Wednesday | 16 September 2026
Isaac, in type, was begotten again from the dead by the faith of God the Father, which Abraham received and demonstrated. In this regard, the two fathers were joined in one faith in the fellowship of Yahweh. This is the faith for many sons of God to be begotten from the dead in Christ, whose own faith to offer Himself was demonstrated by Isaac. The Father and Abraham believed for our sonship to be realised in the resurrection of Christ. As we receive the faith of the Son of God for our fellowship in His offering, we are raised as a son of God and sons of Abraham. Gal 3:29. We are heirs of the glorious promise made to Abraham and his Seed, Christ. Gal 3:16.
To understand the principle of signification, both of the faith of the Son and of the Father, it is helpful to recognise that the revelation of Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God was signified by the angel of the Lord to Abraham on Mount Moriah, in the same way that the revelation of Jesus Christ was signified by the angel of the Lord to the apostle John on the island of Patmos. As the word was signified to him on Mount Moriah, Abraham became a participant in the fulfilment of the will of God through the offering of Jesus Christ on Mount Calvary.
After Abraham offered the ram, representing Christ as the Lamb of God, the angel of the Lord called to him a second time out of heaven. Again, it was the Son of God who spoke to Abraham, through the angel, on behalf of the Father. The counsel of God - which is the word of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit from before the foundation of the world - was confirmed by the immutable oath of God, assuring the fulfilment of the Everlasting Covenant that He had made with Abraham. Heb 6:17-18. This was the true circumcision. Abraham’s descendants were to circumcise their children in faith for participation in this covenant reality.
Further Study:
Hebrews 6
References:
Gal 3:29
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Gal 3:16
Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, ‘and to seeds’, as of many, but as of one, ‘and to Your Seed’ who is Christ.
Heb 6:17-18
Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.