1. The promises God made to Abraham involved the good land of Canaan and descendants. The word “descendants” always appears in the singular. The promises were made to Abraham and his descendant. The term “descendant,” here in the original, is “seed,” and Abraham’s seed is Christ (Genesis 12:1-3; Galatians 3:16).
2. Isaac means “he laughs.” Abraham questioned how he, at one hundred years old, could have a son, and how Sarah could give birth at ninety years old?” (Genesis 17:17). Humanly, this was impossible; therefore, Sarah laughed and named her son Isaac. However, the powerful God who appeared to Abraham is able to resurrect the dead and bring into existence what does not exist (Genesis 18:12; 21:5-6; Romans 4:17).
3. When Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. The number eight in the Bible represents resurrection— Christ rose on Sunday, the eighth day of the week. Circumcision is a sign of putting off the body of the flesh. The new life we obtain in Christ is not lived out by the flesh, but by the Spirit. God desires to strip us of the strength of the old man and wants us to live in resurrection (Genesis 21:4; Colossians 2:11-12).
4. “To overcome, first, we must lay hold of the blood of the Lamb. Second, we overcome Satan because of the word of testimony we give, that is, the word we receive weekly and ruminate on daily, instilling it in our hearts through ultra-refined immersion. It is in this way that the word becomes our reality, our testimony. We are not only preachers, but witnesses of the word” (Rev 12:11) (Daily Food, book 4, week 1, Friday, page 16).
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