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Old 07-28-2008, 04:48 AM   #90
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Originally Posted by Paul Miletus View Post
We can clearly see here in Genesis 22 that Isaac was not killed but the ram (lamb). Christ is the Son of God (John 1:14), but when He was killed on the cross, He was replaced by the Lamb of God (John 1:29).

Genesis 22 is very helpful for all of us to realize: that the Son of God was replaced by the Lamb of God. The Lamb of God, not the Son of God, was crucified. In crucifixion, the Son was replaced by a ram.

Whoa.

OK

This is something new to my ears.


How could the Son of God be "replaced" by the Lamb of God when these two are just the same One? He was both the Son of God and the Son of man. This very One, who became flesh as the Word of God and even God Himself, was the spotless Lamb slain before the foundation of the world and He was sacrificed for us at the time of Passover in accordance with typology and prophecy.

If nothing else, I would say that this suggests that the human nature and the divine nature were not mingled if there could be a "replacement" such as this!

Please, explain this consideration further because I think perhaps a bit too much has been read into the Abraham story.

If anything, Christ's death was subtitutional for you and I.
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