When Isaac was still a boy, God again tested Abraham's
faith: "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 the mountaains that
I shall show you." Once
again, Abraham obeyed God. Giving
Isaac the kindling to carry, he took him to the mountain to sacrifice him to
God. He built an altar, laid the
kindling on it, then placed Isaac on top.
When God saw that Abraham would obey even in this, God sent an angel to
stop him. "Do not lay your
hand on the boy," the angel said.
Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in a thicket, and he offered it
instead of Isaac as a burnt offering to God.
Genesis 22:1-14
Potential ornaments to make for the Jesse Tree: a bundle of sticks, a ram
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