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him should not perish, but have everlasting

life” (John 3:16).

God stopped Abraham from following

through with the sacrifice of his son and

provided a ram to take Isaac’s place, but God

was pleased with Abraham’s willingness to

give the ultimate sacrifice in order to obey

God, and God said in Genesis 22:16-18, “. . .

By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for

because thou hast done this thing, and hast not

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withheld thy son, thine only son: That in

blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I

will multiply thy seed as the stars of the

heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea

shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of

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his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the

nations of the earth be blessed; because thou

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