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Reader 3: A midrash relates that Abraham’s father Terah sold idols for a living in the
Mesopotamian city of Haran. When Abraham was a child, however, he
realized that idol worship was foolishness. One day Abraham took a
hammer and smashed all the idols - except for the largest one. His father
later demanded to know what happened. Abraham replied that the idols all
“got into a fight” and the biggest idol won. His father was angry but
understood that his son had discovered the truth of ethical monotheism.

Reader 4: Abraham heard the voice of the LORD calling him to leave his homeland to
begin a new life in a land far away, where he would become a great nation.
Without knowing where he was going, Abraham took his wife Sarah and left
the comforts of Babylon, eventually settling in the land of Canaan.

Reader 1: After Abraham rescued his nephew Lot from abduction by the kings of the
plain, he met the mysterious Malki-Tzedek, the King of Salem who brought
out bread and wine and blessed him. Malki-Tzedek was none other than
Yeshua in his preincarnate state, the original Priest and King of the one true
God. The bread and the wine foretold of the great redemption to come.

Reader 2: Soon after meeting with Malki-Tzedek, God appeared to Abraham and told
him he would become the father of a child in his old age. When Abraham
believed that the LORD would give him an heir – a “promised seed” - God
counted him as righteous, and swore to make his descendants as numerous as
the stars in the night sky and as the grains of sand on the seashore.

Reader 3: God ratified his promise to Abraham with a special covenant, but also gave
him a dreadful vision of the future slavery and oppression of his descendants.
Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that your offspring will be
sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be slaves there, and they will be
afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that
they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.”

Reader 4: In fulfillment of God’s promise of an heir, Abraham and Sarah had a son whom
they named Isaac. After Isaac grew up, God tested Abraham by commanding
Isaac to be sacrificed as a burnt offering. After a three-day journey, Abraham
and Isaac reached Mount Moriah (near Jerusalem), where Isaac allowed himself
to be bound and placed on the altar. When Abraham raised his knife to slaughter
his beloved son, the Angel of the LORD called out for him to stop. Abraham
then saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns, and offered it in Isaac’s place.
Abraham called the altar Adonai-Yireh (ha,r"yE hw"hy>) “the LORD who sees.”

Reader 1: Because of Abraham’s obedience and Isaac’s willingness to become a sacrificial
offering for sin, God made an eternal oath to bless the family forever… Today
we blow the shofar to recall the sacrificial lamb that was given in place of Isaac.

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