[CS-FSLUG] Genesis 22:10

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 14:47 -0500, David M. wrote:
> On Monday 03 January 2005 02:40 pm, Jukka wrote:
> > I think God put there Abraham into a test (eg. would he obey God even
> > when it means giving up most important things in his life) .
> 
> This is what I thought, but I wasn't sure. I didn't recall reading anything 
> leading up to this plot, and it stuck out at me because of that. It was like 
> a suprise to me that Abraham was about to slay his son.

There is also an element of faith. God promised things that required
having a son. Would God destroy the vessel of the promise that they had
already waited so long for?

JSR/