Marching on to the tune of a different drummer who echos his harmony within our being as a praise worship melody all the day long. Lets see what faith brings us shall we?
Hebrews 11:17-22 "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said (in Genesis 12:21), "'That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:'" Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones." (KJV)
Hebrews 11:17-22 "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said (in Genesis 12:21), "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named." He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff. By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones." (ESV)
Hebrews 11:17-22 "Faith became a more tangible evidence of the promise than even Isaac could ever be to Abraham. Isaac neither fulfilled nor replaced the promise. Inspired by what faith saw, Abraham was ready to do the ridiculous; to sacrifice his only son, convinced that not even Isaac's death could nullify the promise that GOD had made to him. (If Isaac was not the substance of Abraham's faith then who was? Abraham saw beyond Isaac. He saw Jesus the ancient of days, for he said, 'Abraham saw my day!' [John 8:56-58] 'Before Abraham was, I am.') Yet Abraham knew that GOD had said that his lineage of faith would be traced through Isaac! ( We are this very lineage of faith. And remember this Abraham nor his seed are Jews, but are Gentiles by natural birth.) He made a prophetic [1]calculation by faith to which there could only be one logical conclusion based on the word he had received: that GOD would raise the promise from the dead. (In the context of Abraham's vision, this was an analogy pointing to the parable of the death and resurrection of Christ. A calculation, logical conclusion, from the word [1, G3049 the middle voice from G3056 from G3004 ] logitzomai, is from logos; GOD'S faith is GOD'S logic.) By the same faith Isaac extended the future of the promise in the blessing he pronounced over his sons, Esau and Jacob. In his dying moments, Jacob, in worship to the GOD of Abraham, as the father of the nations, included in the promise [1]the sons of Joseph who were born in Egypt. (1 In exalting the two grandsons into the rank and right of Joseph's Friends, he bestowed on them, rather than on Reuben, the double portion of the first-born. Again, faith exceeds the natural. Even though they had an Egyptian mother, they would have an equal interest in all the spiritual and temporal blessings of the covenant of promise.) At the end of his life, Joseph prophetically reminded his sons of the exodus. He had such a firm belief that they would possess the land of promise that he exacted an oath from them: they were not to leave his bones in Egypt." (The Mirror, with editing)
Until our next visit may the LORD reveal within us his faith life.
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