在创世记二十二章所记载的故事，不仅是一段很有意义的历史，并且具有含示的意义，因为那是基督在好几方面的一幅生动图画。虽然我们在本章找不到基督的名称，或耶稣的名字，但基督的许多方面却以含示的方式表明出来。
以撒豫表基督。亚伯拉罕答应了神的呼召，到摩利亚山去献以撒。这是历史。然而，我们若从神启示的角度来看这事，会看见亚伯拉罕对以撒所作的，乃是父对祂爱子所作的一幅生动图画。亚伯拉罕和以撒走向摩利亚山时，两个年轻的仆人随行。到了第三日，亚伯拉罕把两个仆人摆在一边，说，“我与童子往那里去拜一拜，就回到你们这里来。”（创二二5）。从那时起，故事不同了。不再是四个人－父亲、儿子和两个仆人－的故事，乃是亚伯拉罕和他儿子以撒的故事。亚伯拉罕把燔祭的柴放在以撒身上，以撒把柴扛到摩利亚山顶。请将这事与约翰十九章十七节比较，那里说，“耶稣自己背着十字架出来，到了一个地方，名叫髑髅地，希伯来话叫各各他。”以撒往摩利亚山，与主耶稣后来往各各他所走的是一条路。在基督背着十字架，走向加略，各各他以前，以撒就背着燔祭的柴，走了同一条路。并且耶稣被钉十字架，与以撒被摆在祭坛上，是在同一座山上。因此，我们看见亚伯拉罕是父的豫表，身上背着柴的以撒是神独生子的豫表。以撒像羊羔被带到祭坛上，耶稣也“像羊羔被牵到宰杀之地。”（赛五三7）。
亚伯拉罕和以撒上摩利亚山的时候，以撒说，“请看，火与柴都有了，但燔祭的羊羔在那里呢？”（创二二7）。亚伯拉罕回答说，“我儿，神必自己豫备作燔祭的羊羔。”（创二二8）。在这里我们看见儿子与父亲交通。当耶稣背着十字架往各各他去的时候，你不相信祂在路上与父有交通么？你不相信父对祂的儿子说话么？我相信。亚伯拉罕与以撒豫表父与子，他们在往摩利亚路上的交通，乃是一幅生动的图画，描述子耶稣背着十字架往加略时，如何与父交通。虽然在新约里没有用明言清楚的解释这事，但在旧约里的确有这幅图画，而一幅图画胜过千言万语。创世记二十二章的图画，描绘出言语无法解释的事。虽然新约的作者没有描写父与子在往加略的路上爱的交通，但创世记二十二章的图画却清楚的描绘出来。我们何等需要看见这幅图画。
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Isaac Typifying Christ (1) – Gen. 22:7-8
The story recorded in Genesis chapter 22 is not only a very meaningful history, but it also has an implicative significance because it is a vivid picture of Christ in several aspects. Although we cannot find the name of Christ or the name of Jesus in this chapter, many aspects of Christ are expressed in an implicative way.
Isaac typifies Christ. Abraham responded to God’s call and went to Mount Moriah to offer Isaac. This is history. However, if we look at this matter from the perspective of God’s revelation, we will see that what Abraham did to Isaac is a vivid picture of what the Father did to His beloved Son. When Abraham and Isaac walked toward Mount Moriah, two young servants accompanied them. On the third day, Abraham set the two servants aside, saying, “I and the lad will go over there and we will worship and return to you” (Gen. 22:5). From then on, the story changed. It was no longer a story of four people — a father, a son and two servants — but the story of Abraham and his son Isaac. Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac, and Isaac carried the wood to the top of Mount Moriah. Please compare this with John 19:17, which says, “Bearing his own cross, to the place called the Place of Skull, which is call in Hebrew Golgotha”. Isaac’s path to Mount Moriah was the same path that the Lord Jesus later took to Golgotha. Before Christ bore the cross toward Calvary and Golgotha, Isaac carried the wood for the burnt offering along the same path. Furthermore, Jesus was crucified and Isaac was placed on the altar on the same mountain. Therefore, we see that Abraham is a type of the Father, and Isaac, carrying the wood, is a type of God’s only begotten Son. Isaac was led like a lamb to the altar, and Jesus was also “Like a lamb that is led to slaughter” (Isa. 53:7).
When Abraham and Isaac were going up Mount Moriah, Isaac said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” (Gen. 22:7). Abraham replied, “God will provide Himself the lamb for the burnt offering” (Gen. 22:8). Here we see the fellowship between the son and the father. When Jesus was carrying the cross to Golgotha, do you not believe He had fellowship with the Father on the way? Do you not believe the Father spoke to His Son? I believe so. Abraham and Isaac typify the Father and the Son; their fellowship on the way to Moriah is a vivid picture describing how the Son, Jesus, had fellowship with the Father while bearing the cross to Calvary. Although this is not clearly explained in plain words in the New Testament, there is indeed this picture in the Old Testament, and one picture is worth a thousand words. The picture in Genesis chapter 22 depicts things that words cannot explain. Although the New Testament writers did not describe the loving fellowship between the Father and the Son on the way to Calvary, the picture in Genesis chapter 22 clearly portrays it. How much we need to see this picture!