ZwPI8cfkAbraham Passes a Severe Test of Faith
About 5 minutes, from Gen. 22
Participants (No need to memorize lines; the aim is to relive sacred events,
not to perform)
  Sarah
  Abraham
  Isaac
  Voice (of God)
  Prompter         Shout a brief line, and Echoes repeat it.
  Echoes            Children and all adults who want to take part. Echoes need no script.
Voice |
Abraham! Abraham! |
Prompter & Echoes |
Abraham’s only son! |
Sarah |
Abraham, I’ve never seen you so distressed! |
Abraham |
Oh, Sarah! |
Sarah |
What? You surely heard wrong, Abraham! |
Abraham |
Yes! And God promised to bless all nations through my descendant. |
Sarah |
Abraham rises early and splits wood for the burnt offering. |
Isaac |
Father, we have been traveling three days now. |
Abraham |
You two servants stay here with the donkey. |
Isaac |
I will carry the wood for the burnt offering, father. |
Abraham |
Good. I will take the fire and the knife. |
Isaac |
We must be close now, but I don’t understand. |
Abraham |
God will provide, my son. |
Isaac |
We are at the top, father. |
Abraham |
Son, God told me to do this. |
Isaac |
What? Sacrifice me? |
Prompter & Echoes |
We must obey God! |
Isaac |
I let my father bind me and lay me on the altar. |
Abraham |
My heart is breaking! I cannot do it! |
Prompter & Echoes |
How terrible! |
Voice |
Abraham, Abraham! Do not harm him. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Baa! |
Isaac |
What is that noise I hear coming from those bushes? |
Prompter & Echoes |
Baa! Baa! |
Abraham |
There! In that thicket! A ram is caught by its horns! |
Isaac |
My father rushes to catch the sheep. |
Abraham |
I name this place, THE LORD PROVIDES. |
Prompter & Echoes |
God provides our crucial need! |
Voice |
Abraham! |
Abraham |
I believe, and God reckons it to me as righteousness. |
Prompter & Echoes |
The righteous shall live by faith! |
Voice |
Because you have obeyed my voice, |
Prompter & Echoes |
In Jesus we are blessed! |