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Sacrifice to propitiate wrath, to cover guilt, is at least as old as the first family (i.e. Abel's sacrifice), so Leviticus is not the beginning of sin-offerings
Having said that, I think it is a mistake to consider Isaac as an atoning sacrifice. God simply told him to give him up, to make of him an oblation to God, to give to God the most precious thing that he possessed--the very essence of the covenant promises embodied. What was more important to Abraham, the promises of God, or the God of the promise?
Abraham chose well. He chose God.
__________________ Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI Made both Lord and Christ--Jesus, the Destroyer
Acts 2:36 - 1 Cor. 10:9-10 & 15:22-26 - Hebrews 2:9-15 - 1 John 3:8 - James 4:12
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