# Abraham — The Pursuit of God character guide

> Abraham in The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** thee

**First appearance:** 0004-i-following-hard-after-god

## Snapshot

An old father whose love for Isaac bordered on idolatry, until God asked him to carry the boy up Moriah and trust beyond the fire.

## Who they are

He is the patriarch whose long-awaited son became the delight and idol of his heart, the living bundle of every promise, covenant, and messianic hope. His agony on the slopes near Beersheba is the book's dramatic picture of the surrendered life, an uncleansed love meeting a command that seems to cancel the very promise it came from. He matters to the early arc because his dark-night solution, that God could raise Isaac from the dead, illustrates the first Beatitude and the step-by-step ascent no seeker can bypass.

## Relationships

### [The Godhead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/characters/the_godhead)

_professional_

Abraham is the father of faith, whose covenant relationship with the Godhead establishes the pattern of trust and obedience.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

Abraham's faith journey is used by the narrator as a primary example of the pursuit of God.

### [Isaac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/characters/isaac)

_family_

Abraham and Isaac are father and son, with their relationship culminating in the test of faith on Mount Moriah.

### [The Godhead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/characters/the_godhead)

_professional_

Abraham is the father of faith, whose covenant relationship with the Godhead establishes the pattern of trust and obedience.

## In the story

### [II: The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/ii-the-blessedness-of-possessing-nothing)

Abraham is the central figure, whose trial by fire in offering Isaac demonstrates total surrender and the blessedness of possessing nothing.

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