The Weekly No. 7

We started off in Genesis 21 with the Birth of Isaac. When Abraham was 100 years old, Sarah bore him a son, named Isaac.  Isaac means “He laughs”.  His very name being a reminder of the joy of the Lord, and the miraculous fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham. Isaac was a type of Christ.  If that’s not something you’ve heard before.  In Biblical hermeneutics there’s what’s called “Typology”.  In short it’s prophetic symbolism that shows us a foreshadowing of something or someone to come in the future. “Generally speaking, a type is something from the Old Testament that prefigures, or points to, something of greater significance in the New Testament.  Most, if not all, typological prophecies relate to the first or second advent of Jesus.” – Todd Hampson So Isaac is a Type of Christ: Both were sons who came by divine promise. Each was conceived through miraculous circumstances. Both of their arrivals followed a long period of waiting / what seems like a great delay. Their mothers were both reassured by God’s power to do the impossible (see Genesis 18:13–14; Luke 1:34, 37). Before either child was born, God Himself gave them names filled with significance. Their births took place precisely at the time God had appointed (Genesis 21:2; Galatians 4:4). Both births brought extraordinary joy to those who heard the news (Genesis 21:6; Luke 1:46–47; 2:10–11). So keep this in mind, that Isaac is a type of Christ and this will provide so much more richness and revelation to the handiwork of God in the story of Isaac.