Angel #5 Tells Abraham not to Kill Isaac

Isaac was tied up on an altar reaady to be slaughtered by his own dad who believed God wanted him to do this. As Abraham lifted up his knife to slaughter his son, and angel came and told Abraham not to kill his son. The angel also said that God now saw how faithful Abraham was in obeying God by putting his own son on an altar to be killed.

Hebrews 11 tells us that as Abraham was ready to kill his son, he believed that God would raise him up for these reasons built in basic logic:
Premise 1 - God promised Abraham that he would raise up a nation through Isaac.
Premise 2 - God told him to slay his son.
Conclusion - Therefore Isaac cannot die or if he dies he would be raised up.

This is how the writer of Hebrews viewed the event.

In the same episode the angel of the Lord appears a second time to Abraham during this same time period telling Abraham that because he was obedient to God he would be blessed and his descendents would be beyond number. In other words, God renewed his covenant with Abraham.

Hebrew scholars throughout the ages have debated why God chose Abraham and many have concluded that although there was nothing that preceded his call to tell us why God chose him, studying his life after his call tells us more about why God chose Abraham. If we look at this event we see into the argument that it was his obedience that made Abraham worthy of receiving the blessing.

The New Testament writer James pursued this argument about Abraham's obedience. On the other hand, Paul focused more on the faith of Abraham in that Abraham believed God when He told Abraham that he would be the father of a nation.