Abraham's experience answered the question: "Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" Micah 6:6, 7. In the words of Abraham, "My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering," (Gen. 22:8), and in God's provision of a sacrifice instead of Isaac, it was declared that no man could make expiation for himself. The pagan system of sacrifice was wholly unacceptable to God. No father was to offer up his son or his daughter for a sin offering. The Son of God alone can bear the guilt of the world.

Abrahams oplevelse gav svar på dette spørgsmål: Med hvad skal jeg møde Herren, bøje mig for højhedens Gud? Skal jeg møde ham med brændofre, møde med årgamle kalve? Har Herren behag i tusinder af vædre, titusinder af oliestrømme? Skal jeg give min førstefødte for min synd, mit livs frugt som bod for min sjæl? Mika 6,6-7. Ved Abrahams ord: Gud vil selv udse sig dyret til brændofferet, min søn (1Mos. 22,8), og ved at Gud skaffede et andet offer i stedet for Isak, blev det erklæret, at intet menneske kan bringe soning for sig selv. Den hedenske offertjeneste var Gud vederstyggelig. Ingen fader skulle bringe sin søn eller datter som sonoffer. Kun Guds Søn kan bære verdens synd.