Abraham’s Offering up Isaac For a Burnt Offering

Abraham's faith reached its high point when it re­sponded to the command to offer up Isaac. Said the Lord, "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 I will tell thee of." That the command had respect to a literal offering is a view having the firm support of Scripture. For Isaac is to be a burnt offering. Even the place where he was to be devoted is specified, one of the...