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And Isaac said unto me, I will do all that the Lord hath commanded thee, my father,with joy in mine heart that I am chosen to represent the Son of God in this sacrifice, and I have this hope in me, that if we are faithful to all the commandments of the Lord our God, I shall yet stand in the flesh with thee and my mother before the throne of the Ancient of Days and receive from him the promise of exaltation and eternal lives.
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When I heard this answer, I rejoiced in my son Isaac whose heart was pure and upright before the Lord.
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But the Spirit of the Lord constrained me to test him further, and I said unto him, Hast thou any thoughts or feelings which would prevent thy being offered as a perfect sacrifice before the Lord?
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For if thou dost in any way doubt the efficacy of this sacrifice, which is in the similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father which is full of grace and truth, it is not meet that thou shouldst be offered as a sacrifice before our God.
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But Isaac answered me saying, O my father, as the Lord liveth and as thou livest as an holy man of God, I know that thou art a servant of the Most High God and that thou dost hold the keys of the fathers.
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Thou hast never asked me to do anything which was not of God but thou hast taught me by precept and example to serve the Lord thy God in every act of my life.
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Shall I then shrink from being offered by thee as a sacrifice unto the Lord thy God?
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Nay, but I shall rejoice forever to have been so honored.
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Blessed is the Lord thy God who hath this day chosen me to be sacrificed as a burnt offering before him.