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moment.<00:15:24.730><c> Because</c><00:15:25.090><c> faith</c><00:15:25.289><c> is</c>

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sacrifice<00:16:16.509><c> that</c><00:16:16.830><c> son.</c><00:16:20.389><c> But</c><00:16:20.549><c> Abraham</c><00:16:20.870><c> knows</c><00:16:21.190><c> he</c><00:16:21.370><c> can't</c><00:16:21.909><c> solve</c>

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absence<00:17:03.629><c> of</c><00:17:03.870><c> the</c><00:17:04.069><c> sacrificial</c>

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place,<00:17:39.710><c> the</c><00:17:39.970><c> mountain</c>

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approaching<00:22:38.230><c> Golgotha</c><00:22:39.009><c> bearing</c><00:22:39.329><c> the</c><00:22:39.650><c> cross,</c><00:22:41.430><c> the</c><00:22:41.589><c> wood</c><00:22:41.730><c> for</c>

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his<00:22:42.589><c> sacrificial</c><00:22:43.250><c> offering.</c>

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Both<00:22:49.089><c> Jesus</c><00:22:49.549><c> and</c><00:22:49.849><c> Isaac</c><00:22:50.170><c> voluntarily</c><00:22:51.089><c> accept</c><00:22:51.509><c> their</c><00:22:51.750><c> role.</c>

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This<00:22:52.190><c> is</c><00:22:52.430><c> something</c><00:22:52.589><c> that's</c><00:22:52.910><c> not</c>

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much<00:22:53.490><c> remarked</c><00:22:53.950><c> upon</c><00:22:54.089><c> in</c><00:22:54.289><c> the</c><00:22:54.490><c> text</c><00:22:54.869><c> but</c><00:22:55.630><c> we</c><00:22:55.890><c> know</c><00:22:56.029><c> that</c><00:22:56.230><c> Isaac</c>

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did<00:22:56.730><c> not</c><00:22:56.910><c> resist</c><00:22:57.269><c> his</c><00:22:57.529><c> father</c><00:22:57.910><c> as</c><00:22:58.470><c> it</c>

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became<00:22:58.910><c> apparent</c><00:22:59.630><c> that</c><00:23:01.309><c> he</c><00:23:01.490><c> would</c><00:23:01.650><c> be</c><00:23:01.789><c> the</c><00:23:02.029><c> sacrificial</c><00:23:02.529><c> offering.</c><00:23:05.289><c> And</c>

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even<00:23:05.849><c> that</c>

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location,<00:23:06.829><c> Mount</c><00:23:06.930><c> Moriah,</c><00:23:08.029><c> is</c><00:23:08.230><c> later</c><00:23:08.490><c> connected</c><00:23:08.910><c> to</c><00:23:09.170><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:23:13.210><c> There's</c>

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a<00:23:13.569><c> reference</c><00:23:13.789><c> here,</c>

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2<00:23:14.190><c> Chronicles</c><00:23:14.549><c> 3</c><00:23:14.789><c> verse</c><00:23:15.009><c> 1,</c><00:23:15.430><c> that's</c><00:23:15.930><c> the</c><00:23:16.029><c> place</c><00:23:16.190><c> where</c><00:23:16.950><c> the</c><00:23:17.190><c> temple</c><00:23:17.569><c> was</c><00:23:19.109><c> established.</c><00:23:22.529><c> So</c><00:23:22.730><c> all</c>

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of<00:23:22.990><c> these</c><00:23:23.190><c> points</c><00:23:23.369><c> suggest</c><00:23:23.710><c> the</c><00:23:23.990><c> anti</c><00:23:24.250><c>-typical</c><00:23:24.849><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:25.589><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:23:26.150><c> Christ.</c><00:23:26.690><c> It's</c><00:23:27.089><c> a</c><00:23:27.190><c> projection</c>

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forward<00:23:28.170><c> in</c><00:23:28.410><c> time,</c><00:23:28.630><c> it's</c><00:23:29.009><c> a</c><00:23:29.190><c> parable.</c><00:23:31.269><c> And</c><00:23:31.490><c> Abraham</c><00:23:31.769><c> might</c><00:23:32.089><c> not</c><00:23:32.329><c> have</c><00:23:32.509><c> possessed</c><00:23:32.789><c> the</c><00:23:33.130><c> detail</c><00:23:33.430><c> or</c>

