Abraham

You spoke to Abraham,

asked to sacrifice Issac,

to bind him, to give him up

in the meanest fashion to

someone infinitely higher than him...

Abraham loved God.

Issac was to be

the gift of Israel to God

or because Abraham was willing

to sacrifice his son,

his son would be Israel.

God deepened his love

by sacrificing his only son

for the salvation of mankind,

it was an act

which breathed hope

as only extreme deeds could

in such an atmosphere.

It occurred to Abraham,

there was a price to pay

for a nation and a

place, so in came

the spirit of Christ, opening

the door, testing

to see if he would even

attempt to do

what God would later do

with more mercy

than anger.