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Isaac’s obedience (Genesis 22:1-19)

Isaac himself carries the wood for His own holocaust: this is a figure of Christ. For He bore the burden of the Cross; yet to carry the wood for the holocaust is really the duty of the priest. He is then both victim and priest.

Originally posted 2006-04-19 22:21:17.