It is Palm Sunday. Today, we remember Jesus entering Jerusalem on an unridden donkey as the people shouted, "Hosanna!" while waving Palm Branches. Let "Holy Week" begin.
A recent devotional pointed out the many parallels in Genesis 22 to the birth, redemption/sacrifice, and sparring/resurrection of Isaac/Jesus. From the donkey, the son carrying the wood for the sacrifice, and God providing "the lamb", there are powerful parallels. At least 30 of them that I have seen noted.
Did you know that they both happened on Mt. Moriah? What are the odds statistically? So many years from a promise... a covenant... to fulfillment.
Abraham believed in the power of God to resurrect the dead. God has the power to resurrect the dead. His faith was big, bold, and God provided a way.
"So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” -Genesis 22:14
For the father, Abraham, who did not withhold his son, God provided the lamb. For the Heavenly Father, who provided the lamb, he did not spare his son. Abraham became the father of many nations, and Jesus made a way for all nations to come to the Father as his children... joint heirs with Jesus.
Today, I am grateful God provided the lamb.
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