It is also the location that Abraham traveled three days with his son Isaac to sacrifice him as a burnt offering for the Lord. The similarities between God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son and God sacrificing his son have not gone unnoticed by scholars. Firstly, Jesus died and rose again in three days, resembling the idea that the day that God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son, was the day that Isaac died. While the moment when God told him not to kill his son, could be considered the moment Isaac was brought back to life in Abraham’s eyes, foreshadowing the idea that Jesus would die and rise again in three days. Secondly Isaac was Abraham’s one and only son, and Jesus was God’s one and only son. These and many more examples show how important
