BIBLICAL PARALLELS - PART 2

Sacrifice OLD TESTAMENT - GENESIS And it came to pass after these things, that GOD did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold. Here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which GOD had told him. And Abraham took the wood of  the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and they went both of them together. And they came to the place which GOD had told him of; and Abraham built an alter there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the alter upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the Angel of the LORD called unto him out of Heaven, and said Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest GOD, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Sacrifice NEW TESTAMENT - EPHESIANS & LUKE Be ye therefore followers of GOD, as dear children: And walk in love, as CHRIST also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to, GOD for a sweet smelling savour CHRIST said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved CHRIST to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Scripture from Holy Bible, King James Version, 1990, Thomas Nelson, inc. 1.  Genesis 22: 1-3, 6 & 9-12 2.  Ephesians 5: 1 & 2 3.Luke 24: 46-47  My comments:  This parallel demonstrates an unfathomable LOVE. Love is the fabric that binds us together. Question is: "What sacrifice are we willing to make?" Click here to return to my Home Page.