{"id":7397,"date":"2015-10-30T07:23:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=7397"},"modified":"2015-10-30T07:37:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:37:50","slug":"take-the-test-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/take-the-test-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"When you take the test of life what grade will you get?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Genesis 22:1,<\/b><b>\u00a0<i>Elohim did tempt Abraham.<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i>Trials and temptations show the disposition of one\u2019s character and the true metal of the human heart, whether it is righteous or unrighteous, pure or impure. When tested do you whine, grumble, accuse others, defend yourself, backbite and resort to slander? Or do you submit to the purifying fires of YHVH\u2019s spiritual forge? YHVH tested Abraham ten times. Sacrificing Isaac was the last and most severe test. His faith and obedience was steady.<b> <\/b>When was the last time you faced such a test? What was your response? Did you pass or fail the test?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7398\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/take-the-test-of-life\/attachment\/19883788\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7398\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7398\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7398\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/19883788-287x300.png\" alt=\"Will you pass or fail the tests of life?\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/19883788-287x300.png 287w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/19883788.png 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will you pass or fail the tests of life?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This chapter recounting the near sacrifice of Isaac\u2014called the <i>Akeidah<\/i> or <i>binding of Isaac\u2014<\/i>is full of prophetic allusions pointing to the ministry of Yeshua the Messiah, the Seed of Abraham, whose first coming was still 2000 years in the future. Read this chapter and explain how the following things prophetically point to Yeshua:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>verse 2: Of which famous verse in the Gospels does this remind you?<\/li>\n<li>verse 2: <i>Moriah<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 2: <i>burnt offering<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 4: <i>on the third day<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 4: <i>saw the place afar off<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 6: <i>laid [the wood] upon Isaac, his son<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 8: <i>Elohim will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 9: <i>and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 11: <i>the angel of YHVH<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 13: <i>a ram<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 13: <i>caught in the thicket<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 13: <i>horns<\/i><\/li>\n<li>verse 18: <i>in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed<\/i> (hint: see Gal 3:16).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'When you take the test of life what grade will you get?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/take-the-test-of-life\/',contentID: 'post-7397',suggestTags: 'Abraham,Genesis,Trials',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 22:1,\u00a0Elohim did tempt Abraham. Trials and temptations show the disposition of one\u2019s character and the true metal of the human heart, whether it is righteous or unrighteous, pure or impure. When tested do you whine, grumble, accuse others, defend &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/take-the-test-of-life\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[215,21,741],"class_list":["post-7397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripture","tag-abraham","tag-genesis","tag-trials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When you take the test of life what grade will you get? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/take-the-test-of-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When you take the test of life what grade will you get? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Genesis 22:1,\u00a0Elohim did tempt Abraham. 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