My
Bible study has been reading Genesis, and last week we studied chapter 22, in
which God called Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Like any good father,
Abraham loved his son deeply, and Isaac was also the promised son through whom
God had promised Abraham an enduring legacy. That legacy would include the
Messiah, which is why I refer to Isaac as the “child of hope.” However, the
first two couplets could also refer to another “child of hope” whom I mention more
explicitly at the end of this sonnet.
Mount
Moriah
Would
God demand as idols did of old
Youth’s
priceless blood poured out in sacrifice?
The
child of hope by heavenly voice foretold
Cut off
from Earth by ceremony’s slice?
His
servant flinched but faltered not in fear.
He rose
beside pale light of trembling dawn
While
stillness masked his sorrow’s silent tear,
Perplexed
but trusting hope’s child would live on.
His
trembling hand held up the awful knife.
Beneath
its blade his bound beloved lay.
But
then a word, a trade of life for life,
The boy
was saved; grace shone in bright display,
An echo
of far greater grace God gave
When
His beloved Son He did not save.
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