Near Sacrifice of Isaac Flashcards
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What did God tell Abraham to do?
To take his son Isaac to Mount Moriah and sacrifice him as a burn’t offering
What did Isaac carry
The wood
What did Abraham carry
The Knife and Altar
What happened just as Abraham was about to sacrifice Isaac
An Angel came down
What did the Angel say
Not to harm Isaac as now God knows his faith
What did Abraham offer as a sacrifice instead
A Ram in a bush
What would God reward Abraham with
Blessing him and his descedants. And have as numerous as the stars in the sky and grains of sand on the beach
What would God promise Abraham with
A promised land and as many descedants as stars in the sky and grains of sand on a beach.
What did Abraham name the mountain
The Lord will Provide
What is the definition of Sacrifice
giving up something of value for something of greater value
Why do people make sacrfices
To show Gratitiude, ask for proctetion, and show repentance.
Definition of Repentance
Being genuiuenly sorry for what you have dont and make an effort to make things write
What did biblical sacrifices include
Crops and animals
What do modern day sacrifices invlove
Time, money and energy
When are small sacrifices used
on a regular basis
When a big sacrifices used
very rarely
What do big sacrifices include
devoting risking or even losing your life.
Definiton of faith
strong beliefs and a way of life which is guided by religion, having active trust in God, without needing conreate proof
Definiton of Atonement
re-establishment of a right relationship with God. A way of saying sorry for having sinned
Deinition of covenant
agreemtn between God and his people. God made a covenant with Abraham and moses
What did God promise to Abraham and Moses, and what did he want in return
to protect and bless his people in return for their worship and obedience
Nature of God: what does it teach us when God tests humans
That the tests are hard because he told Abraham to sacrifice his son
Nature of God: what does it tell us about the plans God had
God had long term plans for Abraham and his descandents because he rewards him with many descendants
Nature of God: what does it tell us about God’s thoughts
He doesn’t want human sacrifice because he didn’t let Abraham kill isaac
