"The Promised Son, Isaac"
Genesis 18-23
Introduction:
The Promise: The Child of the Covenant
Abrahamic Covenant (Description)
Genesis 12:1-3 1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Abrahamic Covenant “God promised to bless Abraham and his nation and the entire world through his Seed. Jesus Christ is Abraham’s Son and inherits these blessings and bestows them upon those who believe.” – David Cloud
Genesis 17:21 21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
The Person: The Character of Isaac
The Picture: A type of Jesus Christ
Isaac
Jesus
The Description
Genesis 22:2 2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
John 3:16 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The Direction
The exact location of the sacrifice was Mt. Moriah which is where Jerusalem was built.
Mt. Calvary was located in this region
The Days
The journey to Mt. Moriah was 3 days
Jesus was in the tomb three days and three nights
The Distinction
Genesis 22:6 6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
John 19:17-18 17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
The Deference
Genesis 22:7-8 7And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
John 1:29 KJV: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
In regards to Genesis 22:7,8, let’s observe the words of M.R. DeHaan from his book “Portraits of Christ in Genesis”
“Notice it does not day, ‘God will himself provide a lamb’ but it says, ‘God will provide himself’ translated freely Abraham says God Himself is going to be the Lamb of Sacrifice.”
Outline:
Genesis 17:17 KJV: Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
This was a laugh of pure joy! (illustration of when a believer finds out about Jesus Christ and how He came, and what He did)
Luke 1:41 41And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
God had made a promise to Abraham, I’m sure there were times he doubted, but this was a birth that was a true miracle. Only God could have done this. His laugh was of joy and appreciation, I believe.
Genesis 18:12-14 12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my LORD being old also? 13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Sarah’s laughter = Cynical (skeptical)
The two responses of Isaac’s miraculous birth (one of joy, one of skepticism) is an illustration of how people react of Christ.
Genesis 22:7-8 7And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
2 Corinthians 8:9 9For ye know the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Philippians 2:8 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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