To help us grasp in some measure what that means, long before Jesus came to earth, God instructed Abraham, some 3,890 years ago: “Take, please, your son, your only son whom you so love, Isaac, and make a trip to the land of Moriah and there offer him up as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall designate to you. ”
Lai mēs kaut kādā mērā spētu aptvert, ko tas nozīmē, aptuveni pirms 3890 gadiem — jau ilgi pirms tam, kad Jēzus nāca uz zemi, — Dievs deva Ābrahāmam šādu norādījumu: ” Ņem savu vienīgo dēlu, kuŗu tu mīli, Īzāku, un ej uz Morija zemi un upurē to tur par dedzināmo upuri uz kāda no kalniem, kuŗu Es tev norādīšu. ”