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Isaac

The life of Isaac

Genesis 21:

  • Born

Genesis 22:

  • Offered Isaac is about 30

Genesis 23:

  • Sarah dies at the age of 127 Isaac is 37

Genesis 24:

  • Marries Rebekah Isaac is 40

Genesis 25:

  • Abraham dies at the age of 175
  • Esau and Jacob are born Isaac is 60
  • Esau, at the point of dying, agrees to give his 1st born birth right to Jacob for a bowl of pottage. Jacob tricks Esau (Edom) out of his birth right and the hatred begins.

Genesis 26:

  • God reiterates the Abrahamic Covenant to Isaac
  • Isaac passes Rebekah off as his sister to Abimelech (a title of rulers of Philistia) so he can live and prosper in the land of the Philistines without being killed and having Rebekah taken
  • Abimelech finds out Rebekah is Isaac’s wife, tells his people not to approach Rebekah, and allows Isaac and Rebekah to stay in their land and build riches
  • Isaac’s riches grow too great and Abimelech sends him off
  • Isaac moves to Gerar and re-digs the wells Abraham had dug
  • God reiterates He will multiply Isaac’s seed (while in Beersheba), Isaac digs a well
  • Isaac and Abimelech make a covenant that they will not hurt each other
  • Esau, age 40, marries 2 Hittite women

Genesis 27:

  • Isaac, on his death bed, asks Esau to kill and make him some venison, and he will bless Esau before he dies
  • Rebekah hears Isaac and has Jacob bring 2 goats and she prepares them, then uses their hair to place on Jacob to have him seem as Esau to Isaac. Jacob takes the meat into Isaac, tricks him with the goat hair and gets the blessing meant for Esau.
  • Esau takes his venison to Isaac after Jacob had left, and finds that Isaac was tricked into blessing Jacob. No blessing for Esau and the hatred continues.

Genesis 28:

  • Isaac conveys the Abrahamic Covenant to Jacob and sends him away to Rebekah’s brother Laban to marry within the family

Genesis 35:

  • Isaac dies Isaac is 180

Abraham

There was a 6 decade overlap in the lives of Abraham and Noah.

The life of Abraham

Genesis 12:

  • Called but only moves up river from Ur to Haran (for about 5 years)
  • Abrahamic Covenant
  • Father dies and Abraham goes to Canaan, the land God called him to. (Sarai) Sarah and Lot go too. Land promised again.  Abraham is 75
  • Famine, Abraham takes Sarah and Lot to Egypt. Passes Sarah off as his sister, she was his 1/2 sister by Terah and his 2nd wife. Pharaoh sends Abraham away with his riches when he finds Sarah is his wife.

Genesis 13:

  • Abraham and Lot split, Lot goes to Sodom
  • Land and multitude of descendants promised again

Genesis 14:

  • 4 kings warred against 5, won and took lot. Abraham trained 318 from his house and went against the 4 kings to retrieve Lot. Abraham takes no spoils.
  • Abraham gives tithes to Melchizedek, king and priest of Salem

Genesis 15:

  • God tells Abraham he will have a son and his seed will multiply, Abraham believed and God counted it to him for righteousness. Abrahamic Covenant reiterated. Abraham prepares sacrifices, God walks the covenant ritual Himself, making it unconditional, while He puts Abraham in a deep sleep

Genesis 16:

  • Ishmael born of Hagar, Sarah then despises her. Hagar goes to fountain, Angel of the Lord tells her Ishmael’s seed will multiply exceedingly. Abraham is 86

Genesis 17:

  • Abrahamic Covenant reiterated and every man shall be circumcised as a token of the covenant. Abram changed to Abraham, Sarai changed to Sarah. Abraham is 99
  • Sarah will have a son, he will be named Isaac and God will establish His everlasting covenant with him and his seed.

