Saturday, November 5, 2016

Similarities between Isaac and Jesus

In discussion with Muslims, the topic of Isaac tends to come up.  I once attended an interfaith dinner where all the talks were about Abraham, so that is how it arose.

There are several parallels between Isaac and Jesus that are useful to know about:

1. miracle birth

2. nations would be blessed

3. sacrificed by father; Father's very advanced age, like God

4. carried wood to sacrifice--or tried to

5. "Only begotten"


From the bottom of the wiki article, I see that the Greek OT used the word monogenes for Isaac, and so John 3:16 uses this word.
At the time of this incident,  Abraham had Ishmael and Isaac, so Isaac is not  the "only" son, but Isaac is called monogenes.

Here is the Wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogen%C4%93s

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