5 Smooth Stones --Genesis 21: Why Is the Promise To Abraham Relevant To Us Today?

Genesis 3:8, 13:14-16, 1:14; Psalm 104:19; Galatins 4:4; Mark 1:15; Romans 5:6; Ephesians 5:10; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:34; Matthew 1:21; Romans 4:19; Luke 1:34-35; Matthew 3:16; Galatians 4:28-31; Genesis 4:14; John 14:1; Romans 11:33, 9:7-9; Ephesians 2:12

We are walking in today:  5 Smooth Stones --Genesis 21: Why Is the Promise To Abraham Relevant To Us Today?

Witness idol throughout the Bible:  H4656 miphletseth horrid thing, horrible thing, from the root word fear
1 Kings 15:12-13; Isaiah 48:5, 56:3; Jeremiah 22:28; Zechariah 10:17; 2 Chronicles 33:6-10, 33:15; Acts 7:41; 1 Corinthians 8:4, 8:7, 10:18-19


This chapter shows us more of how this promise of Abraham to be blessed with seed and in him all the nations were to be blessed--was fulfilled.  Why do we need to know this?  Because this effects the whole world!  His offspring was to be blessed and over the years and generations--we see the blessings of Yahweh on a vast group of people.  This includes believers and not Jews alone.  As history is traced back and more of us have the blood of the blessing in our veins.  In His great wisdom, Yahweh allows for those who come to understand and follow the ways of father Abraham are also blessed.  Fiveamprayer, we have to see in this chapter we are not to assist Yahweh in fulfilling His promises.  As Abraham did with Ishmael at the instance of Sarah who believed her child bearing years were over--yet is there anything too hard for Adonai?  Will the King of the Universe deliver on all that He has spoken?  Can His word fail?  All that the king speaks must be upheld in the Earth, how much greater for He who created all things?  The birth of Issac which was the son of the promise to Abraham, through Sarah.  It was Abraham's obedience that he was blessed with the promised son--to bring out a lineage of people to serve Him.  Ishmael was Abraham's son of the flesh, where Abraham and Sarah were helping Yahweh out.  In Isaac, who was named by Yahweh before his birth, came forth the blessing as promised to Abraham.  Isaac learned from his father all that Elohim had done, and that he would continue to walk in all that was promised.
9 points where Isaac is the foreshadow of Yeshua
1. they were both promised births and both fulfilled
2. there was a long interval from the promise of these births being fulfilled
3. messengers of Yahweh come to announce the births to both Sarah and Mary for these promised sons
4. both sons were named before they were born
5. the births occured at Yahweh's appointed times--both Isaac and Yeshua's names have a connection to passover
6. they are miracle births
7. both sons were the joy to their fathers'
8. both sons were obedient to their fathers' unto death
9. Isaac is a picture of Yeshua's resurrection

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