From Empty Womb to Empty Tomb

From the Empty Womb to the Empty Tomb
Read Genesis 21-23
 
Gen 22:7-8 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.”
 
HERE are three examples of God’s salvation of life out of emptiness and death. First, God provides a son to Abraham and Sarah has he had promised. Second, God provides for Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness. And third, God provides the sacrificial lamb to replace Abraham’s son Isaac on the altar.
    Do you see God’s life power? God shows his power first over barrenness. From an empty womb God takes us to the empty tomb as Sarah becomes the mother of Israel from whom Jesus Christ would come. Secondly, the LORD shows his power over death in a barren desert. Ishmael is the son of a sinful act; yet, God blesses him with the life-giving water because he is Abraham’s son. God rewards the father through the blessing he gives to the son.
    And third, God provides salvation over the power of sin. Yes, God would provide the lamb—that day with Abraham and Isaac on the mountain would be repeated about 2,000 years later. The Father would take the Son to the altar to become the sacrificial lamb for you and for me.
    Praise God! He has provided. We have life; we don’t have to go the altar of death.
 
In Joy and Gratitude: Trust the God, who offered the Lamb.