Abraham binds Isaac, lays him on the altar, raises the knife. And then: "Abraham! Abraham! Do not lay your hand on the boy." A voice from heaven. A ram caught in a thicket. The substitute that saves Isaac's life. Abraham names the place "The Lord Will Provide." On the mount of the Lord, provision comes. Centuries later, on a mountain in the same range, another Father will not stay his hand. Another Son will carry wood up a hill. But no voice will stop the sacrifice. What Abraham was spared, God himself will endure. The ram was a preview. The Lamb was coming.

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