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Galatians 4:22-31
The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife.The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise.These two women serve as an illustration of God’s two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them.And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law.But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother.As Isaiah said,“ Rejoice, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into a joyful shout, you who have never been in labor! For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband!”And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac.But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit.But what do the Scriptures say about that?“ Get rid of the slave and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”So, dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman; we are children of the free woman.
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1John 2:19
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John 8:35
A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever.
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Galatians 3:18
For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God’s promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise.
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1 Peter 1 4
and we have a priceless inheritance— an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.
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Matthew 22:13
Then the king said to his aides,‘ Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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Matthew 8:11-12
And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world— from east and west— and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.But many Israelites— those for whom the Kingdom was prepared— will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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Genesis 36:6-7
Esau took his wives, his children, and his entire household, along with his livestock and cattle— all the wealth he had acquired in the land of Canaan— and moved away from his brother, Jacob.There was not enough land to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired.
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Galatians 4:7
Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.
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Genesis 22:10
And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.
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Genesis 17:19
But God replied,“ No— Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.
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Genesis 25:19
This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.
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Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”
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Genesis 25:6
But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac.
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Genesis 20:11
Abraham replied,“ I thought,‘ This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.’