Genesis 22:1-2
“And it came to pass after these things that ELOHIM tested Abraham and said to him, Abraham. And he said, behold, here I am. And He said, take now your SON, YOUR ONLY SON ISAAC, whom you LOVE, and go to the land of the Amorites (Samaritan says: land of Moriah); and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I tell you.”
YAHWEH says to Abraham take your son your ONLY SON Isaac whom you LOVE which parallels YAHWEH and His Son YESHUA:
John 3:16 (Hebrew)
“For EL loves the world so much that He gave His ONLY SON-one alone begotten-to the world; in order that He who believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.”
Jubilees 18:15
“And He said, “By Myself have I sworn, says YAHWEH. Because you have done this thing, and have not withhold your son, your BELOVED son, from Me, that in blessing I will bless you…”
Matthew 3:16-17 (Hebrew)
“And immediately-when YESHUA MASHIACH was immersed and came out of the water- the heavens were opened, and RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit) descended on Him in the form of a dove. And there came a voice from heaven, and said, “This is My Son, MY BELOVED, He is pleasing to Me.”
In Moriah:
Genesis 22:2
And He said, take now your SON YOUR ONLY SON ISAAC, whom you LOVE, and go to the land of the Amorites (Samaritan says: land of MORIAH); and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I tell you.”
2 Chronicles 3:1
“Then Solomon began to build the house of YAHWEH in Jerusalem on MOUNT MORIAH…”
So technically Abraham was about to sacrifice his son in the place where Solomon would build the Temple in the future, Abraham was basically offering Isaac as a burnt offering in the temple before it even existed. Adding to this layer is www.dlftx.org states “according to many scholars, Golgotha and the ancient site of MOUNT MORIAH may be the same area. In other words, scholars believe that YESHUA may have been crucified near Moriah or its summit.”
If the scholars are correct then that means that Isaac was offered up in Moriah and so was YESHUA. And we know YESHUA gave Himself up for us an iniquity offering:
Ephesians 5:2
“And walk in love, as Messiah also has loved us, and gave Himself for us, a gift and an offering to ELOHIM for a sweet-smelling fragrance.”
Even more powerful are the words YESHUA spoke concerning the Temple:
Matthew 12:5-6 (Hebrew)
“And have you yourselves never read in the law that the priests at times break the Shabbats in the Sanctuary with no iniquity? Truth I say to you that HE WHO IS HERE, HE IS GREATER THAN THE SANCTUARY.”
The location of the temple and connections to it are amazing, but YESHUA is greater than the Temple because He is the Master of that very temple that the priests served in and where the sacrifices occurred, in other words YESHUA was stating that He is ELOHIM.
Resurrection:
Genesis 22:4
“And on the THIRD DAY Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.”
Hebrews 11:17-19 (Aramaic)
“By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, he LIFTED UPON THE ALTAR his ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, even that very one who had been received in the promise, of whom it was said, in Isaac shall your descendants be called; and he reasoned in himself, it is possible for ELOHIM even to RAISE THE DEAD; and because of this, Isaac was given to him as a TYPE.”
Hebrews states that Abraham offered up his son Isaac by lifting him upon the altar, just as we know YESHUA was lifted up on the execution stake:
John12:31-32
“Now is the judgment of the world, now the prince of the world will be cast outside. When I, I will be LIFTED UP FROM THE EARTH, I will draw all to Myself.”
John 8:25-28 (Hebrew)
“Then they said to Him “You, who are you?” So YESHUA answered and said to them, “THE ANICENT ONE, Who speaks many things unto you, and speaks of you, and judges. But He who sent Me, is true, and I, the words which I hear from Him, them I speak in the world.” But they did not realize what He told them-that EL is His Father. So YESHUA said to them, “After you have LIFTED UP the Son of Man you will realize that I AM HE, and that I do nothing of Myself-only as the Father teaches Me, to speak these things.”
