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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Seed of Abraham
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. (Genesis 22:2)
An elderly man was making his way up the side of a mountain in the land of Moriah. He had his son by the hand. The patriarch's step was firm, his eye and hand steady. But his heart was dead in him. His natural desires now were crucified, so to speak. His obedience to the command of God kept him moving toward the altar that meant the end of the hopes and plans of twenty-five years.
Who has plumbed the depths of a father's love for his son?
The obedience of Abraham stands out in contrast to the miserable disobedience of Adam and Eve.
As soon as Abraham had completed the sacrifice in his heart, God spoke to him from Heaven:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (Genesis 22:17,18)
At this point the Servant of the Lord was being announced to the heavens and to the earth. The Servant of the Lord is the Seed of Abraham.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the Word from the beginning. He was not created through the obedience of Abraham. The Scriptures inform us clearly that Christ was before Abraham and before all other personages and things. All the universe and its personages were created by Him and for Him.
Although all the members of the Body of Christ will share in the glorious inheritance promised to Christ, yet in some ways the Lord Jesus always remains unique. One aspect of His uniqueness is that He was before all things and by Him all things were created and maintain their existence. The uniqueness of the Lord Jesus abides eternally. No member of the Body of Christ was with Christ from the beginning.
Yet we now are being created an eternal part of the Eternal Word of God, Christ. We cannot share with Him in His past. But we shall, according to the written Word of God, share with Him in His future. Christ Himself has made that possible through His atoning blood, through His unceasing intercession on our behalf, and by every other means.
To be continued.