"Gave All That He Had"
Genesis 25:5
Abraham's son, Isaac, was, in many ways,
typical both of the Lord Jesus Christ and of his people. Certainly, in his
birth Isaac typified both Christ and his people. He was the child of God's
promise, born by divine, supernatural power. But the analogy does not end
there.
In Genesis 22 Isaac represents Christ in
yielding himself up as a voluntary sacrifice unto God upon the altar, a
sacrifice to be made by his father's own hand, according to the will of God.
And he represents God's elect for whom the Lord God provided a Lamb of
sacrifice,even his own dear Son, the Lord Jesus
Christ, as a Substitute to die in our place under the wrath of God.
In Genesis 24 Isaac is a picture of Christ
for whom an appointed bride is sought. Christ is our Bridegroom. God's elect
are his bride, the church, sought out from among men by the preaching of the
gospel. Isaac is also a picture of a believer waiting upon God to give him his
chosen bride, the life-long companion of God's choice, from among his own
people.
Again, in Genesis 25:5, Isaac stands
before us as a type both of Christ and the believer. "Abraham gave all
that he had unto Isaac." Without question, this text speaks of Abraham's
greater Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, "whom God hath appointed heir of all
things" (Heb. 1:2). "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all
things into his hand" (John
Don Fortner