Genesis 18:

  • God and 2 angels visit Abraham and he offers them 3 measures of meal, which becomes the fellowship offering. God says Sarah will bare child and she laughs. In Hebrew the root verb from which the word Isaac is derived means “to laugh”.
  • Abraham bargains with God, while the 2 angels head to Sodom and Gomorrah, about not destroying the city for the righteous there.

Genesis 19:

  • The 2 angels save Lot, his wife, and 2 daughters out of Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels destroy the city, but Lot’s wife looks back and is turned to ash by the burning.
  • Lot’s 2 daughters feed him wine and sleep with him, baring Moab (father of the Moabites) by the elder and Benammi (father of the Ammonites) by the younger.

Genesis 20:

  • Abraham moves to Gerar and tells King Abimeleck (a title of rulers of Philistia) that Sarah is his sister so that he would not be slain. Pagan practice would be to kill the husband and take the wife. God comes to Abimeleck and tells him he is a dead man because Sarah is Abraham’s wife. Abimeleck gives Abraham riches and tells them to go live anywhere in his land.

Genesis 21:

  • Isaac is born Sarah is 90, Abraham is 100
  • Hagar and Ishmael are cast out
  • Abraham digs a well in Beersheba

Genesis 22:

  • Abraham offers Isaac, God reiterates that He will multiply Abraham’s seed and in his seed all nations of the earth will be blessed

Genesis 23:

  • Sarah dies at the age of 127 Abraham is 138

Genesis 24:

  • Abraham sends his servant  (Eleazor) to find a wife for Isaac. He finds Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s borther Nahor. Isaac was comforted of Sarah’s death.

Genesis 25:

  • Isaac was 40 when he married Rebekah
  • Abraham marries Keturah
  • Abraham dies and is buried with Sarah Abraham is 175
  • Ishmael has 12 sons and dies at the age of 137

Genesis 26:

  • Philistines, after Abraham dies, fill the wells that Abraham had dug with earth

