11.29.24 ~ Never Forget Where We've Been
Good morning!
The national holiday of Thanksgiving is over, but giving thanks is always in season 365 days a year; for a full belly(Deut. 8:10), during stressful times (Phil.4:6; Psa. 34:1), in our relationships (Eph. 5:20), in life and death (Job 1:21), in my praise (Heb. 13:15); and in all that I do (Col. 3:17).
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This morning, let's never forget where we've been...Where did he go (Gen. 22:5, 19)? Abraham said that he and Isaac will go and worship together and they will come back together (Gen. 22:5). Yet, in the narrative of the 'Akeidah' only Abraham comes back (Gen. 22:19). Where did Isaac go? Why doesn't he show again until after the 'servant' finds a bride for the son (Gen. 24:62-67)?
Chapter 23 has Abraham mourning the death of Sarah in Hebron; while teaching us incredible life lessons about 'burying our dead' and 'our dead we should bury' (Gen.23:3-16). Immediately after this, the father's servant is in Haran, at Laban's house, searching within the family of Abraham to procure a bride for Isaac.
Where was Isaac all this time? Strangely enough he's at the refuge well of Hagar and Ishmael; where God sees me/Be'er Lachai Roi (Gen. 24:62); restoring family relationships between the brother born of flesh, the letter of the law, and the one born after the promise, the spirit of the law (Gal. 4:21-27)...a long way from anything.
Why was Isaac there? Why didn't he return with Abraham? Why wasn't he with his mother? Why wasn't he with the servant? So many questions!
The three mentions of this well give us insight (Gen. 16:14; 24:62; 25:11)! When Hagar/the stranger, who was despised/hallel/treated with little value and runs away from Sarai (Gen. 16:1-16), she meets the angel at the well of the God who sees me, which is located between Kadesh/holy and Bered/hail (Gen. 16:13-14).
In the refuge of Be'er Lachai Roi, Isaac, is in a time of mourning for the loss of his mother. He's in the field meditating/suach when he sees Rebekah coming (Gen. 24:63; Psa. 102:1). Both Isaac and Hagar experience mourning in the same place and receive comfort provided by the One Who sees. Connecting this well with Abraham, Hagar, Ishmael and Sarah is the unfortunate, competitive sin of mocking; their mouths filled with kallal/curses (Prov. 9:8).
Power struggles within the home lead to mocking. Isaac, in his aloneness, cried out to the Lord and found comfort through the humble act of prayer and meditation. So why did Isaac choose to go to Hagar and Ishmael? It's a good thing that he did. It is hope for each of us who may have been a Hagar or Ishmael, living only the letter of the law. He must have been rebuilding burnt bridges. Some believe, I being one of them, that Hagar changed her mocking mindset, repented, and was renamed Keturah/incense (Gen. 25:1-4). It's hard to know exactly, from our vantage point, but we do know he spent a significant amount of time there; and history tells us that it was 3 years (refer to yesterday's study).
It appears that there was some mending of relationship since both Isaac and Ishmael bury their father in Hebron at the cave Machpelah. Later Esau married an Ishmaelite woman (Gen. 28:9) and King David's sister married an Ishmaelite man (1 Chron. 2:17), the commander of the army of Judah (1 King 2:32).
Obviously, Isaac's time in Be'er lachai Roi produced good fruit hundreds of years later with the Ishmaelites...ah the beauty of intercession between holiness and destruction; the combining of the letter and the spirit!
When you are convinced that the Lord sees you, your approval needed from those in authority over you or under your authority will decrease. No need to compete or compare. It is then that the ones who love you will come to you of their own free will. Prayers are answered. Reconciliation with enemies comes. Comfort enters your tent.
That's Isaac's man cave mentality! It's Yeshua's 'man cave' mentality; A great place and a great activity between his 'resurrection' and 'taking his bride'.
I'm sure thankful that He lives to intercede (Heb. 7:25)!
More tonight on the zoom call.
Shalom!
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This morning, let's never forget where we've been...Where did he go (Gen. 22:5, 19)? Abraham said that he and Isaac will go and worship together and they will come back together (Gen. 22:5). Yet, in the narrative of the 'Akeidah' only Abraham comes back (Gen. 22:19). Where did Isaac go? Why doesn't he show again until after the 'servant' finds a bride for the son (Gen. 24:62-67)?
Chapter 23 has Abraham mourning the death of Sarah in Hebron; while teaching us incredible life lessons about 'burying our dead' and 'our dead we should bury' (Gen.23:3-16). Immediately after this, the father's servant is in Haran, at Laban's house, searching within the family of Abraham to procure a bride for Isaac.
Where was Isaac all this time? Strangely enough he's at the refuge well of Hagar and Ishmael; where God sees me/Be'er Lachai Roi (Gen. 24:62); restoring family relationships between the brother born of flesh, the letter of the law, and the one born after the promise, the spirit of the law (Gal. 4:21-27)...a long way from anything.
Why was Isaac there? Why didn't he return with Abraham? Why wasn't he with his mother? Why wasn't he with the servant? So many questions!
The three mentions of this well give us insight (Gen. 16:14; 24:62; 25:11)! When Hagar/the stranger, who was despised/hallel/treated with little value and runs away from Sarai (Gen. 16:1-16), she meets the angel at the well of the God who sees me, which is located between Kadesh/holy and Bered/hail (Gen. 16:13-14).
In the refuge of Be'er Lachai Roi, Isaac, is in a time of mourning for the loss of his mother. He's in the field meditating/suach when he sees Rebekah coming (Gen. 24:63; Psa. 102:1). Both Isaac and Hagar experience mourning in the same place and receive comfort provided by the One Who sees. Connecting this well with Abraham, Hagar, Ishmael and Sarah is the unfortunate, competitive sin of mocking; their mouths filled with kallal/curses (Prov. 9:8).
Power struggles within the home lead to mocking. Isaac, in his aloneness, cried out to the Lord and found comfort through the humble act of prayer and meditation. So why did Isaac choose to go to Hagar and Ishmael? It's a good thing that he did. It is hope for each of us who may have been a Hagar or Ishmael, living only the letter of the law. He must have been rebuilding burnt bridges. Some believe, I being one of them, that Hagar changed her mocking mindset, repented, and was renamed Keturah/incense (Gen. 25:1-4). It's hard to know exactly, from our vantage point, but we do know he spent a significant amount of time there; and history tells us that it was 3 years (refer to yesterday's study).
It appears that there was some mending of relationship since both Isaac and Ishmael bury their father in Hebron at the cave Machpelah. Later Esau married an Ishmaelite woman (Gen. 28:9) and King David's sister married an Ishmaelite man (1 Chron. 2:17), the commander of the army of Judah (1 King 2:32).
Obviously, Isaac's time in Be'er lachai Roi produced good fruit hundreds of years later with the Ishmaelites...ah the beauty of intercession between holiness and destruction; the combining of the letter and the spirit!
When you are convinced that the Lord sees you, your approval needed from those in authority over you or under your authority will decrease. No need to compete or compare. It is then that the ones who love you will come to you of their own free will. Prayers are answered. Reconciliation with enemies comes. Comfort enters your tent.
That's Isaac's man cave mentality! It's Yeshua's 'man cave' mentality; A great place and a great activity between his 'resurrection' and 'taking his bride'.
I'm sure thankful that He lives to intercede (Heb. 7:25)!
More tonight on the zoom call.
Shalom!
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