Son of Abraham

As usual, every Wednesday night the brothers from Madhya Pradesh invited me to minister the word on their online meeting. I initially would not prepare unless I get the confirmation call. The call came just before half an hour from the meeting time. Since it came, I agreed to it. But was not clear what to minister then. Though I tried to follow a sequence of lesson from a book, I did not have the anointing to do for every lesson. The Lord knew the actual situation of the people joining the meeting online. So I denied my own arrangement and followed the Lord’s instant leading. The Lord has been faithfully leading me whenever I needed to minister the word. This time too, as I looked to the Lord for what to minister, I was led to Genesis 22 concerning the test to Abraham to offer up his only begotten and beloved Issaac. As I read the verses ans the footnotes, flood light came gushing upon me. I knew exactly what to minister now. The Lord gave me the message.

With the Lord’s word that was given to me and also according to the season of the times, I ministered on the Lord Jesus Christ using the way He was introduced in the Gospel of Matthew, as the son of Abraham. 

“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:” (Matthew 1:1, RecVer)

I expounded this phrase in Matthew 1:1, "son of Abraham" with the notes from Genesis 22, and came forth with a wonderful message on the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Note from the Recovery Version on Genesis 22:2

Abraham’s offering of his beloved and only son, Isaac, on the altar is a vivid picture of God the Father’s offering of His beloved and only Son, Jesus Christ, on the cross. In this picture Isaac typifies Christ in a detailed way. Isaac, as Abraham’s only son (vv. 2, 12, 16), typifies Christ as God’s only begotten Son (John 3:16). Isaac was Abraham’s beloved son (v. 2), and Christ was the Father’s beloved Son, in whom He delighted (Matt. 3:17). Isaac took his father’s will (v. 6), and Christ also chose the will of His Father (Matt. 26:39). Isaac was obedient unto death (vv. 9-10); likewise, Christ was obedient unto death (Phil. 2:8). Isaac carried the wood for the burnt offering and walked to the top of Mount Moriah (v. 6); in the same way, Christ bore His cross and walked to Golgotha (John 19:17). Isaac was offered to God as a burnt offering on Mount Moriah; Christ also was offered to God on the same mountain (see note 1 1 in Mark 10) to fulfill the type of the burnt offering. Isaac was “killed” on the altar and was returned to Abraham on the third day, that is, in resurrection (vv. 4, 10-13; Heb. 11:19); similarly, Christ was crucified on the cross and was resurrected on the third day (1 Cor. 15:4). Isaac was multiplied in resurrection (v. 17), and Christ also was multiplied in His resurrection (John 12:24; 1 Pet. 1:3). Isaac was the seed of Abraham for the blessing of all the nations (v. 18); likewise, Christ is the unique seed of Abraham in whom the blessing of Abraham has come to the nations (Gal. 3:8, 14, 16).

The above notes, I split it upto ten points and proved that Isaac is a type of Christ in the Old Testament. Today, in the New Testament, we have the fulfillment of the prophecies and the reality of the types in the Old Testament. I myself enjoyed this exposition so much as I ministered on these points, ministering on the Lord Jesus Christ. It was a new light to me. Though I used to introduce the Recovery Version using the note on "son of Abraham" some three or four points l, but not as amany as ten points in detail. Thank the Lord for His timely words! Thank the Lord for the properly translated and Interpretated word of God!  

I do not know what will become of all these ones who have been attending the online meetings, but I do know that the Lord has been working on them through the ministry of the word. Only the Lord know what will become of all these brothers and sisters who have been receiving the ministry of the word. Only time will tell the effect of this ministry. Till then, I simply must be faithful to minister the healthy words.

Lord, bless Your word.