Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] Re: Simple Thoughts On Promises- 86

Sarah was his wife first and foremost in Gods eyes, so Isaac was her firstborn son.

wanda

GOD IS LOVE

From: RogCat <aocfaith@yahoo.com>
To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:12:22 AM
Subject: [FamilyofGod] Re: Simple Thoughts On Promises- 86

Hi Valerie,

There are so many posts in this group. My question was a serious one. Muslims call our attention to the fact that God asked that Abraham sacrifice his firstborn son. We know that the firstborn son of Abraham was Ishmael, not Isaac.. But we know that Abraham was about to offer Isaac as the sacrifice. Is there something in Hebrrew / Jewish law that would have made Isaac the firstborn, instead of Ishmael?

I was just taking a chance that someone in this group might have a good answer to that. Obviously, God did not make a mistake. Did Abraham or is it our misunderstanding of Hebrew law of that time?

{As you know, I have studied the Scriptures for many years - but I have never found a GOOD LOGICAL answer to that situation.}

Do you think that this is the right place to ask about it?

Thanks,

RogCat
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--- In FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com, valerie cornell <cornell7251@ ....> wrote:
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> Hi Roger- didn't realize you were in this group!
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> You asked if God made a mistake.....no way....it is all in His perfect plan.
> Val
> Psalm 121
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> From: RogCat <aocfaith@.. .>
> To: FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:26:11 AM
> Subject: [FamilyofGod] Re: Simple Thoughts On Promises- 86
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> And the descendants of Ishmael grew into the mighty Islamic faith, whose followers today are known as the Muslims. They are "put out" by the love that God displayed to Isaac. Muslims claim, actually, that Ishmael was actually Abraham's first son - to whom all blessings should have been given. Did God make a mistake?
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> Grow With God,
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> PS: I am not muslim.
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> --- In FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com, "Dr. Johnson Cherian" <johnsonsharona@ ...> wrote:
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> > Simple Thoughts On Promises- 86
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> > Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on
> > tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an
> > appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it
> > linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
> > (Habakkuk 2:2,3)
> >
> > Has the Lord given you a promise for which you have prayed but not seen
> > it's fulfillment. Is it lingering longer than you thought it would. The
> > above verse says, "Though it linger wait for it...""it will certainly
> > come and not delay..."
> >
> > The Lord promised Abraham not just a child but a whole lot of
> > descendants as good a number as the stars of the sky. But when the
> > promise did not attain fulfillment soon, he chose to have a child
> > through a maid of his and perhaps was satisfied with whatever he could
> > acheive.
> >
> > At age 99, 24 years after he had left the Ur of the Chaldeans, God again
> > spoke to him saying,
> > "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name
> > will be Sarah. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.. I
> > will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of
> > peoples will come from her." Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said
> > to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah
> > bear a child at the age of ninety?" And Abraham said to God, "If only
> > Ishmael might live under your blessing!" (Genesis 17:15-18)
> >
> > Abraham felt the situation was hilarious. Him 99 & Sarah 89. Surely God
> > had a sense of humor.
> >
> > So he replied..."If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!"
> > meaning "Don't take all the trouble God and leave us alone. Just bless
> > Ishmael. I'll settle for that."
> >
> > Has that been your attitude lately? Are you trying to be content with
> > whatever you have in hand even when God has promised you greater things?
> >
> > Read how God responded to what Abraham said.
> > Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you
> > will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an
> > everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. (Genesis 17:19)
> >
> > And it did happen as God promised.
> >
> > What God has promised, he will bring to fulfillment in your life too. So
> > even though it lingers, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not
> > delay.
> > God bless you.
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