Messianic Prophecies

  • Deity, eternity, preexistence, creatorship, omnipotence, omnipresence: Is 40:12-18; 51:13
  • Incarnation: Isa 9:6
  • Born of a virgin: Gen 3:15; Isa 7:14
  • Born in Bethlehem: Mic 5:2
  • Occasion massacre of Bethlehem’s children: Gen 35:19-20; Jer 31:15
  • Live in Galilee: Isa 9:1-2; in Nazareth: Isa 11:1
  • Youth in Nazareth: Isa 7:15; 9:1-2; 11:1; 53:2
  • Taken into Egypt: Hos 11:1
  • Anointed as Servant of the Lord: Isa 11:2
  • Chosen; delighted in: Isa 42:1
  • Announced by an Elijah-like herald: Isa 40:3-5; Mal 3:1; 4:5
  • Mild manner: Isa 42:2
  • Proclaim a Jubilee to the world: Isa 58:6; 61:1
  • Ministering kindness: Isa 42:3; (Mt 12:18-20)
  • Speak in parables: Isa 6:9-10; Ps 78:2
  • Calm the storm: Ps 89:9
  • Obedience: Isa 50:5
  • Message: Isa 61:1-2
  • Miracles: Isa 35:5-6
  • High Priestly ministry: Isa 53:12
  • Sufferings: Isa 50:6; 52:14
  • Gathering to exultation: Isa 52:13-15
  • Triumphal entry into Jerusalem – King on Donkey: Zech 9:9
  • People to sing Hosanna to him: Ps 118:25-26
  • Rejection by Israel: Isa 53:1-3
  • Shame, struck, bruised: Isa 53:4-6
  • 30 pieces of Silver, transacted in the Temple, and ends up with the Potter: Zech 11:13
  • Betrayed by a friend for 30 pieces of Silver: Ps 41:9; Zech 11:12
  • Like a smitten shepherd: Zech 13:7
  • No Defense Though Innocent: Isa 53:7
  • Vicarious death: Isa 53:8
  • Died with Wicked; Buried with Rich: Isa 53:9
  • To rise from the dead: Ps 16:10
  • To Ascend to heaven: Ps 68:18
  • Despised: Ps 2:6; 69:4, 20
  • Rejected: Ps 118:22
  • Mocked: Ps 22:7-8; 89:51-52
  • Whipped: Ps 129:3
  • Derided: Ps 69:8, 20
  • Crucified Ps 22:14-17
  • Impaled on a cross
    • Dying words foretold Ps 22:1; 31:5
    • Thirsty: Ps 22:15
    • Hands and feet pierced Ps 22:16
    • Given wine mixed with gall: Ps 69:21
    • Lots cast for his garments: Ps 22:18
    • Not a bone to be broken: Ex 12:46; Num 9:12; Ps 34:20
  • Resurrection: Isa 53:10
  • Raised from the dead: Gen 22:4; Ps 16:10-11; Jon 1:17
  • Resurrection followed by destruction of Jerusalem: Dan 9:26; 11:31; 12:1,11
  • Wounds in Hands: Zech 13:6
  • Ascension: Isa 52:13
  • Spiritual progeny: Isa 53:10
  • At the right hand of God: Ps 110:1; 80:17
  • Is the High Priest: Ps 110:4
  • Will judge the nations: Ps 89:3-5
  • Reign to be eternal: Ps 89:35-37
  • Blessed forever: Ps 45:2, 7, 17
  • Will come in glory in last days: Ps 102:16-23
  • Future glory: Isa 59:20; 63:1-6; 66:15-19
  • The Messianic Promise
    • The “Seed of the Woman” – The Race: Gen 3:15
    • Abraham – The Nation: Gen 22:18
    • Jacob – The Tribe: Gen 49:10
    • David – The Family 2 Sam 7:11
  • Messianic Agenda
    • The Purpose of all history: Mt 23:37
    • The Tragedy of all history: Mt 23:38
    • The Triumph of all history: Mt 23:39
  • His Person
    • Son of God: Ps 2:7; 45:6-7; 102:25, 27
    • Son of Man: Ps 8:4-6
    • Son of David: Ps 89:3-4; Ps 110:1; (Mt 22:42-45); Ps 132:11: Isa 9:6-7; 11:1
  • His Offices
    • Prophet: Ps 22:22, 25; 40:9, 10
    • Priest: Ps 110:4
    • King: Ps 2:6; 24:10; 72:8-11

First Resurrection

Modeled in the harvest

Firstfruits – offered as a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God:

  • Jesus – 1 Corinthians 15:20

General Harvest – one pass for gathering the crop:

  • The dead in Christ – 1 Thessalonians 4:16
  • The alive in Christ – 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Gleaning – crop not picked up in the general harvest:

  • Tribulation Martyrs and Saints – Revelation 20:4
  • OT Saints – Daniel 12:2

Messianic Profiles in Psalms

To speak in parables – Ps 78:2
Will calm the storm – Ps 89:9
To be despised – Ps 2:2, 6; 69:20
To be rejected – Ps 118:22
To be mocked – Ps 22:7-8; 89:51-52
To be whipped – Ps 129:3
To be derided – Ps 69:8, 20
Impaled on a cross – Ps 22:16
…Thirsty – Ps 69:21
…Given wine mixed with gall – Ps 69:21
…Lots cast for his garments – Ps 22:18-19
…Not a bone to be broken – Ps 34:20
To rise from the dead – Ps 16:10
To Ascend to heaven – Ps 68:18
At the right hand of God – Ps 110:1; 80:17
Is the High Priest – Ps 110:4
Will judge the nations – Ps 89:3-5
Reign to be eternal – Ps 89:35-37
Is the Son of God – Ps 2:7
Is the Son of David – Ps 110:1 (Mt 22:42-45)
People to sing Hosanna to him – Ps 118:25-26
Blessed forever – Ps 45:1-4, 6-7, 17
Will come in glory in last days – Ps 102:16-22