[Avodah] Yitzchak Allowed?? (Akeida)

[harveybenton at yahoo.com]

 How/Why/Was
Yitzchak Avinu allowed to sacrifice (or potentially sacrifice) his own
life on the word of his Father?  Is this/was this allowed??? [Yitzchak
did not, as far as we know, receive a direct tzivui from Hashem to give up his
life.] 

If we perhaps hold that Shaliach K'Moitu, and that Avraham was an authentic Shaliach of Hashem, (on this and other? matters?) which would therefore perhaps obligate Yitzchak, would/should Yitzchak have required definitive proof from Avraham's as to the authenticity of his Shlichus??? 

[And of course, if Avraham was not considered a direct/authoritative Shaliach, vis a vis this paticular (Akeida) matter, then why would Yitzchak have been allowed to listen to him??]

HB
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