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Clear searchThe covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
Isaac, Not Ishmael The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ Did God choose Isaac or Ishmael? This is not a tribal debate. It is a covenant question. The answer does not require hostilit…
Read article →Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
…rael. The difference is not trivial. Abraham lived before Jacob received the name Israel. Ishmael was Abraham's physical seed but was not Israel. Esau descended from Abraham and Isaac but was not Israel. Abrahamic descent and Israelite identity were never identical categories. Ge…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…they are not all Israel, which are of Israel" (Romans 9:6). God distinguished Isaac from Ishmael and Jacob from Esau. This establishes election within Israel, not the disappearance of Israel. Paul has just defined the people under discussion as his physical kinsmen and named the…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…be their God." —Genesis 17:7-8 This does not make every descendant spiritually righteous. Ishmael and the sons of Keturah are distinguished from the covenant line through Isaac; within Israel, unbelief brings judgement; and the blessing of salvation is received by faith. Circumci…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…l can describe more than one kind of anointed person. The Qur’an does not explicitly name Ishmael as the sacrificial son. The surviving Syriac Alexander Legend presents dating difficulties which prevent a simplistic copying claim. Third, every item of evidence should be allowed t…
Read article →Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
…his only begotten son.” Isaac was not the only male whom Abraham had physically fathered; Ishmael had already been born. Yet Isaac was Abraham’s monogenēs: the unique son of promise, the irreplaceable son through whom the covenant line was named. The following verse supplies the…
Read article →Four popular claims tested in context
…overn an earthly state or lead an army. Secondly, "their brethren" is said to include the Ishmaelites, who were related to Israel through Abraham. The promised prophet may therefore arise from Israel's brother nation rather than from Israel itself. Presented that way, the claim h…
Read article →Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
…, In Isaac shall thy seed be called." —Romans 9:7 Abraham had more than one physical son. Ishmael was genuinely Abraham's descendant and received a blessing from God, but the covenant line through which the promised Seed would come was established in Isaac (Genesis 17:18-21; 21:1…
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