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Sons To Glory
“For it is written that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bondwoman
(Hagar), the other by a free-woman (Sarah). But he (Ishmael), who was
of the bondwoman, was born according to the flesh, and he (Isaac), of
the free-woman, through promise; which things are symbolic. For
these are the two covenants; the one from Mount Sinai which gives
birth to bondage, which is Hagar - for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in
Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage
with her children - but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother
of us all.” (Gal 4:21-26)
Here we can see from Abraham’s life, that our own good ideas (the
flesh) will give birth to bondage, and only that which originates from
God’s promise (Spirit) results in bringing life. Mount Sinai brings
death, but Mount Zion brings life. The next verse continues: “For it is
written; “Rejoice, O barren, You who do not bear! Break forth and
shout, You who do not travail! For the desolate has many more
children than she who has a husband.” (Gal 4:27, Isa. 54:1)
Sarah was made barren by God (Gen. 16:2). Therefore, she attempted
to bring about God’s promise by acting in the flesh and allowing
Abraham to bring forth a son from Hagar which was not God’s perfect
will. We, the Church, have done the same thing as Sarah. We have not
been patient and willing to accept God’s purpose in keeping us barren
for a time, and we’ve acted in the flesh using carnal methods to birth
fleshly sons into God’s house. The watered down gospel which says,
“come to Jesus and He’ll fix all of your problems” allows sons of the
flesh (Ishmael’s) to be birthed. The true message of the Gospel is the
Cross, which says, “whoever desires to save his life must lose it.” The
Cross is not just a part of the Gospel, the Cross IS the Gospel. True
sons of the kingdom will be born out of barrenness because their
mother (the Bride of Christ) will have been through the wilderness
(Cross) and come to the end of “self”. Sarah was not able in the natural
to give birth, because she was over 90 years old and “past the time of
child bearing.” Likewise the Bride of Christ in the wilderness will not
be able to give birth to God’s mature sons in the natural. It will be (it
must be) a work of the Spirit.
Isaiah testifies more about the barrenness of the true Bride of Christ in
chapter 54 (where Paul is quoting from): “Sing, O barren, You who
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