Text: Genesis 22:1-2, 7-14

1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

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.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

1.      Introduction:

a.       The main names of God (slide)

b.      Lost in translation (slide)

Exodus 15:2-3 (slide)

2 The LORD (YAH) ⁽³⁰⁵⁰⁾ is my strength and song, and he is (HAYAH) ⁽¹⁹⁶¹⁾ become my salvation: he is my God (EL), ⁽⁴¹⁰⁾ and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God (ELOHIM), ⁽⁴³⁰⁾ and I will exalt him.
3 The LORD (JEHOVAH) ⁽³⁰⁶⁸⁾ is a man of war: the LORD (JEHOVAH) ⁽³⁰⁶⁸⁾ is his name.

2.      God Appeared

a.       At different times, in different manners (slide)

Hebrews 1:1-4

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

a.       To Abraham, by the name of God. To Moses by the name Jehovah.

Exodus 6:2-4

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

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3.      The God Who Sees (read text) (slide)( Abraham offering Isaac)

a.    Moriah, God will provide, Jehovah-jireh (slide)

Genesis 22:2

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Genesis 22:8

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:14

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

b.   Solomon built the temple on Mount Moriah, the threshing floor of Ornan (slide)

2 Chronicles 3:1

Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. (slide)( Rock)

c.    The angel of the Lord stopped at Mount Moriah

1 Chronicles 21:1-2, 7-8, 10-16, 22, 26-27 (2 Samuel 24)

1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote .

8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

12 Either ¹three years' famine; or ²three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else ³three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him ⁵¹⁶² of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

                    OT:5162 repented him (he felt such compassion TLB) (he was grieved NIV)

OT:5162 <j^n* nacham (naw-kham'); a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):

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16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

26 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

27 And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

d.   What stopped the death angel in Egypt? The blood.

Exodus 12:13

13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

e.    The blood of Able cried out to God (justus).

Genesis 4:9-10

9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

f.    The blood of Jesus speaks of better things (mercy).

Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

g.   God knew Jesus would be crucified, and the where.

Revelation 13:8

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Titus 1:2-3

2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

h.   For sins of Old Testament saints, God looked forward to the Christ death.

Romans 3:20, 22-25

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness [for the remission of sins that are past] (as payment adequate for sins of men past), through the forbearance of God;   

25 For God sent Christ Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to end all God's anger against us. He used Christ's blood and our faith as the means of saving us from his wrath. In this way he was being entirely fair, even though he did not punish those who sinned in former times. For he was looking forward to the time when Christ would come and take away those sins.

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4.      Golgotha, the Place of the Skull = Mount Moriah.

a.       Jesus crucified at Golgotha (slide)( skull) (slide) Gordon’s Calvary)

Matthew 27:33, 35 (Mark 15:22, 24: Luke 23:33: John 19:17-18)

33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

35 And they crucified him,… 

5.      Three Covenants Represented by Three Sacrifices at Moriah(slide)( Three Covenants)

a.       Three Covenants (no covenant – no sacrifice)

1.      Between the God who sees (provides)  and Abraham

2.      Between the God who sees (provides)  and David

3.      Between the God who sees (provides)  and Us

Matthew 26:28

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

b.      Before each sacrifice a test.

1.      Genesis 22:1 (Abraham)

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

2.      1 Chronicles 21:1 (David)

And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

2 Samuel 24:1

And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah<.

3.      Hebrews 4:15 (Jesus)

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Matthew 4:1

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

c.       Each event proceeded with an out stretched hand.

1.      Genesis 22:10 (Abraham)

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

2.      1 Chronicles 21:16 (Angel of the Lord)

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

3.      Isaiah 53:4 (God)

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken⁵⁰⁶⁰ (to touch violently, i.e. lay the hand upon, to strike), smitten ⁵²²¹ (to strike) of God, and afflicted.

Isaiah 53:10

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise ¹⁷⁹² him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

6.      What God saw at Golgotha

Isaiah 53:11

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

7.      Closing

a.       We have redemption through the blood of Jesus. 

Ephesians 1:7 

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

1 Peter 1:18-20

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

Colossians 1:14

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Revelation 5:9

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

 Hebrew word definition for: Moriah, God will provide, Jehovah-jireh   

OT:4179 - Moriah

OT:4179 hY*r!om Mowriyah (mo-ree-yaw'); or Moriyah (mo-ree-yaw'); from OT:7200 and OT:3050; seen of Jah; Morijah, a hill in Palestine:
KJV - Moriah.

OT:7200 ha*r* ra'ah (raw-aw'); a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):

OT:3050 Hy* Yahh (yaw); contraction for OT:3068, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name:
KJV - Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "-jah."

OT:3068 ho*hy= Yehovah (yeh-ho-vaw'); from OT:1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:

OT:430 - God

OT:430 <yh!l)a$ 'elohiym (el-o-heem'); plural of OT:433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:

OT:7200 – will provide

OT:7200 ha*r* ra'ah (raw-aw'); a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):

OT:3070  (Jehovah-Jireh)

OT:3070 hr$y! ho*hy= Yehovah Yir'eh (yeh-ho-vaw' yir-eh'); from OT:3068 and OT:7200; Jehovah will see (to it); Jehovah-Jireh, a symbolical name for Mount Moriah:

OT:3068 ho*hy= Yehovah (yeh-ho-vaw'); from OT:1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:

OT:7200 ha*r* ra'ah (raw-aw'); a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):