June 24, 2010
Abraham knew Jesus and rejoiced to see Jesus’ day. Abraham knew that God would provide “Himself” as a sacrifice.
| Genesis 22:7 | 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? |
| 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. |
As a person who used to write songs and poems, I like wordplay, and cleaver use of words. For example:
Paronomasia
Noun
1. A humorous play on words; Know Jesus Know peace. No Jesus No peace.
A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a play on words that transposes the meanings of words with similar sounds. This is usually for humorous effect, although one well known pun of serious intent is found in the Bible.
In the English language we use puns for the purpose of humor, but the bible uses puns through out scripture.
In Genesis 22:8, I like the word play that is used. It is saying one thing, but it has two totally different meanings. God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. Not only will God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering (We see that in the ram caught in a dense growth of bushes by his horns in Genesis 22:13), but God will provide Himself as the lamb for the burnt offering. We see that in Hebrews chapter seven, which tells us that God offered up Himself as the sacrifice.
| Hebrews 7:26 | For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; |
| Hebrews 7:27 | Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. |
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