After Abraham failed yet again, he planted a grove of trees and called on "the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God." (Gen. 21:33) Perhaps, he considered his own righteousness with that of Abimelech... or the trees made him consider the story of Adam and Eve in the garden. He called on the name of Yahweh—"with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning." (Jam 1:17)
After Abraham failed, yet again, he planted a grove of trees and called on "the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God." (Gen. 21:33) Perhaps, he considered his own righteousness with that of Abimelech... or the trees made him consider the story of Adam and Eve. Anyway, he called on the name of Yahweh—"with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning." (James 1:17)“Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, ‘Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ Then He said, 'Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.'” (Gen 22:1-2)
“‘By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac upon the altar’ (Heb 11:17a) “The word, tempted or tried, means no other thing than proved.” (Calvin) Abraham planned to obey, but He fully expected to return with Isaac. On the way to the place, when he came in view of the mount, Abraham commanded his servants, "Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you." (Gen 22:5) “How could it be truly said that Abraham ‘offered up Isaac,’ seeing that he did not actually slay him? In regard to his willingness, in regard to his set purpose, and in regard to God’s acceptance of the will for the deed, he did do so.” (A. W. Pink)—Abraham had prophesied to Isaac that God would “provide Himself the Lamb for the burnt offering." (Gen 22:8) And in the fulness of time, God did just that in the far off offering of Himself as the Lamb of God. “‘and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, ‘In Isaac your seed shall be called,’ (Gen 21:12) (Heb 11:17a-18) “He was to be ‘the father of a multitude,’ but God was demanding the sacrifice of his only begotten son [regarding the promise]. Did not the command of God destroy the promise of God?" (Edmund P. Clowney) —“‘concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead.’ (Heb 11:19a)“It was, to be sure, Abraham's faith in God's power of resurrection that enabled him to reconcile the promise and the command, this being evident from Gen. 22:5, where Abraham is said to have promised his servants that both he and Isaac would return, after they worshiped God. Note: the Hebrew in that verse should be rendered, ‘We will come again.’… The certainty that Abraham did believe in the resurrection derives from the plain import of these words, and also from the deduction that unless he had so believed, it would have been impossible for him to have acted as he did…” (Coffman Commentary) — “‘from which he also received him in a figurative sense.” (Heb 11:19b) Isaac "was to Abraham dead. He had given him up. He had prepared to offer him as a sacrifice. He lay there before him as one who was dead. From that altar he was raised up by direct divine interposition, as if he was raised from the grave, and this was to Abraham a ‘figure’ or a representation of the resurrection [of Him to come].” (Albert Barnes)
“But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ So he said, ‘Here I am.’ And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” (Gen 22:11-12) “Come to the hillside with Abraham and Isaac and become involved in the understanding of that really dramatic moment. Isaac is loosed and stands free at the side of the altar. The ram is taken and substituted for Isaac. Abraham and Isaac looked at the dying ram taking Isaac’s place. In our imaginations we can see the whole world of the human race being offered a glimpse of this, being given the possibility of understanding, and we realize that substitute atonement is being demonstrated and being pointed forward to with crystal-clear illustration that a child could understand. The ram was dying in the place of Isaac. This further step of understanding is being given to the already long history of lambs being the necessary sacrifice for entering in the presence of God. Isaac steps off; the ram is substituted. Will Isaac ever forget the feeling of that release? Will he ever be able to forget what it means to be free?" (Edith Schaeffer)
Jesus, the Messenger of the Covenant, had appeared unto Abraham, as at Mamre. And He interceded here. “And in proof, let the reader remark, that in the original history of this solemn transaction, while it is said in one verse, that God did tempt Abraham to the offering of his son, Genesis 22:1, in another it is said, that the Angel , as God, calleth to him from heaven, and said: ‘By myself have I sworn,’ saith Jehovah, Genesis 22:15-16. A plain proof, that it was the Son of God in the representation of his mediator-character, in the whole of this transaction.” (Robert Hawker) “And Abraham called the name of the place, ‘Yahweh-Will-Provide’—to perpetuate the memory of God’s mercy; not of his own obedience;—as it is said to this day, ‘In the Mount of Yahweh it shall be provided.’ (Genesis 22:14)— God will be found of His in fit time and place. ‘To Him belong the issues of death’. [Psalms 68:20] None can take us out of His hands. He knows how to deliver His, and when; as Peter spake feelingly. [2 Peter 2:9 Acts 12:11]” (Trapp)
Note the similarities:
“(1) Isaac was supernaturally the son of Abraham; Christ’s birth also was supernatural. (2) He was the ‘only begotten’ of his father (in the sense noted above), and Christ was the only begotten Son of God (John 3:18). (3) Both Isaac and Jesus consented to be sacrificed. (4) Both of them bore the wood, Isaac the firewood, Jesus the cross. (5) Both were sacrificed by their fathers, Isaac by Abraham, and Jesus by the heavenly Father. (6) The sacrifice of each of them occurred upon the very same location, one of the mountains of Moriah. (7) Both were in the prime vigor of life when offered, and very likely of the same age. [8] Isaac (in a figure) was dead three days and nights, this being the time lapse between God's command that he be offered and their arrival at Moriah, during which time, to all intents and purposes, Isaac was already dead; Christ also was dead and buried three days and nights. (9) Isaac was a model of love and affection for his wife, symbolizing the great love of Christ for the church.” (Coffman Commentary)
“Then the Angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said: ‘By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.’” (Gen 22:15-18)"And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ‘In you all the nations shall be blessed.’ (Gen 18:18) So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham." (Gal 3:89)