God blessed his son

Genesis 25: 11: “And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.”

After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. We saw earlier that Abraham gave gifts to  his other children but Isaac inherited Abraham’s estate. Abraham knew that Isaac was the son of promise even though he was not the oldest son. He was the son of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the wife he married when he was young. God made the promise that Sarah would have a son and this was the son that Sarah bore to Abraham. Even though both Sarah and Abraham suffered crises of hope during the course of their lives they didn’t ever give up their faith and God was true to His word so their faith had substance. The first time that we see the word “blessed” in the Bible is in Gen 1: 22 where were saw that “And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.” Further down in that same chapter we find that God blessed man, whom He had made in His own image and the fruit of being blessed was the same, that is to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it. The last time that we come across “blessed” in the Bible is in Revelation 22: 14 where we read, “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” It is a special gift to be blessed by the Lord for it means that we can be fruitful and multiply and we have right to the tree of life and enter into the city. Abraham spent many years waiting for his son to be born but Isaac was blessed and he was part of the chain of blessing that led to their descendants being fruitful and multiplying. Not only that, through Abraham’s descendants everyone who believes has the right to the tree of life. If we eat from the tree of life we will live forever. (See Gen 3: 22)

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