Isaac in the bible biography study guide
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Isaac in the bible biography...
Who Was Isaac and Why Was He So Important?
When Abraham submitted to God’s command, and Isaac followed his father to the sacrificial altar, it prophesied the greater sacrifice that would take place centuries later.
A Father would ask His Son to die as a sacrifice, to pay the price for sin, and that Son would obediently follow as well.
Throughout the Bible, God showed what His plan for the salvation of humanity entailed.
Isaac in the bible biography study guide
Sin needed to be paid, but no sinner could really bear the burden required to pay the price in full. Even with his great faith, Abraham could not pay the price for his sins, nor could Isaac. Only a perfect sacrifice would do.
Jesus Christ came to earth as the perfect lamb, who paid the substitutionary atonement for everyone’s sins.
In other words, He substituted himself for all sinners, including Isaac. He was, in a metaphorical and literal sense, the ram in the thorns that God provided to die in Isaac’s place. Jesus died for Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all manki