Abraham takes his son Isaac to a mountain to sacrifice him
to show his obedience to God. Abraham builds an altar out of wood and binds his
son to the post. Right when he is about to do the deed, God calls to Abraham
telling him to stop and not to kill his son. Instead, Abraham sacrificed a Ram that he saw
on the mountain and used it as his tribute to God. An angel came down on behalf
of God and blessed his future family.
An example of true sacrifice is in a book I recently read, Allegiant by Veronica Roth. If you
haven’t read it- do not read this section of this post! But in the book, at the
end, the protagonist Tris sacrifices herself for her brother Caleb and goes
into the death chamber to try and shut down the bad guys. I will not reveal the rest, but this was such a great
example of true, selfless sacrifice done by Tris.
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