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clarity<00:23:34.109><c> that</c><00:23:34.289><c> we</c><00:23:34.470><c> have</c><00:23:34.710><c> to</c><00:23:34.890><c> make</c><00:23:35.009><c> those</c><00:23:35.250><c> kinds</c><00:23:35.490><c> of</c><00:23:35.670><c> connections</c><00:23:36.009><c> today</c><00:23:36.470><c> with</c><00:23:36.930><c> the</c><00:23:37.190><c> retrospect</c>

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and<00:23:37.869><c> the</c><00:23:38.049><c> canon</c><00:23:38.170><c> of</c><00:23:38.349><c> scripture</c><00:23:38.609><c> we</c><00:23:38.849><c> enjoy.</c><00:23:39.789><c> Yet</c><00:23:39.970><c> Jesus</c><00:23:40.329><c> tells</c>

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us<00:23:40.829><c> that</c><00:23:41.049><c> Abraham</c><00:23:41.410><c> rejoiced</c><00:23:41.970><c> to</c><00:23:42.150><c> see</c>

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my<00:23:42.569><c> day</c><00:23:42.990><c> and</c><00:23:43.509><c> he</c><00:23:43.789><c> saw</c><00:23:43.890><c> it</c><00:23:44.029><c> was</c><00:23:44.250><c> glad.</c><00:23:44.750><c> Abraham</c><00:23:45.109><c> trusted</c><00:23:45.569><c> God</c><00:23:45.890><c> to</c>

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bring<00:23:46.329><c> life</c><00:23:46.630><c> out</c><00:23:46.869><c> of</c><00:23:47.069><c> death</c><00:23:47.390><c> and</c>

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in<00:23:48.230><c> receiving</c><00:23:48.549><c> Isaac</c><00:23:48.950><c> back</c><00:23:49.269><c> he</c><00:23:49.470><c> encountered</c><00:23:49.769><c> the</c><00:23:50.109><c> saving</c><00:23:50.410><c> pattern</c><00:23:50.990><c> that</c><00:23:52.210><c> God</c>

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would<00:23:52.710><c> one</c><00:23:52.869><c> day</c>

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reveal<00:23:53.329><c> by</c><00:23:53.670><c> providing</c><00:23:54.049><c> both</c><00:23:54.509><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:55.190><c> and</c><00:23:55.549><c> resurrection</c>

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in<00:23:56.829><c> the</c><00:23:57.009><c> person</c><00:23:57.250><c> of</c><00:23:57.450><c> his</c><00:23:57.650><c> son.</c><00:23:59.470><c> God</c>

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wanted<00:23:59.950><c> to</c><00:24:00.230><c> know</c><00:24:00.430><c> Abraham</c><00:24:00.930><c> was</c><00:24:01.170><c> prepared</c><00:24:01.609><c> to</c><00:24:01.869><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:02.349><c> everything</c><00:24:02.970><c> even</c>

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if<00:24:03.930><c> God</c><00:24:04.289><c> ultimately</c>

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would<00:24:05.210><c> be</c><00:24:05.470><c> the</c><00:24:05.630><c> one</c><00:24:05.890><c> to</c><00:24:06.269><c> provide</c><00:24:06.490><c> the</c><00:24:06.769><c> sacrifice.</c><00:24:08.349><c> And</c><00:24:08.349><c> so</c><00:24:08.589><c> it</c>

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is<00:24:08.809><c> with</c><00:24:09.049><c> us.</c><00:24:09.470><c> God</c><00:24:09.650><c> asked</c><00:24:10.009><c> us</c><00:24:10.170><c> to</c><00:24:10.349><c> give</c>

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everything<00:24:10.970><c> and</c><00:24:12.390><c> lose</c><00:24:12.789><c> nothing.</c><00:24:15.490><c> The</c><00:24:15.670><c> one</c><00:24:15.809><c> who</c><00:24:15.990><c> never</c><00:24:16.349><c> fails</c>

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asked<00:24:17.730><c> to</c><00:24:18.170><c> trust</c><00:24:18.410><c> him</c><00:24:18.690><c> completely</c>

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and<00:24:19.670><c> fear</c><00:24:19.849><c> nothing.</c><00:24:22.470><c> And</c><00:24:22.710><c> faith</c><00:24:22.869><c> can</c><00:24:23.170><c> feel</c><00:24:23.450><c> risky</c><00:24:24.029><c> but</c><00:24:24.910><c> as</c><00:24:25.190><c> our</c>

