The saving angel on Mount Moriah
Deutsch English Text based on Genesis 22:1 to 19 1. The first climb up Mount Moria How difficult the three-day walk to the mountainous region of Moriah must have been for Abraham. Not the route - but the destination, that is unimaginable for our time, what God demanded of Abraham back then: "Sacrifice your only son, whom you love." The whole promise of the future was at stake here. Only from the New Testament can it be understood that this sacrificial act was about death and resurrection. So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. Genesis 22:3 (ESV) Delay did not occur to the patriarch. He got up early, as if he had been invited to a meeting on the mountain. With a torn heart, he chopped wood for the sacrifice of his beloved son. Abraham say “Here I am” three times. First, towards God: absolut...