ABRAHAM'S ALTAR EGO
It would seem that at least from the time of Noah(Gen. 8:20) altars to the Lord were being built. From Gen. 22:9 and the following verses, it can be noted that animal sacrifices were a part of ceremony to worship the Lord. This was many hundreds of years before the law and its different sacrifices were officially instituted!
It would seem that at least from the time of Noah(Gen. 8:20) altars to the Lord were being built. From Gen. 22:9 and the following verses, it can be noted that animal sacrifices were a part of ceremony to worship the Lord. This was many hundreds of years before the law and its different sacrifices were officially instituted!
Gen. 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who
appeared unto him.
Gen. 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east:
and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Gen. 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Gen. 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Gen 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Of note is that the last altar he built was the one to sacrifice his son. We are told of no more built by him. It is also the only one he built after his name change. Gen. 17:5
appeared unto him.
Gen. 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east:
and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Gen. 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Gen. 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Gen 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Of note is that the last altar he built was the one to sacrifice his son. We are told of no more built by him. It is also the only one he built after his name change. Gen. 17:5