So, Abraham offered up Isaac on the third day probably expecting that Isaac would be raised from the dead on that same day, this was a TYPE a foreshadow of YESHUA because YESHUA knew that He would die and be raised from the dead on the third day.
Matthew 16:21
“And from that day and further on, He (YESHUA) began to announce to His disciples that it was obligated that He should go into Jerusalem, and suffer many things by the scribes and by the chief priests, and DIE, AND STAND UP ALIVE ON THE THIRD DAY.”
The sons obey their fathers
Jasher 22:43-44
“And Isaac answered Ishmael, saying, “Why do you boast to me about this, about a little bit of your flesh which took from your body; concerning which YAHWEH commanded you? As YAHWEH lives, the ELOHIM of my father Abraham, if YAHWEH should say to my father, “Take now your son Isaac and offer him as an ascension offering before Me,” I would not refrain but I would joyfully do it.”
John 10:17-18
“Because of this the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that He might take it up again. And no man takes that life, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to leave it, and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received from My Father.”
Isaac was willingly ready to lay down his life joyfully for YAHWEH and Abraham believed that he would be raised from the dead, just as YESHUA willingly laid down His life knowing that He would be raised from the dead. We see the son obeying the father to the point of death in both situations, but Abraham’s son was spared.
Carrying the stake
Genesis 22:6
“And Abraham took the WOOD for the burnt offering and LAID IT UPON ISAAC HIS SON, and He took the fire in his hand, and they went both of them together.”
John 19:16-17 (Hebrew)
“So Caesar’s authority delivered YESHUA to them that they could hang Him up. Then the Jews took YESHUA and led Him out. And YESHUA- CARRYING THE WARP AND WOOF (Executions stake)- went to a place which is called Calvary, (which is Golgotha in Hebrew.)
Isaac was made to carry the wood that he would be offered on as YESHUA was made to carry the stake that He would be offered up on!
Where is the lamb?
Genesis 22:7-8
“And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father. And he answered, here I am, my son. And Isaac said, behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, ELOHIM will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering, my son. So they went both of them together.”
The words that Isaac spoke to his brother Ishmael has become a reality and was still willing to be bound up and offered. The Remez the hint to a deeper spiritual meaning here is that YAHWEH did provide a spotless Lamb in His Son YESHUA who was offered up as an iniquity offering for us all.
John 1:29
“On the next day John saw YESHUA coming toward him, and said, “See, the LAMB OF ELOHIM who takes away the iniquities of the world.”
John 1:29 (Hebrew)
“And on the next day John saw YESHUA who came unto him, and he said, “Behold, this is EL, who takes away the iniquities from the world.”
Laid on the wood:
Genesis 22:9
“And they came to place of which ELOHIM had told him; 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.”
1 Peter 2:24 (Aramaic English New Testament)
“And He took away all our iniquities and, in His body, lifted them to the STAKE, that we, when dead to transgression, might live by His righteousness: for by His wounds we are healed.”
Isaac was laid upon the wood to be sacrificed, but he was spared. YESHUA was laid upon the wood of the execution stake as was put to death.
Abraham about to slay son
Genesis 22:10
“Then Abraham stretched forth his hands and took the knife to slay his son.”
Isaiah 53:10 (Dead Sea Scrolls Bible)
“Yet YAHWEH was willing to CRUSH HIM (YESHUA), and He made Him SUFFER…”
Isaiah 53:10 (Aramaic)
“Yet it pleased YAHWEH to afflict Him (YESHUA); He has put Him to grief; He laid down His life as an OFFERING FOR INIQUITY…”
Abraham the father of Isaac was getting ready to slay his own son but was stopped from doing so. However, YAHWEH the Father loves the world so much that He crushed His own Son! Both fathers were going through with the act to crush their sons; however, YAHWEH went through with the act but He spared Abraham from doing. This is the ultimate act of love of the Creator dying for His Creation.
Ram in the thicket symbolism
Genesis 22:13
“And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and behold a ram caught in a thicket by his HORNS; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.”
