So far, God has already made the covenant with Abraham twice in Genesis. Promising him descendants that number the dust of the earth. Yet, in chapter 22, he puts Abraham to the ultimate test by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham's robotic responses in this chapter lack the emotion that every reader feels. You hear his heart beat as he ties up his son and you can see his hand trembling as he raises the knife. Such devotion and faith in God you can almost sense him saying "Father, if it be your will, take this cup from me!" God stops his hand in the nick of time and provides the ram for the sacrifice.
For the third time, God commends Abraham and promises him generations of people. But why 3 times? If Abraham had doubted God (as anyone else would have in this situation) would God have gone back on the covenant made twice before? And if God can do that, what about that rainbow from a bunch of chapters ago? My last question, is, what did Isaac think of this situation, I mean would you ever trust your dad again if he almost killed you because God told him to?
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