Abraham! Abraham! ...it's Time! 

     The man God called knew God, served him and obeyed him. Could he go beyond? Could he be the foremost example of faith, trust and obedience not only for his descendants, but for the world? 

     Genesis 22: Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering..." 

     On the third day as they came near the place, Abraham told his servants to stay put. "We will worship and then we will come back to you." We? 

     Isaac noticed they had fire and wood, but where is the lamb? "God himself will provide the lamb (Yahweh-Yireh) for the burnt offering," his father answered. He built an altar and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

     "Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son."

     "But the angel of the Lord (thought to be God himself) called out to him from heaven. 'Abraham! Abraham! Do not lay a hand on the boy. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son." 

     "A second time the angel of the Lord called to Abraham and said, ...because you have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me. 

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Where can we learn more about this? 

Such as, "all nations on earth?"