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49. List the analogies that occur bet’preen the life of Isaac
and the life of Christ.
50. List the various steps in Abraham’s pilgrimage of faith.
51. What Scriptural evidence have we that Abraham be-
lieved in the future life?
52. What does the Bible tell us about Abraham’s last days?
$3. Does Abraham’s pilgrimage justify the notion that he
had succumbed to idolatry while living in Ur of the
* Chaldees? Explain your answer.
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FOR MEDITATION AND SERMONIZING
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Gen. 22:l-14, Heb. 11:8-19
Trace briefly the early life of Abraham and Sarah;
their journey into Canaan, brief sojourn in Egypt, the
separation from Lot. Abraham’s communion with God
relative to the Pate of Sodom and Gomorrah, the blessing
of Melehizedek, and the material prosperity of the patriarch.
In honor of his fidelity to the will of God, the name
of Abraham has gone down in all ages as “father of the
faithful” (Rom. 4: 16-22, Gal. 3 :6-7, Heb. 11 :8-10, James
2120-24).
In the midst of Abraham’s prosperity, however, there
was one heartache. Both Abraham and Sarah were grow-
ing old, and no child had blessed their household. There
was no outward indication of the fulfilment of God’s
promise, and Sarah had passed the age of child-bearing
(Gen. 17:l-4; 18:11-14). But
“God moves in mysterious ways
His wonders to perform”
and a child is promised to the faithful twain. In time,
Isaac is born, Heb. 11:11.
type of Christ.
In many respects Isaac was a
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