God's Promise to Ishmael--Part 2

Genesis 16 tells us that Ishmael was the son of Abram the Hebrew and Hagar the Egyptian. Because Sarah was barren, she gave her servant (Hagar) to Abram as a wife in order to brin……
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God's Promise to Ishmael--Part 3

There are many levels of meaning and application of God's promise to Ishmael. So far we have focused largely on the most personal and universal application. It is God's promise to……
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God's Promise to Ishmael--Part 4

With all the types and shadows in the Old Testament, it would be helpful to step back for a moment and look at the big picture. Adam and the Last Adam portray the types that co……
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God's Promise to Ishmael--Part 5

The Promise to Ishmael is bound up in his divinely-revealed name as well as the place where his name was revealed by the angel--"the well of seeing after hearing." This is not ……
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God's Promise to Ishmael--Final

The path to God is not about dressing up the flesh or beating the old Adam into subjection to make him righteous. It involves becoming a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17). Let the old ma……
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Afterthoughts on Ishmael

The "Ishmael" series just completed focuses more upon the spiritual, or allegorical, significance of the story. But I thought I would comment upon the physical application to the ……
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The Four Elements of a Kingdom

The Kingdom of God properly begins with Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The Kingdom of God includes anything and everything that God crea……
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The Four Elements of a Kingdom--Part 2

There are four essential elements that make up a kingdom: a king, citizens, laws, and territory. The Kingdom of God, too, is a real kingdom. Its King is Jesus; its citizens are th……
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The Four Elements of a Kingdom--Part 3

Citizenship in the Kingdom of God is different from citizenship in a Christian nation. The Old Testament nation of Israel was set up essentially as a Christian nation by Jesus Chr……
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The Four Elements of a Kingdom--Part 4

The Kingdom of God properly includes the whole created universe. But there is also a problem in God's Kingdom. It is the problem of sin. It was caused by man's will usurping the a……
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