John Burke

There is a Muslim mosque on the temple site to this day.

Well, they broke the covenant way before that. There were several covenants. But the real covenant that God was making with – through Jesus is an unconditional one. Meaning, and so there's so much fascinating stuff, isn't there? It's just unbelievable. So Abraham, okay, back 2,000 years. God says to Abraham and Sarah, I'm gonna give you a son.

Well, they broke the covenant way before that. There were several covenants. But the real covenant that God was making with – through Jesus is an unconditional one. Meaning, and so there's so much fascinating stuff, isn't there? It's just unbelievable. So Abraham, okay, back 2,000 years. God says to Abraham and Sarah, I'm gonna give you a son.

Well, they broke the covenant way before that. There were several covenants. But the real covenant that God was making with – through Jesus is an unconditional one. Meaning, and so there's so much fascinating stuff, isn't there? It's just unbelievable. So Abraham, okay, back 2,000 years. God says to Abraham and Sarah, I'm gonna give you a son.

and through him is going to be a blessing for all the nations. So again, this is the lineage of the Messiah. So that's the second way he's gonna bless all the nations, through the Messiah, okay? Well then, Abraham is told, go to the land I'm going to show you, and then you will have the son. So they go, they leave Ur, where they were living, travel to this land, which is now Palestine or Israel.

and through him is going to be a blessing for all the nations. So again, this is the lineage of the Messiah. So that's the second way he's gonna bless all the nations, through the Messiah, okay? Well then, Abraham is told, go to the land I'm going to show you, and then you will have the son. So they go, they leave Ur, where they were living, travel to this land, which is now Palestine or Israel.

and through him is going to be a blessing for all the nations. So again, this is the lineage of the Messiah. So that's the second way he's gonna bless all the nations, through the Messiah, okay? Well then, Abraham is told, go to the land I'm going to show you, and then you will have the son. So they go, they leave Ur, where they were living, travel to this land, which is now Palestine or Israel.

It's nowhere, nothing town, right? And then they don't have a kid for 10 years. And... She's getting old. She's getting old. They're old. They're older than... Hey, come on, man. Makes me feel better. So, you know, they're not having a kid. And Abraham, like all of us, is like, maybe God needs a little help, right? And Sarah's like, yeah, good idea.

It's nowhere, nothing town, right? And then they don't have a kid for 10 years. And... She's getting old. She's getting old. They're old. They're older than... Hey, come on, man. Makes me feel better. So, you know, they're not having a kid. And Abraham, like all of us, is like, maybe God needs a little help, right? And Sarah's like, yeah, good idea.

It's nowhere, nothing town, right? And then they don't have a kid for 10 years. And... She's getting old. She's getting old. They're old. They're older than... Hey, come on, man. Makes me feel better. So, you know, they're not having a kid. And Abraham, like all of us, is like, maybe God needs a little help, right? And Sarah's like, yeah, good idea.

Here, sleep with my maidservant, Hagar, and give us a child. We'll surrogate one. And they do. And Ishmael is born. And God's like, you didn't trust me. He said, no, there will be a child of the promise that will come. So, what is it, 10 years after that, it was like, I mean, they're really, you know, it's impossible, but it happened. Isaac is born. And

Here, sleep with my maidservant, Hagar, and give us a child. We'll surrogate one. And they do. And Ishmael is born. And God's like, you didn't trust me. He said, no, there will be a child of the promise that will come. So, what is it, 10 years after that, it was like, I mean, they're really, you know, it's impossible, but it happened. Isaac is born. And

Here, sleep with my maidservant, Hagar, and give us a child. We'll surrogate one. And they do. And Ishmael is born. And God's like, you didn't trust me. He said, no, there will be a child of the promise that will come. So, what is it, 10 years after that, it was like, I mean, they're really, you know, it's impossible, but it happened. Isaac is born. And

The wild thing is God then, when Isaac's like 12, 13, something like that, close to a teenager, and the love of Abraham's life, God says to him, Abraham, I want you to take your son, your only son, who you love, and I want you to take him to a mountain I will show you, and there I want you to sacrifice him. Now, God also said through the law, don't do that.

The wild thing is God then, when Isaac's like 12, 13, something like that, close to a teenager, and the love of Abraham's life, God says to him, Abraham, I want you to take your son, your only son, who you love, and I want you to take him to a mountain I will show you, and there I want you to sacrifice him. Now, God also said through the law, don't do that.

The wild thing is God then, when Isaac's like 12, 13, something like that, close to a teenager, and the love of Abraham's life, God says to him, Abraham, I want you to take your son, your only son, who you love, and I want you to take him to a mountain I will show you, and there I want you to sacrifice him. Now, God also said through the law, don't do that.

Do not sacrifice your children like the other gods demand. So this is pretty confusing, right? But Abraham follows him. Now, here's the thing. He gets two of his servants. He gets Isaac. And he's struggling. But he goes. And it says he traveled three days journey to Mount Moriah, to the region of Mount Moriah. And there, God says, that's the mountain. Go up there and sacrifice your son.

Do not sacrifice your children like the other gods demand. So this is pretty confusing, right? But Abraham follows him. Now, here's the thing. He gets two of his servants. He gets Isaac. And he's struggling. But he goes. And it says he traveled three days journey to Mount Moriah, to the region of Mount Moriah. And there, God says, that's the mountain. Go up there and sacrifice your son.

Do not sacrifice your children like the other gods demand. So this is pretty confusing, right? But Abraham follows him. Now, here's the thing. He gets two of his servants. He gets Isaac. And he's struggling. But he goes. And it says he traveled three days journey to Mount Moriah, to the region of Mount Moriah. And there, God says, that's the mountain. Go up there and sacrifice your son.

So he's got two servants. They could have carried the wood on which he's going to make this altar and sacrifice his son, right? And Abraham says to his servants, you stay here. The boy and I will go offer a sacrifice, and we will return. So here's the thing. Abraham believed, even if God makes me go through,