Galatians 4:22 states that Abraham had two sons -- one by a bond maiden and the other by a free woman. The son born to the bond maiden was born after the flesh whereas the second son (born to the free woman) was born by promise. This is an allegory which represents two covenants. The one covenant is issued from Sinai and genders to bondage representing Hagar the bondwoman. This "Hagar" is Mount Sinai in Arabia which answered to Jerusalem - a place which is in bondage along with her children.
But Jerusalem which is above all is the mother of us all. For it is written, "Rejoice [thou] barren woman [Sarah] that bearest not [no children]. Break forth and cry, thou that travailed not; for the desolate [barren woman Sarah] hath many more children than she which hath an husband [the bondwoman]." (Isaiah 54:1; Galatians 4:27)
"Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the LORD. (Isaiah 54:1)
Now we, as Isaac was, (Sarah the free woman child) are the children of promise. “What saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman." (Galatians 4:30)
Read that verse again. Cast out the bondwoman and her son for the son of the bondwoman shall NOT be HEIR along with the son of the free woman. So then we are NOT the children of the bond woman but rather, the children of the free woman.
Return then to Abraham and the God-given promise that states: "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed My voice." (Genesis 22:18) Or, "now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." (Galatians 3:16)
God did not say that the promises were applicable to seeds as in "seeds" plural. Instead, God said specifically to your seed in the singular. It is this one SEED singularly spoken of that is the SEED of the holy Spirit of God -- which SEED is Christ.
Isaac was born of Abraham and Sarah's natural seed. God at His appropriate time had resurrected Abraham's capabilities as a man, implanting into Abraham the SEED of promise (CHRIST). We read this new genealogy in the first chapter of Matthew.
Therein, we understand that the promised SEED was not Isaac or Jacob. The promised SEED moved through them but they were NOT the PROMISED SEED in whom all the nations of the earth were going to be blessed. The promised SEED came forth at the fullness of time.
From the SEED of the Holy Ghost, a new blood line began. In this context, the blood of the Holy Spirit life in Jesus' veins, being brought together in the womb of a willing surrogate named Mary. And the angel answered and said unto her, "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35)
In Mary’s womb, the embryo was clothed with Adam’s sin prone flesh. Note the bones and the blood were the embryo of the Holy Ghost. Therefore, at Calvary not one bone of JESUS' body was broken. The embryo had no sin. However, JESUS' flesh becoming more marred than any other human, Jesus' flesh being reduced to a shell of a man.
In other words, God descended, revealing Himself in the man JESUS the Christ who was God manifest in the flesh. “GOD in CHRIST." The same God -- JESUS -- who descended now ascends to where He was prior to His descent and meeting Paul as he journeyed. That is, God who was in Christ is now the CHRIST IN GOD.
The same Word that was with God and was God became flesh -- a love story that was decided even before the world began. (John 1:1-18; I Timothy 3:16)
As for us, "now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of God. For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you." (I Peter 1:22-25)
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