Praise the Lord, in the eyes of God the church is sanctified, perfect, and beautiful, for the church is full of Christ! Balaam’s parables in Num. 23-24 portray Israel as being holy, perfect, and fair; in its standing the church is holy, in the sight of God the church is perfect, and in appearance the […]
By being Offered Back to God by Abraham, Isaac was Multiplied to Become the New Jerusalem
Many people who read the Bible know that God required Abraham to offer up Isaac as a burnt offering, but they don’t know what happened after God provided a ram (a type of Christ) to replace Isaac as the burnt offering. We need to dig deeper into the word of God to see what it […]
After Isaac was Offered to God, he was Returned in Resurrection for God’s Purpose
Many Christians tend to trivialize the story of Abraham offering up Isaac to God as a burnt offering, saying that “God tested him to see if he can give up his own son, and Abraham passed the test!” But what the Bible reveals is a much deeper and sweeter reality than this. Why did God […]