Abram worshipped
Molnár József: Ábrahám kiköltözése (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD , who appeared unto him.” ( Genesis 12:7 ) This is the first reference to Abraham building an altar in Scripture. Building an altar and making sacrifice to God denotes total dependence and reliance on Him. It implies saying no to self and yes to God—in effect presenting one’s self in submission to God as a sinner, trusting Him for gracious handling of one’s sin, and discounting one’s value apart from His work. Building altars became a habit with godly Abraham, the “friend of God” ( James 2:23 ), and he practiced it many times during his life (see also Genesis 12:8 ; 13:4, 18). We can surmise that at an early age, Abraham’s son, Isaac , was taught this same practice. It doesn’t seem that Isaac misunderstood or debated the situation, even when he himself was identified as the sacrifice to be s