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relation<00:24:25.930><c> with</c><00:24:26.529><c> the</c><00:24:26.730><c> Almighty</c>

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evens,<00:24:28.569><c> we</c><00:24:28.589><c> grow</c><00:24:28.809><c> to</c><00:24:29.069><c> understand</c><00:24:29.470><c> that</c><00:24:29.670><c> we</c><00:24:29.769><c> no</c><00:24:30.049><c> longer</c><00:24:30.349><c> have</c>

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to<00:24:30.809><c> rely</c><00:24:31.109><c> on</c><00:24:31.250><c> our</c><00:24:31.589><c> natural</c><00:24:31.910><c> abilities</c><00:24:32.430><c> as</c>

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Abraham<00:24:32.990><c> once</c><00:24:33.269><c> did</c><00:24:33.369><c> with</c><00:24:33.609><c> Hagar,</c><00:24:34.930><c> but</c><00:24:35.049><c> that</c><00:24:35.250><c> our</c><00:24:35.470><c> God</c><00:24:35.750><c> Jehovah</c>

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Jireh<00:24:36.650><c> will</c><00:24:36.890><c> truly</c><00:24:37.190><c> see</c><00:24:37.509><c> to</c><00:24:37.750><c> all</c><00:24:38.029><c> of</c>

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our<00:24:38.329><c> needs.</c><00:24:40.289><c> So</c><00:24:40.490><c> as</c><00:24:40.609><c> we</c><00:24:40.750><c> come</c><00:24:40.890><c> now</c><00:24:41.130><c> to</c><00:24:41.269><c> the</c><00:24:41.470><c> bread</c><00:24:41.630><c> and</c><00:24:41.829><c> wine</c><00:24:41.950><c> and</c><00:24:42.109><c> we</c>

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remember<00:24:42.670><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:43.609><c> the</c><00:24:43.809><c> child</c>

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of<00:24:44.369><c> promise</c><00:24:44.650><c> who</c><00:24:44.910><c> through</c><00:24:45.109><c> resurrection</c><00:24:45.710><c> lives</c><00:24:46.069><c> in</c><00:24:46.349><c> spite</c><00:24:46.529><c> of</c>

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death,<00:24:48.009><c> the</c><00:24:48.230><c> one</c><00:24:48.369><c> who</c><00:24:48.690><c> sacrificed</c>

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everything<00:24:49.730><c> and</c><00:24:50.230><c> gained</c><00:24:50.390><c> life</c><00:24:50.750><c> everlasting,</c><00:24:52.150><c> the</c><00:24:52.390><c> one</c><00:24:52.549><c> who</c>

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provides<00:24:53.210><c> salvation</c><00:24:53.730><c> we</c><00:24:53.990><c> can't</c><00:24:54.349><c> achieve</c>

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for<00:24:54.809><c> ourselves</c><00:24:55.349><c> and</c><00:24:56.509><c> brings</c><00:24:56.710><c> us</c><00:24:56.930><c> into</c><00:24:57.210><c> the</c><00:24:57.630><c> presence</c><00:24:57.890><c> of</c><00:24:58.109><c> the</c>

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everlasting<00:24:58.750><c> Father</c><00:24:59.250><c> with</c><00:25:00.109><c> joy</c><00:25:00.750><c> and</c><00:25:01.890><c> gladness.</c>

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So<00:25:03.670><c> let's</c><00:25:03.890><c> now</c><00:25:04.069><c> renew</c><00:25:04.369><c> our</c><00:25:04.630><c> resolve</c><00:25:04.910><c> to</c><00:25:05.150><c> trust,</c><00:25:05.769><c> to</c><00:25:06.049><c> follow,</c>

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and<00:25:07.690><c> to</c><00:25:07.990><c> live</c><00:25:08.410><c> according</c><00:25:08.890><c> to</c><00:25:09.190><c> the</c><00:25:09.289><c> living</c><00:25:09.430><c> way</c>

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that<00:25:10.009><c> God</c><00:25:10.190><c> has</c><00:25:10.490><c> so</c><00:25:10.710><c> graciously</c><00:25:11.170><c> provided.</c><00:25:12.430><c> Thank</c><00:25:12.769><c> you.</c>