The Substitutionary Death & Resurrection

And he (God) said (to Abraham), 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.

Abraham believed in the resurrection. Upon arriving at the place of sacrifice, Abraham said to his young men: “Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.” Genesis 22:5

Abraham believed in the substitutionary death of an atoning sacrifice. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. Genesis 22:7&8

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

…and what is his Son’s name, if thou canst tell?…

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