Isaac needed a substitute for a sacrifice as we all do and was given a ram to take his place, the same way YESHUA traded places with us.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (Aramaic English New Testament)
“For, on YOUR ACCOUNT, He (YAHWEH) has made Him (YESHUA) who knew no iniquity to be a iniquity OFFERING that we might by Him become the righteousness of ELOHIM.”
Romans 3:23
“For ALL have transgressed and are short of the esteem of ELOHIM.”
Hebrews 9:12-14
“And He did not enter with the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the set-apart place, and obtained for us EVERLASTING SALVATION. For if the blood of goats and calves and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who were defiled cleansed them even to the cleansing of their flesh, how much more will the blood of Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to ELOHIM, purify our conscience from dead works so that we may serve the living ELOHIM? For this cause He became the mediator of the New Covenant and by His death He became salvation for those who transgressed the old covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”
And the ram hanging by the horns to be offered as a sacrifice is symbolic of YESHUA hanging from the stake/tree as an offering for the world.
Acts 5:30 (Aramaic English New Testament)
“The ELOHIM of our forefathers raised YESHUA, He Whom you killed when you HUNG HIM ON THE TREE.” Him this one ELOHIM has established a Prince and a Savior, and He has exalted Him by His right hand so that He might give of forgiveness to Yisra’el by repentance of iniquities.”
What does a horn represent in scripture?
As we saw above that the ram hanging by the horns is symbolic of YESHUA on the execution stake, but do the horns give us extra meaning in connection to YESHUA?
The horn can represent power and strength
Luke 1:69
“And He has raised up a HORN OF SALVATION for us in the house of His servant David.”
Deuteronomy 33:17
“His esteem is like the firstlings of the bullocks, and his HORNS are like the HORNS of a wild-ox…”
Aleph in Hebrew Otiot is a picture of an Ox head which represents YAHWEH, strength and power.
So, YESHUA is “Salvation of Strength” as He took on the iniquities of the world! And “Strong Savior” because He will take the government on His shoulders and rule as King and Priest.
Isaiah 9:6 (Aramaic)
“For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder: and His Name is called Wonderful Counsellor, The Mighty One, The Everlasting EL, the Prince of Peace.”
Luke 1:32
“He (YESHUA) will be great, and He will be called the Son of the Highest; and YAHWEH ELOHIM will give Him the throne of His Father David. And He will rule over the house of Jacob forever; and there will be no limit to His kingdom.”
Horn also represents exaltation, triumph and honor:
Psalm 89:17
“For You art the esteem of our strength; and in thy favor our HORN SHALL BE EXALTED.”
YESHUA’s triumph over death being crucified and rising on the third day saves humanity! And He will receive the honor and will reign.
Revelation 5:11
“And I looked, and I heard as it were the voice of many malachim (angels) round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and esteem and blessing. And every creature which is in the heaven and on the earth and under the earth and all that are in the sea and all that are in them, I heard saying, to Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and esteem and dominion for ever and ever.”
Daniel 7:13-14
“I saw in the night visions, and behold one like the Son of man came upon the clouds of heaven, and came upon the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him before Him. And there was given to Him dominion and esteem and a Kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom is one that shall not be destroyed.”
Philippians 2:9-11
“Therefore ELOHIM also has highly EXALTED Him and given Him a Name which is above every Name, that at the Name of YESHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and those under the earth, and every tongue shall confess that YESHUA HA’MASHIACH is the Master, to the esteem of ELOHIM His Father.”
As we see our Father YAHWEH from the very beginning was pointing to His Son YESHUA! He laid out for us in Genesis 22 that He would give His only-begotten Son as an iniquity offering for the world, all while sparing Abrahams son Isaac. All the animal sacrifices, the Levitical priesthood, and the entire Old Covenant were types and shadows that pointed to the ultimate sacrifice in His Son YESHUA who is EL, King, Priest, and Prophet. Understand that without the blood that He shed to atone for your iniquities you will not be saved, accept Him as your Savior today.
As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!