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b'Sacrifices. They appear all throughout the Bible, beginning with the animal killed to clothe the first humans after they fell into sin (Genesis 3:21): \\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Adam, my sheepskin is wearing thin. Soon, I\\u2019ll have nothing to wear.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153I need a new sheepskin too. I\\u2019ll go hunting tomorrow for another one.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Please be careful! Oh, I hate the thought of killing a sheep!\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nSacrifices were instituted to cover for human sin, but a new kind of sacrifice foretold very far back was coming. Abraham saw firsthand God\\u2019s promise to provide a sacrifice greater than lambs. God had promised to make Abraham into a great nation, miraculously giving him a son in his old age. But then, God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, the child of God\\u2019s promise (Genesis 22):\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Father, you don\\u2019t seem to be yourself lately. You even forgot the lamb for the sacrifice. Are you all right?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Isaac, my son, God will provide the lamb for a burnt offering.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153It would\\u2019ve been nice if He could\\u2019ve provided the wood too, instead of me having to carry it.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nA son strapped to the kindling he carried as his father holds a knife over him\\u2014 but soon he rises unharmed. This was just a pointer to the future\\u2014to a man, one of Isaac\\u2019s descendants, who was nailed to the cross as He was sacrificed by the Father for the sins of humankind. But this man\\u2014Jesus\\u2014rose again on the third day:\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Father, why have You forsaken me?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d \\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Truly this was the Son of God.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153He is not here, for He has risen.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d \\nBehold, the Lamb of God! \\u2022 L. M.\\n\\u2022 Why was the animal killed in Genesis 3 significant? \\n\\u2022 What parallels do you see between the sacrifices in Genesis 22 and Matthew 27-28? How are they different? \\n\\u2022 To learn more about Jesus\\u2019 sacrifice and why it matters, check out our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page.\\nThe next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d John 1:29 (WEB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nExodus 3:13-14; Psalm 140:7'