“It is doubtful that ever a son was born who was more
loved than Isaac. His father and mother….no doubt, rehearsed over and over
again all the great promises of God that centered in him” (Morris, “The Genesis
Record”, 367). And just as the angel had predicted, Abraham did teach his son
to keep the way of the Lord.
“The Book of Jasher tells that Abraham taught Isaac “the
way of the Lord to know the Lord, and the Lord was with him” (Jasher 22:40, in
Noah, “Book of Jasher, 62).
“Or, in the words of President Spencer W. Kimball, “Abraham
built a strong spiritual reservoir for his son Isaac, a reservoir that never
leaked dry” (Spencer W. Kimball, “The Example of Abraham”, Ensign June 1975, 5)
“But the parental instruction of Isaac was as much a
joint effort as was the mutual faith that brought about his birth in the first
place; Jewish tradition remembers that Sarah “nurtured him….empowering him to
become Abraham’s covenantal heir” (Tuchman and Rapoport, “Passion of the
Matriarchs”, 81-82)
“In Christian tradition, the birth of Isaac is one of the
clearest types of the birth of the Saviour: according to Christopher
Wordsworth, Isaac’s birth is yet “another resemblance to Him….whose birth is
the cause of joy to all” (Wordsworth, “Holy Bible” 1:94).
“As Isaac’s birth and name were foretold in advance;
as he was conceived only by miraculous means, as his coming into the world
brought great joy and rejoicing; and as it made possible the blessing of all
mankind – so would the birth of Isaac’s descendant Jesus Christ, the Redeemer
of the world, the Beloved Son.”
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(E.
Douglas Clark, “The Blessings of Abraham”, 195)
- CATHRYNE ALLEN
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