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On one level, it is a test, and an abhorrent one at that. On another, it is a viscerally direct lesson to Abraham and his peoples.
It is akin to telling someone that they are wrong for swatting a puppy with newspaper when it pees on the floor. It is cruel and mean. The proper response is that it works and it does no lasting harm. Same could be said for Abraham's test. Ignoring prophecy and Abraham's deep belief that Isaac would survive, he knew that God would not order him to do something so explicitly harmful,and that there must be something deeper behind the command. I find the story to be a profound definition of faith.
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