The angel of the LORD calls to Abraham from heaven a second time. The second call signals a second and deeper level of the covenant declaration. The first call stopped the sacrifice; the second call confirms the covenant consequence of the obedience. The double summons marks the two-part structure of the passage: the test and its resolution (verses 1-14) and the covenant reaffirmation (verses 15-19). The application: obedience in the hardest test is followed by the deepest covenant confirmation. The word that follows the test is the word that names what the test has established.

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