(1-2) God tests the faith of Abraham. Seeing that ram was, in essence, seeing the day of Christ, the Substitute for all of us. The Lamb of God, not the Son of God, was crucified. And Abraham said, God will see for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: and they went both of them together. Genesis 22 – Abraham Is Willing to Offer Isaac A. God’s command to Abraham and his response. Spiritual Meaning of GENESIS 22:8 previous - next - text - summary - Genesis - BM Home - Full Page. Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” Starting in Genesis 22 where it was the Ram's horns caught in the thicket. Genesis 22:13 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Genesis 22:13, NIV: "Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns.He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son." Abraham was an elderly man, and Sarah was soon to die. Text: Genesis 22:1-14. Jesus and the Ram’s Crown of Thorns. The greatest test of his faith now confronts Abraham in Genesis 22. Genesis 22:1-14 - When God Tests Our Faith. The “ram [was] caught in a thicket by its horns” (Genesis 22:13). As we seek to do the Lord's work of building His kingdom, we will sometimes face difficulties and trials which make us feel discouraged. Verse 8. Abraham believed God would provide a substitute sacrifice because God had already made promises to Abraham in the Abrahamic Covenant of Genesis 12:1-3; and Genesis 17:6-8. 1:19-20). By Rev Charles Seet. But their Horns are a big part of the Ram's Biblical significance. The Command (22:1-2) Genesis 22:13, ESV: "And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. The eternal Lamb was ordained by God from eternity (1 Pet. Genesis 22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. The ram is therefore a "type" of Christ. God has brought Abraham to the point where he must give priority to either his faith or his family. The Ram In The Bush Bible scriptures located in Genesis 22:11-14 explains directly from God's Word the Ram In The Bush topic. The ram that died in Isaac’s place as his substitute had a crown of thorns around its head. And the Shofar (one of two Hebrew words translated Trumpet) was specifically a Trumpet made from a Ram's horn. God sacrificing His only son. That ram was the substitute that would save Isaac’s life. This is a reference to Abraham’s joy in seeing the ram caught in the thicket in Genesis 22. In crucifixion, the Son was replaced by a ram. The ram rescued Isaac from physical death, just as Jesus rescues believers from spiritual death. Preached at / Published Life BPC 10:45 am service, 2006-09-03. There are a number of symbolisms we need to see in this Scripture above. 1. It's the Shofar sounded on the Yom Kippur proceeding the Jubilee Year in Leviticus 25:9. In order to fulfill the Covenant, God would HAVE to intervene. Behold, behind him a ram.] (Genesis 22:13) Pshat The story of the binding and (almost) sacrifice of Isaac is complex and troubling; one possible reading that the Torah seems to support is that God was testing Abraham’s faith, and when he passed by showing his willingness to sacrifice even his son for God, God gave him an alternative, the ram. AC 2806. John Trapp Complete Commentary. 13. Genesis 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.. Ver. In 22:8 Abraham prophesied that God would provide a lamb for a burnt offering. Genesis 22:3 "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him." Abraham’s love was now focused upon Isaac, who after chapter 21 is his only son (22:2).