53 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 1 - Book 5 - Law & Grace - Timeline - Isaac

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com LESSON 2 * PART 1 * BOOK 5 Law and Grace: Time Line: Isaac Genesis 24 In the Book of Romans, the Apostle Paul, writes to the Gentiles: Romans 15:4 When Paul refers to things "written aforetime", he was referring to the Old Testament. Let’s go back to Genesis 24. In the last few lessons we were dealing with Isaac and Ishmael, and howIsaac was, in type, a picture of Grace; the son of promise. Joseph, in so many ways experienced the same things that were experienced in the life of Christ, so we can consider Joseph as a "type" of Christ in that Old Testament setting. As Abraham is going to send out his servant to bring back a bride for his son Isaac, it is a perfect parallel of what the Holy Spirit is doing today to call out the Bride for Christ. Genesis 24:1 "And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things." Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born, and Isaac was now well up in years, so Abraham was indeed old. In Verse 2, Abraham addressed his servant, and although that servant is not named here, earlier in Genesis 15:2 we found that Abraham had a servant named Eliezer of Damascus – no doubt this is the same man. Genesis 24:2 Genesis 24:3,4 "‘And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.’" If you recall, back in Genesis when God first talked to Abram (Abraham), that he and his father Terah made their way up along the Euphrates River into the area known as Syria today. Then, from Haran, after Terah died, Abraham came down into the land of Canaan where the Canaanites lived. Remember, that Noah had three sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth. Ham was the son upon whom Noah placed the curse, and he became the father of the Canaanites. Shem is the son we are predominately interested in. From this line came the man Terah who had three sons, Haran, Abram (Abraham) and Nahor. Haran was the father of Lot. Lot, in turn, had two sons by his own daughters, back at the time of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Nahor had a son named Bethuel, and he had a daughter named Rebekah. Laban in turn had two daughters named Leah and Rachel. Let’s look at Abraham’s family. First, he had a son by the Egyptian slave girl, Hagar, named Ishmael. Then he had a son by his legal wife, Sarah, named Isaac. If you’ll remember your Biblical history, the Midianites were the people to the east. We know that Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. Let’s move on now in Genesis 24. Genesis 24:3b-5a "‘...thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.’ I believe this is will be a picture, illustration, or parallel of God’s calling out the Body of Christ from among the Gentiles. God the Father has sent the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is moving among the human race, wooing them, presenting them with the plan of Salvation. Even though God is sovereign, one of the things that is hard to reconcile is the question, "Is God absolute in whom He chooses? If you’re not chosen, you’re out." This expressed the opposite persuasion, that God had nothing to do with choosing. Everything fell into place, and the servant was amazed. 1 Peter 1:1,2 "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied." "...Elect according to the foreknowledge of God..." that’s the secret to understanding this whole doctrine. Why can God chose some and not others? Way back in Genesis, why did Rebekah come to water the livestock and meet Abraham’s servant at just the appropriate time. Obviously, it was the sovereign working of God, there’s no doubt about it! Because God knew she would be willing. Ephesians 1:4 Why did God choose us? Genesis 24:5,6 "And the servant said unto him, ‘Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?’ And Abraham said unto him, ‘Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.’" Genesis 24:7 "The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, 'Unto thy seed will I give this land;’ he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.’" Genesis 24:8 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible