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Believing is Seeing

When Abraham approached the mountain where he was to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, the Torah says, “And Abraham saw.”  What exactly did he “see?”
He saw a cloud enveloping a mountain.  Recognizing the sign Abraham said, “This is the place where the Holy One, blessed be He, told me to bring my son.” 
Abraham, then turned to Isaac and asked, “My son, do you see what I see?”   
“Yes.”
Abraham then turned to his servants and asked, “Do you see what I see?”
“No,” they answered. Midrash Rabbah


At this point Abraham and his son went on alone.  Here are four people all facing the same direction yet coming up with radically different worldviews.  The servants see emptiness while Abraham observes majesty.  What we see in life is determined how we see.

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