Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:6 · WEBKJVRead the whole chapter →
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A pattern ofJohn 19:17
Isaac carries the wood for his own offering up the mountain, and Jesus carries His own cross out to Golgotha.
“He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:”
A pattern of1 Peter 2:24
The son who carried the wood is answered by the Savior who bore our sins in His body on the tree.
“who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”