Genesis 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year. 1. He is born in a miraculous manner. He was the child given by promises, and came not in the ordinary course of nature. So Christ was long promised and miraculously born. 2. He was the son of the house, while all others were his servants. So the position of Christ in the heavenly household was made by His birth. No circumstances could alter His relationship to that household. He was there by a natural necessity. Others may come and go, but the Son abides. 3. He was the progenitor of a free race. Isaac was the son of the free woman, and the ancestor of a great and free people. Christ makes men free when they are born into the kingdom of God by His spirit, and thus belong to that holy nation whose children walk in perfect liberty. 4. He was the channel of blessing to all nations. Christ was the life and power which gave effect to that blessing. He was that blessing itself. Parallel Verses KJV: But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.WEB: But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year." |
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