Day 17: Why Would God Test Abraham Like This?

Genesis 22 is one of the most unsettling chapters in the Bible. God asks Abraham to surrender the very son He promised. So what is this chapter really about? Is it cruelty? Is it a test of blind obedience? Or is something far deeper happening on Mount Moriah?

In this episode of Through the Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God, Dr. Shawn M. Greener walks through the Akedah with Hebraic and Ancient Near Eastern context, showing how Genesis 22 exposes idolatry, confronts false ideas about God, and reveals the Lord as the One who provides.

This is a powerful Bible teaching on surrender, costly obedience, covenant maturity, and what happens when God touches the thing you have built your future around.

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