This is Scripture Roundtable 59 from The Interpreter Foundation, in which we discuss the Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson #9, “God Will Provide Himself a Lamb,” focusing on scriptures in Abraham 1, Genesis 15-17, 21-22, and others, bringing in various insights to help us better understand the scriptures. These roundtables will generally follow the 2014 Gospel Doctrine schedule of scriptures, a few weeks ahead of time.

Panelists for this roundtable include Mike Parker, Jeffrey Bradshaw, Benjamin McGuire, and Daniel Peterson.

A few sources cited in this roundtable:

•  “The sacrifice required of Abraham in the offering up of Isaac, shows that if a man would attain to the keys of the kingdom of an endless life; he must sacrifice all things.”—Joseph Smith, 27 August 1843, recorded by Willard Richards. History of the Church 5:555; Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith 322. Richards’ record is a little unclear, and has been emended by later scribes; the original reads “by the offering of Isaac.—if a man would attain—he must sacrifice all to attain to the keys of the kingdom of an endless life.” Words of Joseph Smith 244.
• “[Jesus] and the Apostles, in various places, clearly set forth that Abraham was the great exemplar of faith for them to follow, and that [we] must follow him, if [we] ever [expect] to participate in the glory and exaltation enjoyed by Abraham and his faithful seed.

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  “God required Abraham to sacrifice that which was most dear to him, and he will also require at our hands that which is most dear to us.”
  —George Q. Cannon, 6 October 1873. Journal of Discourses 16:245.

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