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A shoulder: and his name shall be called
study of the lives of individuals
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,
whom the Holy Spirit has left
for us in the pages of the sacred
Scriptures can be both interesting and The everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace” (9:6).
instructive. This is certainly true in the Like Isaac, the Lord Jesus was named
case of Isaac, the son of Abraham in the before He was miraculously conceived
Old Testament. Details of his life and pil- of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary.
grimage are found in the book of Genesis, In addition to the prophecy of Isaiah, an
chapters 21-28. angel announced to Mary, “Behold, thou
Isaac was a son of promise. His name, shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring
which means “he shall rejoice,” was an- forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus”
nounced before he was born. God prom- (Luk 1:31).
ised Abraham a son through whom He Believers, too, are children of promise.
would reaffirm the covenant of blessing Paul wrote in the book of Galatians, “Now
already made to Abraham (Gen 12:1-3; we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children
15:18-21). This covenant not only assured of promise” (Gal 4:28). Those who receive
Abraham and later Isaac (17:18-20) of the Lord Jesus by faith receive a new birth
God’s faithfulness in giving them the land and eternal life according to the promise
that He had promised, but also provided of God. “For God so loved the world, that
the basis for the unfolding of His divine he gave his only begotten Son, that who-
plan of redemption through Abraham’s soever believeth in him should not perish,
seed. but have everlasting life” (Joh 3:16).
The Lord Jesus Christ is also a Son of The Lord promised Abraham, because
promise. Isaiah prophesied, “Behold, a of his trust and dependence upon God,
virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and that through him and through his seed all
shall call his name Immanuel” (Isa 7:14). the nations of the world would be blessed
1
Perhaps the most well-known Scripture (Gen 12:3; 22:18). The Lord later repeated
that details the promise of a Son also this promise to Isaac (26:4).
comes from the prophet Isaiah: “For unto The Lord Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s
us a child is born, unto us a son is given: promise that the seed of the woman would
and the government shall be upon his bruise the head of the serpent, Satan
(3:15). The writer of the book of Hebrews
1 Bible quotations in this article are from the
KJV. wrote, “Forasmuch then as the children

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