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Welcome back , fellas . This week I'm taking you on a journey to Golgotha . So I did this quickly on a previous episode of the Daily Blade , but we're actually going to stretch this out to a full week to really get into the details . Now . You don't have to be a theologian to recognize that name or location . So most of you know by now that Golgotha , aka the place of a skull , is where our Savior Jesus was crucified by the Romans at the behest of the Jewish Sanhedrin . So the crucifixion , coupled with the resurrection of Jesus , is the center point
of Christianity . Belief that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected three days later , a realization that it somehow counted for us and us putting the full weight of our faith in that reality , is the center point of our salvation . But there is so , so much more to the story . So let's go all the way back to the book of Genesis . Okay , this is where we get to the story of Abram . So he was first mentioned in Genesis 11 as the son of Terah . In Genesis 12 , god tells him to leave his country and his father's house to go to a land that God would show him . God promised to make him a great nation . Then , in Genesis 15 , we see that God makes a covenant with Abram and he says that he will have many descendants , even though , at this time , abram and Sarai are childless . In Genesis 16 , we see that Sarai tells Abram to have sex with her servant , hagar , to make a baby , which was Sarai's
way of speeding up God's promise . This was obviously not God's will nor timing , but Hagar gave birth to Ishmael . Then , in Genesis 17 , god changes Abram's name to Abraham and Sarai's name to Sarah , and also God tells Abraham that Sarah , who is 90 years old at the time , will give birth to a son . You know , a prospect that she laughs and scoffs at . And then we see the birth of that child of promise , isaac , in Genesis 21 . So Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born , and even though it wasn't on Abraham's nor Sarah's preferred schedule , right , god was faithful to his promise . So that gets us all the way to Genesis 22 .
Speaker 2And so I'm going to be reading , starting in verse one . 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 . Okay . So , guys , we have to think here . We have to pause and just think about how shocking this would have been for Abraham after he had waited so long for this promised son . So let's get back into verse three . 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 wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him . On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar . Then Abraham said to his young men Stay here with the donkey , and I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you . And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac , his son .
Speaker 2So we need to pause right here to talk about Isaac Again . I did not grow up in church , so I was a little fuzzy on some of the Old Testament stories , but I was exposed to them enough to surmise that Isaac was a small child when all of this went down right .
I saw depictions in cartoons and in children's Bibles that showed Isaac as a prepubescent boy , but that is almost certainly not the case . Okay , so I've seen scholarly estimates for Isaac's age here , ranging from five years old all the way up to 37 years old , if you can believe it . But context clues here , including the fact that he could make such a large journey and then carry the wood needed for the sacrifice , show that Isaac was very likely at least close to being full grown . So I would say that he was likely late in his teen years , or perhaps even into his early twenties when all this took place .
Speaker 2Okay , and so let's go back to the verse here . We'll go back into verse six . And he took in his hand the fire and the knife . So they went both of them together . And Isaac said to his father , abraham , my father . And he said here I am .
Speaker 2Abraham has been traveling for three days , knowing full well what he was going to do
. Been traveling for three days , knowing full well what he was going to do . He was saddled with the weight of something that is unfathomable for those of us with sons , me certainly included . He was journeying for hours and hours and hours , anticipating the moment when he would cut the throat of his own progeny because God told him to do so . I mean , I've been in some mental dark nights of the soul , if you will , but I've never faced anything quite like that .
Speaker 2But now let's think about Isaac . Isaac again likely at least a teenager at this point was just told by his dad hey , you know , get your crap . We're going on a trip . So , like any dutiful son , he tags along on the journey with pops , likely without a care in the world . And now here they are . They've apparently arrived at their destination . His father loads him up with wood for the burnt offering , and then his father hands him the knife that will open up the throat of the sacrifice , while at this same moment , not knowing that he himself is that sacrifice . So they go up on the mountain , mount Moriah . Isaac gets everything set up , he gets fire going and then realizes wait , where's the lamb that we're going to sacrifice ? And this moment is absolutely pregnant with drama , and it hasn't hit Isaac yet . But Abraham knows full well what is required of him
now . Come back tomorrow , we'll pick up the story from there .
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