亚伯拉罕答应神的呼召，往摩利亚山去献以撒。当亚伯拉罕正要献上以撒时，神出来阻止他。亚伯拉罕听见神的声音，就举目观看，见有一只公羊，两角扣在稠密的小树中。亚伯拉罕就取了那只公羊来，献为燔祭，代替他的儿子。并将那地方起名为“耶和华以勒”，意思是耶和华必预备。耶和华因亚伯拉罕不留下自己独生的儿子不献给神，就指着自己对亚伯拉罕起誓说，“论福，我必赐大福给你，论子孙，我必叫你的子孙多起来，如同天上的星，海边的沙，你子孙必得着仇敌的城门。并且地上万国都必因你的后裔得福，因为你听从了我的话。”于是亚伯拉罕回到他仆人那里，他们一同起身往别是巴去，住在那里（创二二12-19）。
以撒是亚伯拉罕的独生子，这预表基督是神的独生子（约三16）。以撒是亚伯拉罕的爱子，基督也是父的爱子，父所喜悦的（太三17）。以撒接受父的旨意，顺从父亲被放在祭坛上；基督也拣选父的旨意，顺从至死，且死在十字架上（太二六39，腓二8）。以撒往摩利亚山，与主耶稣后来背着十字架往各各他所走的是同一条路。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预表，身上背着柴的以撒是神独生子的预表。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）。亚伯拉罕与以撒在往摩利亚山路上的交通，乃是一幅生动的图画，描述耶稣背着十字架往加略时，如何与父交通。为父的亚伯拉罕将他儿子置于死地，但耶和华的使者叫他从死人中复活。照样，神叫基督从死人中复活（徒二24）。而那只在祭坛上顶替以撒的公羊，是耶和华以勒所预备的；说出基督如何是神的羔羊，为我们钉十字架，顶替了我们（约一29，彼前三18）。神对我们的大爱藉着基督为我们死而显明，我们也应当主动的献上自己，来回应神对我们的爱（罗五8，林后五14-15）。
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Isaac Typifies Christ – John 1:29
Abraham answered God’s call and went to Mount Moriah to offer Isaac. As Abraham was about to offer Isaac, God stopped him. Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. He named the place “Jehovah-jireh,” which means Jehovah will provide. Because Abraham did not withhold his only son from God, Jehovah swore by Himself to Abraham, saying, “Indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars if the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed should possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went to Beersheba, and lived there (Gen. 22:12-19).
Isaac was Abraham’s only son; this typifies Christ as God’s only begotten Son (John 3:16). Isaac was Abraham’s beloved son; Christ is also the beloved Son of the Father, the One in whom the Father is well pleased (Matt. 3:17). Isaac accepted the Father’s will and obediently allowed himself to be placed on the altar; Christ also chose the Father’s will, obeying unto death, even death on a cross (Matt. 26:39, Phil. 2:8). Isaac’s journey to Mount Moriah was the same road that the Lord Jesus later walked carrying the cross toward Golgotha. Furthermore, Jesus being crucified and Isaac being placed on the altar happened on the same mountain. Thus, 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 like a lamb led to the altar, and Jesus was like a lamb led to the place of slaughter (Isa. 53:7). The fellowship between Abraham and Isaac on the way to Mount Moriah is a vivid picture describing the fellowship between Jesus and the Father as He carried the cross toward Calvary. The father, Abraham, put his son to death, but the Angel of Jehovah called him to life from the dead. Likewise, God raised Christ from the dead (Acts 2:24). And the ram that substituted for Isaac on the altar was provided by Jehovah-jireh; this speaks of how Christ is the Lamb of God who was crucified for us, substituting for us (John 1:29, 1 Pet. 3:18). God’s great love for us is demonstrated through Christ’s death for us, and we also should proactively offer ourselves to respond to God’s love for us (Rom. 5:8, 2 Cor. 5:14-15).
Daily Question: Why can Isaac typify Christ? Find two similarities.