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15. Did Abraham show that he was prepared to make
the actual sacrifice of his son?T..What does the writer
of Hebrews tell us about what Abraham thought
actually would happen? What is meant by the statement
that this did happen “in a figure”?
16. How did Abraham reconcile God’s command to sacrifice
Isaac, with His promise that through Isaac there
should come to Abraham a great’posterity?
17. What did the Angel of the Lord do to avert the
sacrifice?
18. What did the name Jehwah-jireh mean? How can
this name be harmonized with what is revealed in
Exo. 6:3?
10. How and in what ways did God renew His divine
promises with respect to Abraham and his seed?
Explain the twofold significance of the Promise.
20. What reason did God give for His renewal of the
Promise at this time?
21. Why was the record of Nahor’s progeny introduced
at this point?
22. What was the basic significance of Abraham’s sacrificial
act?
23. Is it reasonable to conclude that this incident was
for the purpose of showing God’s disapproval of
human sacrifice?
24. In what ways did the Sacrifice of Isaac prefigure the
Sacrifice of God’s Only Begotten?
22. What is Speiser’s explanation of the significance of
Abraham’s supreme trial ?
2 6. What is meant by the ultimate degree of faith?
27. Distinguish between God’s moral and His positive
commands?
28. What are the ascending degrees of faith manifested
in obedience to a positive divine command? What is
the essential character of the ultimate or highest
degree?
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