Isaac

[Hunterpoet]

Isaac's birth was a miracle, promised by God.

He foreshadowed Christ on the cross.

He fathered Jacob and Esau, God's work was done through these men.

He is mentioned by God when He spoke to Moses.

More than this I cannot say.

[~candice~]

We spoke about this in chat last night (you really ought to visit one night!). You are right that we don't know much about him.

I do think that Isaac's main contribution was in his submission to his father Abraham. Isaac was in his early 30's when he and his father went up the mountain to sacrifice (most believe it was the same mountain that Jesus was cruxifed on), and by this stage Abraham was old. Isaac could have easily resisted his father, but instead chose to submit. Not my will, but yours....

Without Isaac there is no 'type' of the sacrifice of Abraham and Isaac. He was faithful in God's choice of a wife, and stayed in the land of Canaan despite the famine. Just like Abraham and Jacob, he bequeathed land to his sons that he had not yet inhabited, by faith, because He believed that God would honour His promise.

He is the vital link between the father of the faith Abraham, and Jacob (Israel).

[OneLight]

Through Isaac came the lineage of Jesus, not through Ishmael. Gods covenant is with Isaac.

Genesis 17:1-22

The Sign of the Covenant

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him,

[BlindSeeker]

We spoke about this in chat last night (you really ought to visit one night!). You are right that we don't know much about him.

I do think that Isaac's main contribution was in his submission to his father Abraham. Isaac was in his early 30's when he and his father went up the mountain to sacrifice (most believe it was the same mountain that Jesus was cruxifed on), and by this stage Abraham was old. Isaac could have easily resisted his father, but instead chose to submit. Not my will, but yours....

Without Isaac there is no 'type' of the sacrifice of Abraham and Isaac. He was faithful in God's choice of a wife, and stayed in the land of Canaan despite the famine. Just like Abraham and Jacob, he bequeathed land to his sons that he had not yet inhabited, by faith, because He believed that God would honour His promise.

He is the vital link between the father of the faith Abraham, and Jacob (Israel).

Very nice said Andy

[~candice~]

I do think that Isaac's main contribution was in his submission to his father Abraham. Isaac was in his early 30's when he and his father went up the mountain to sacrifice (most believe it was the same mountain that Jesus was cruxifed on), and by this stage Abraham was old. Isaac could have easily resisted his father, but instead chose to submit. Not my will, but yours....

Even though God was testing Abraham through the sacrifice of Isaac, we quickly overlook how obedient Isaac was to Abraham. Without a word, Isaac allowed his father to bind him and lay him on the alter. Was this the foreshadow of how Christ would give His life as a sacrifice for us?

Agreed! Usually we read this account from Abraham's point of view, but from Isaac's point of view it points to his obedience and faith.

[tjhawks1]

We spoke about this in chat last night (you really ought to visit one night!). You are right that we don't know much about him.

I do think that Isaac's main contribution was in his submission to his father Abraham. Isaac was in his early 30's when he and his father went up the mountain to sacrifice (most believe it was the same mountain that Jesus was cruxifed on), and by this stage Abraham was old. Isaac could have easily resisted his father, but instead chose to submit. Not my will, but yours....

Without Isaac there is no 'type' of the sacrifice of Abraham and Isaac. He was faithful in God's choice of a wife, and stayed in the land of Canaan despite the famine. Just like Abraham and Jacob, he bequeathed land to his sons that he had not yet inhabited, by faith, because He believed that God would honour His promise.

He is the vital link between the father of the faith Abraham, and Jacob (Israel).

This is also was my understanding. We read the story and put Isaac as a young boy or child. It makes a difference if he was old enough to understand what was going on and willing to go along with it. He also shows faith in his birth father and God. Amazing!!!!!!!!

[Guest]

Grace

OK . . . what about grace?

Grace

Isaac's Story Is All About The Grace Of God, For Where The Sinner Should Have Been

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:7-8

God Provided Himself The Lamb

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:2

Jesus As The Gift Of

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

Grace

[nebula]

We spoke about this in chat last night (you really ought to visit one night!).

That is interesting that I felt like posting this the day after you all chatted about this.

Thanks for the invite - but chat is too fast-paced for me, and I don't really have the time for it.

You are right that we don't know much about him.

I do think that Isaac's main contribution was in his submission to his father Abraham. Isaac was in his early 30's when he and his father went up the mountain to sacrifice (most believe it was the same mountain that Jesus was cruxifed on), and by this stage Abraham was old. Isaac could have easily resisted his father, but instead chose to submit. Not my will, but yours....

Without Isaac there is no 'type' of the sacrifice of Abraham and Isaac. He was faithful in God's choice of a wife, and stayed in the land of Canaan despite the famine. Just like Abraham and Jacob, he bequeathed land to his sons that he had not yet inhabited, by faith, because He believed that God would honour His promise.

He is the vital link between the father of the faith Abraham, and Jacob (Israel).

Maybe that's it then? The type Isaac represents towards Jesus is so crucial that the Lord did not want it to be overshadowed by chronicaling his journey of faith the way we see chronicled through Abraham and Jacob.

Thanks for sharing.

[sheya joie]

Notice also that the father, Abraham, provided the son, Isaac, with a wife, Rebekah - picturing the Father providing the Son with His wife, the Church.

[nebula]

Maybe Isaac simply didn't do anything worth recording? I don't think it strange that we don't know much about him. I guess I'm not sure why you question the whole situation.

What I meant was that we see the journey of faith Abraham and Jacob went through - but not Isaac.