a minute. I know you believe Me. I know you love Me. Stay your hand."
About that time, he heard something behind him, looked, and there was a ram hooked in the bushes. Where'd that ram come from? Where did he come from? He was a hundred miles from civilization, back in the wilderness where there's lions, wolves, jackals, and all those things like that, that kills sheep. And then he was way up on top of the mountain, where there's no water or nothing else up there for the sheep to live on. And it wasn't there a minute before that. And looked back, and there it was the next minute, there. Jehovah-Jireh, God could...
Abraham looked up, said, "You are Jehovah-Jireh." What does Jehovah-Jireh mean? "You can provide anything that You say. If You say so, that does it. You're able to make it."


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