Planet Rebirth

() The Nile Delta has four seasons. In this year, there are only two distinct seasons, the dry season and the rainy season.

This is the time when the rainy season comes, and the land is full of rainfall, and there are green fields and farms everywhere, as well as rivers with abundant water.

Isaac is a strong boy. In this beautiful season, he always plays in the river with his friends, or catches some fish and shrimp.

It had just rained this morning, the sky was blue, and the breeze caressed the surface of the water. Isaac and his friends were playing in the river as usual, unaware that there was a man with a sad face on the river bank.

Abram sat on the embankment and looked at his son, feeling unspeakable pain in his heart.The artisans behind picked up tools and went to cast altars on the mountains in the northwest.

At this time, Abram understood that when the altar was cast, it might be the time of his only son's death.

After a moment of silence, he called Isaac over.

The son didn't see the sadness written on his father's face. He stared at Abram with big innocent eyes and asked, "Father, what do you want me to do?"

Abram took his son's hand and said, "Come home with me."

Isaac asked a little puzzled: "What happened father, I want to play for a while."

Abram took his son's hand firmly and said, "Go home, and I will ask your mother to cook the most delicious food for you."

Upon hearing this, Isaac no longer had the urge to return to the river, and happily followed his father back home.

Back home, Abram ordered the cook to cook quickly, and asked the servant to bathe Isaac and change his clothes.Isaac felt a little baffled by his father's behavior.

After taking a bath, Isaac changed into new clothes and waited in the restaurant for the delicious food that his father said.

The fact is that Isaac was not disappointed, and the table was filled with all kinds of delicious food.Good marinated pork tossed with fresh vegetables and sauces.High-quality white bread is served with pure olive oil, and a whole roast leg of lamb is added.Seeing Esar immediately whetted his appetite.

Abram said, "Eat, my son, are these yours?"

"Really?" Isaac couldn't believe his father's words, because his father never said such words every time he ate.

Abram said, "It is true, eat quickly."

"Where's mother?" Isaac couldn't bear it anymore, but he still asked.

Abram said, "I sent her to see your grandfather. I won't be back until tomorrow."

"Then I'll eat it!" Isaac finally couldn't hold back, and started to feast on it.

And Abram, who was sitting across the table, kept drinking wine to numb his nerves and prevent it from continuing to twitch.

After Isaac was full, Abram said, "Child, it's getting late, go to bed. I'll take you out tomorrow."

"Where are you going?" Isaac asked.

"Don't ask! You'll know when you go." Abram changed his commanding tone.

Isaac seemed a little frustrated, he didn't dare to go against his father's wishes, so he obediently walked back to his bedroom.

That night, Abram stayed up all night. He sat on the stone bench by the door in a daze until dawn.

Early the next morning, Abram woke Isaac up.

Isaac found that his father had finished packing, and the cloth bag on his back was filled with kerosene for ignition.He asked his father, "Where are we going?"

Abram said, "I will take you to sacrifice to God."

After Isaac washed, he followed his father to the mountains in the northwest.

Before dawn, those who built the altar returned and told Abram that the altar had been repaired and could be used at any time.

The father and son walked together with the morning breeze thinking about the mountain. The mountain was called Mount Moriah by the Hebrews. The mountain was not too steep. The two climbed up the mountain at noon and saw the A temporary altar.

Seeing that his father's hands were empty, the son asked, "Father, how can I sacrifice if there is no offering for the sacrifice?"

Abram took a deep breath and said, "God will prepare the offerings himself, and we only need to perform the steps of the sacrifice. Don't ask too many questions, just follow me."

When the two of them got to the altar, it was already full of firewood for burning. Abram knelt under the altar and soared to the sky to worship, chanting words.

Although Isaac didn't know what his father was praying for, he didn't dare to mess around at such a holy moment, so he could only kneel beside Abram in silence.

At this time, Abram suddenly asked his son, "Son, if one day God needs you and calls you, are you willing to go to see him?"

Isaac shook his head and said, "I have never seen God, I don't know if I will go."

Abram asked again: "As God's people, are you willing to dedicate everything to God?"

"What about you? Father, are you willing to dedicate everything to God?" Isaac asked Abram naively.

Abram looked up at the sky, sighed and said, "I thought I could, but..."

"But what? Father?"

Abram stood up and said, "I've thought about it for a long time, and I found that I still can't serve God wholeheartedly. This is my sin."

"What crime have you committed?" Isaac asked.

Abram said, "It is very difficult for me to do what God has asked me to do."

"What kind of thing is that?"

Abram stared at his son for a long time, and finally bit his lips and said, "Son, please don't blame me! What God asks me to do, I can't refuse!"

After speaking, he suddenly pulled out the rope on his body and tied Isaac up.

Isaac was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Father, what are you going to do?"

Abram took his son up to the altar and said, "I will take you as an offering for a burnt offering."

Isaac yelled, "Father, why are you doing this?"

Abram also cried out in grief and indignation: "This is God's will, and I cannot disobey it."

Isaac was so frightened that he burst into tears. From his father's decisive eyes, he felt that Abram was definitely not joking, but that he really wanted to sacrifice himself. Passed out.

Abram's tears also flowed out, and he choked up, but he held back his grief and lit the firewood, and poured kerosene on it to make it burn more vigorously.

The son is placed in front of the fire like a sacrifice. According to the sacrificial steps, the living best must first be disemboweled, the internal organs are taken out and sent to the fire, and then the blood of the sacrifice is sprinkled around the altar, and finally the body is cut open. The dried meat is divided and thrown into the fire one by one to sacrifice to the true god.

And the sacrifice at this time is his own son.

Abram had already pulled out the dagger from his waist, and held his son's neck tightly with his left hand, while holding the sharp knife high with his right hand. Seeing the fear on the child's face, his heart trembled again.

However, God did not dare to violate God's will. The sacrifice had already begun and could not be stopped. At this moment, Abram held back the tears that were about to fall, and his raised right hand fell down suddenly. (To be continued.)