On a Hill Far Away

The Lord God Almighty throws this incredible wrench, an eternal wrench, into Abraham’s very sound theology by commanding him to sacrifice his son.  I love it when God wrecks every single thing that you thought you knew about God by asking you to do something outrageous that nobody around you will ever approve of.  If you’re walking a walk that everybody around you approves of, I’m worried about you.

He tells Abraham I have a great idea; I want you to go find a certain place I will show you. Take your child of Promise, lay him down, and sacrifice him.  We think that God would never do that, but He did.  God Almighty will do things in your life that wreck your theology, that wreck your understanding.

They went on this very long journey. Then, on the third day, Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place (of sacrifice) afar off.  Genesis 22:4

It says on the third day, Abraham lifted his eyes – that is prophetic speech, for he saw in the Spirit. You need to learn the language of the word of God.

He saw the place of sacrifice afar off. They were already where modern-day Jerusalem is, and they were there a thousand years before David made it the city of David, so we’re talking about 4,000 years ago.  I believe this place of sacrifice God showed him was not far off in distance – it was far off in time.  He saw in the Spirit 2,000 years in the future. In the place where Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, he saw another sacrifice at a place called Golgotha. Golgotha means Goliath of Gath.  It is the place where King David buried the skull of Goliath of Gath.

Golgotha – Goliath of Gath – the place where God would sacrifice His Son, Jesus, 2,000 years later. It is the place where Jesus would defeat all our Giants on the cross; it is where Jesus slays all your giants today.