Hint hint

There's a story in the Bible really early on, about Abraham and his son Isaac. God said to Abraham, Take Isaac your only son to the mountain and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering. Yes, really. This is one of those points in the Bible that is so severe and ridiculous that makes me think it really is the truth, otherwise, why is it in there?

So Abraham went, and Isaac (who was most likely a grown man by then) went also. Right before they reached their destination, Isaac asked, "Father, where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" as it is customary to bring your own lamb to kill and to burn. Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son."

I wonder if Abraham knew somehow that he was right, not only in their specific predicament but for the universal, human problem also. In that story, God stopped Abraham in the nick of time from killing Isaac and provided a ram nearby for them to sacrifice instead. This story, down to the detail where God said to Abraham: "Take your son, your only son, whom you love," is a foreshadow of what was to come thousands of years later in Jesus' sacrifice, as God's son died instead of us, for us. It's a hint.

Some people say Abraham went ahead with it, despite how distraught he was by God's request, because he thought even if his son had to die, his God was powerful enough to resurrect the dead.

Yet another hint.