iRunScriptures / Season 1, Episode 8
The Sacrifice
iRunScriptures Season 1, Episode 8: "The Sacrifice" --- THE TEST Isaac was no longer a baby. Years had passed since the miracle birth that made Abraham and Sarah laugh with joy. The boy had grown, learned to walk and talk and work alongside his father. He was everything Abraham had waited for—the promised son, the heir, the fulfillment of decades of faith. And then God spoke words that shattered everything. "After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he said, 'Here I am.' He said, 'Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.'" Take your son. Your only son. Isaac. Whom you love. Each phrase twists the knife deeper. This isn't just any child—this is the miracle child. The one waited for through twenty-five years of barrenness. The one through whom all the promises would be fulfilled. The one Abraham loved more than his own life. And God said: kill him. --- THE SILENCE Scripture records Abraham's response with devastating brevity: *"So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the...