VIDEO: Sacrificing Isaac: Was Abraham Insane? (Interpret, Preach and Draw)

30 thoughts on “VIDEO: Sacrificing Isaac: Was Abraham Insane? (Interpret, Preach and Draw)”

1. Good video! I always did think that it was a test of how far abraham whould go for the Lord and not a "trust fall" sort of thing! God be with you!

2. The Apostle Paul says, "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back." (Hebrews 11:17-19)

3. lol kek

4. I like to add that the lunatic nowadays would be going against God's command to not murder, whereas Abraham predated any such law, so he was not in contradiction. This explains things very sufficiently though.

5. You should do a video on the sacrifice of that one dude’s daughter in the book of Judges

6. Thank-you for your thoughtful explanation of this biblical story, you shed light on what some people misinterpret.

7. How come modern people do not get the point that we do not hear form God because we are totally spoiled and foul? The faith of the Patriarchs was beyond the comprehension of modern men and the ancient people of faith really know God, unlike us in the modern world of delusion. The smartest people in the world do not get it that science keeps changing how it explains things every ten years or so and Einstein even refused to believe in the reality of quantum mechanics that has been proven through modern science and repeatable experiments to be true. People don't believe in God because they don't want to face up to the fact that man cannot do what he wants to do without consequences. If someone denies climate change, and it is real, they are called a lunatic but if they insist that there is no possibility of God because their peanut senses cannot perceive him, then they are supposed to be considered smart. How so? The amazing faith of the Patriarchs dwarfs modern man so it is pointless for modern man to ponder their sanity.

8. I like what you said about Abraham being "in on the fact that the Lord was up to something." Definitely the case as per the passage below!
   "And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you." – Gen 22:5

9. I always thought part of it was foreshadowing of the needed sacrifice of Jesus.

10. I’d never thought of it this way, definitely saving this vid for future reference

11. am vere pride saraha and ibrahim from iraq my country and am vere happy all people earth ‏Belongs as thanks to you

12. wonderful Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob ‏Belongs as too iraq in Babylon all people earth ‏Belongs as gret and all people should see gret civilization iraq thanks to you vere greet thanks to you

13. Ah atheists, using ethical and moral dualism to criticize the very (and only) source of those… monotheism (and particularly Christianity). Isn't it ironic?
    You know what else is ironic? Claiming religions (again particularly Christianity) caused all sort of planet-spanning social miseries, as if the non-religious (who by default aren't "bound" by any kind moral or ethical codex) never did wrong. When the faithful does evil, they are actually doing wrong, when a non-faithful does evil (honor to a few exceptions) they are simply behaving normally.

    “What Hitler did not believe and what Stalin did not believe and what Mao did not believe and what the SS did not believe and what the Gestapo did not believe and what the NKVD did not believe and what the commissars, functionaries, swaggering executioners, Nazi doctors, Communist Party theoreticians, intellectuals, Brown Shirts, Black Shirts, gauleiters, and a thousand party hacks did not believe was that God was watching what they were doing. And as far as we can tell, very few of those carrying out the horrors of the twentieth century worried overmuch that God was watching what they were doing either. That is, after all, the meaning of a secular society.”
    
    ― David Berlinski, The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions

14. That's given me a whole new way of looking at that entire account, thank you so much

15. Abraham likely expected a resurrection of Isaac, telling his servants to wait behind, as they (both Abraham and Isaac) would be returning to them… and in a sense, Isaac was given back from death.

16. Creepy "Devilokos" icon there at the end….

17. "Abraham was in on the fact the LORD was up to something"!!!!Brilliant! The BEST teaching of this event I have ever heard or read. Even better than Chuck Missler!
    Even tho I'm a "non denominational" Christian at this writing, Brother Boyan's teaching & charming artwork allow the Living God to teach me like no other. God bless you Boyan. Many thanks❤

18. The Armenian apocrphal texts from 800-1600 AD (A good compilation by Michael E Stone is available on amazon) said that the sacrifice was at Gethsamane, and they always interpreted the story as an example of Christ's sacrifice, and the incapability of regular man to be sacrificed in his stead.

19. This is a beautiful explanatory interpretation. 💕😍

20. Why? If it were a test of faith or trust, then why? Why are trust exercises even necessary from a being that created and knows everything? I don't randomly "trust fall" my parents or close friends because I have no realistic reason to doubt them or their loyalty. Likewise them for me. So why would my God, who's supposed to know everything in my heart and mind already, do that to me?

21. Wow! I never viewed the story of Abraham this way. Thank you for the explanation! Greetings from a fellow Protestant 😊

22. Also Abraham hesitated and criticized the Lord because only pagans sacrifice their own child
    But in the end everything worked out and Isaac was spared.

23. In my opinion this story has also a bit different background. In time of Abraham, also before and after, many tribes made sacrifices of people, especially children in a cults of dark powers/false gods/fallen angels. It was absolutely forbidden for Israel, eg. that was after all why 1st Temple was destroyed. Abraham is a father of the whole nation of Israel. God showed him how His people should to recognise Him, see distinction between Him and fake gods. He has no need to human sacrifices, if someone ask for this, it is less or more poweful but demonic entity, not God Almighty.

24. What hope you inspired: I have never heard this story in light of God's Promises to Abraham. And that no person would ever have to be sacrificed on the altar of God, that our God is benevolent…

25. I believe God did this to condemn human sacrifice, not support it. Human sacrifice was very common in the time of Abraham, especially with Baal and Moloch worship. Sort of like: this would be the part of the story where the kid dies and that's that, but that's not that, because God stopped him from doing so. It was essentially supposed to show that Abraham's God isn't like all these other gods. Abraham's God despises the spilling of human blood.

    I also think it might've been a forshadowing of Jesus, being that God sacrificed His Only Son (Who was technically Himself) that we may be with Him again.

26. He heard voices in his head then tried to sacrifice his son

27. the Drawing on this video was amazing

28. If this happened in modern times, Abraham would be admitted into a mental institution.

29. As we can see now with all historical data, human sacrifices in Canaan were… usual thing. Especially children sacrifices. The issue is symbolic if we look on it through historical context: Abraham probably wasnt so surprised when Lord commanded him to sacrifice his son, because it wasnt something abnormal in his society. And his joy when Lord commanded him to stop was even greater, because that was something totally different from cults of his time.

30. How beautiful to know our God is a loving, faithful Lord
    Thank you!

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