Name two ways in which Isaac was like Jesus?

Answer 1

A:There is no real similarity between Isaac and Jesus, but Burton L. Mack (Who Wrote the New Testament) can help with a trick that he sees happen all the time, in the classrooms of the School of Theology at Claremont, and which seem to come naturally when studying The Bible. One can ask any question of the Bible and get some kind of answer. At first the study of a text may not seem to support a traditional Christian conviction, or the answer one hopes to find in the Bible. But with a little ingenuity, one can set up the comparison again with other emphases and make the answer come out right. Although each example of prefigurement thus found is at least a little strained, it nevertheless means that we can compare Isaac to Jesus.

1. In Genesis, both Abraham and Sarah laughed when God told them that Sarah would have a child: Genesis 17:17 "Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?" Genesis 18:12 "Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?" In Luke's Gospel, Mary asked how she could become pregnant: Luke 1:34 "Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"

   This is an obscure prefigurement with many differences of detail, but it shows what a little ingenuity and imagination can do.

2. In Genesis, Abraham was prepared to offer his son as a sacrifice to God. In the gospel, God gave his son for our salvation: John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

   By identifying Abraham in the role of God, it is just possible to visualise the Genesis account as prefiguring the crucifixion of Jesus. Once again, there are many differences of detail.

Answer 2

They both left their homeland for sacrifices (Abraham left with Isaac to sacrifice him ) Jesus left earth and went to heaven

Answer 3

Isaac was the only son, and Abraham was about to sacrifice him as well.

Answer 4

Only Son and faithful!