I beheld Abraham once again ascending a mountain, one that was overcast with dark clouds. And at a great distance away I noticed another mountain looming. Abraham was placing wood on a rough altar on the first mountain. A young man stood next to him. I knew it was Isaac his son. Suddenly Abraham took hold of Isaac and bound him. Isaac offered no resistance - he didn't struggle with his father. Had the shock and fear paralyzed him? Like a lamb led to the slaughter he allowed his father to place him on top of the wood²⁸.

Abraham lifted his hands worshipfully toward heaven. Instantly the dark clouds disintegrated, revealing a crystal-clear sky radiating in deepest rainbow colors²⁹. Then, there appeared two logs of rugged wood, joined together in a ‘T’, in place of Abraham's altar³⁰. On top of the logs lay a lamb³¹, as white as snow. I then heard a Voice, as deep as a bronze bell, resounding from every direction:

"Behold, the son of promise³². After him shall your seed be named³³. Because you have not withheld the only beloved son I promised you³⁴, neither shall I shall withhold my Only Son whom I love, the Seed of Promise³⁵. With you I make My Covenant this day, Abraham, friend of My Bosom³⁶. I have tested your love and faith, and found your righteousness perfect in my eyes³⁷. Therefore in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed³⁸ /^a.

Suddenly, I saw Abraham's mountain (Mt. Moriah) move toward the second mountain that was looming in the distance³⁹.

I gasped in surprise! Abraham's mountain entered into the other one and instantly, dark storm clouds hung threateningly over that mountain. It was a terrible mountain⁴⁰.

"This," announced Abraham, "is Mt. Sinai. Here was given the law of conditions⁴¹, which Israel proved unable to keep⁴². Their hearts did not incline to the Law of love, and so, G-d guided them with bit and bridle⁴³. Behold the curse! Behold the judgment pending over this mount! For every descendant of Israel who seeks to please G-d apart from faith in Messiah's atonement is under the law of conditions⁴⁴."

"Do you see the difference?" He asked, pointing to the brooding darkness. "If you seek righteousness pleasing to G-d on the basis of fulfilling these conditions, consider the fearful darkness above it."

"In contrast," he said, his lively, dark brown eyes smiling encouragingly again , "do you remember the radiating brilliance of the sky, shining in the colors of promise?"⁴⁵

I nodded. I remembered.

"Look!" He directed my attention to the mount again. As I watched with amazement, both mountains - which were as one - moved on, crossing a long stretch of land⁴⁶ toward a third mountain, which suddenly appeared on the horizon.