"And Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a lamb.... And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-Jireh (i.e., The Lord Provides): as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen" (Genesis 22:8,13,14).
Here in the mount of the Lord it is seen:
The offering Abraham saw in the ram.
This is the Scriptural promise we glean:
God has provided Himself as the Lamb!
Here where the father of Isaac obeyed
We see the shadow of Christ in our stead.
This is the portrait in Isaac displayed:
Christ has been offered, and yet is not dead!
Jehovah-Jireh! Yes, that is the name
Abraham gave to that mount of provision.
On Calvary's mountain the ransomed can claim
They saw the Savior and made their decision.
Jehovah-Jireh! The Lord has provided
The blessing He promised from Abraham's Seed.
Mercy and truth in the Lamb coincided,
Providing salvation, our soul's greatest need!
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