Isaac was a figure of the Son of God, who was offered a sacrifice for the sins of the world. God would impress upon Abraham the gospel of salvation to man. In order to do this, and make the truth a reality to him as well as to test his faith, He required him to slay his darling Isaac. All the sorrow and agony that Abraham endured through that dark and fearful trial were for the purpose of deeply impressing upon his understanding the plan of redemption for fallen man. He was made to understand in his own experience how unutterable was the self-denial of the infinite God in giving His own Son to die to rescue man from utter ruin. To Abraham no mental torture could be equal to that which he endured in obeying the divine command to sacrifice his son. {3T 369.1}

(369) Isak var et billede på Guds søn, der blev et offer for verdens synder. Gud ville vise Abraham evangeliet om frelse for menneskene. For at det kunne ske og for at gøre sandheden til en virkelighed for ham såvel som for at prøve hans tro Krævede Gud af han, at han skulle slagte sin elskede Isak. Hensigten med al den sorg og angst, Abraham udholdt i denne mørke og frygtelige prøve, var at give hans forstand et indtryk af genløsningsplanen for faldne mennesker. Hans egen erfaring gav ham en forståelse af, hvor usigelig stor den evige Guds selvfornægtelse var, når han gav sin egen søn i døden for at redde mennesket fra fuldstændig ødelæggelse. For Abraham kunne ingen sjælelig tortur sidestilles med den, han udholdt ved at adlyde den guddommelige befaling om at ofre sin søn.