Isaac’s Conquest of the World (Genesis 26:1-5) 1/16/2022
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Isaac’s Conquest of the World (Genesis 26:1-5) 1/16/2022
We must notice from the passage that it begins by saying another famine had come while referring to the famine during Abraham’s time (verse 1). These problems are a present reality and the future that we who live in this age must prepare for. The Lord has already predicted that the world will grow more difficult (Matthew 24). The COVID pandemic has been going on for two years. No one knows whether it will end this year. What is sure is that we will continue to face even more significant problems. People are also preparing for this. That is the core of the 4th Industrial Revolution. They aim to advance technology, medicine, and science and conquer diseases and space. Will that be the answer for individuals, humanity, and the future? It all depends on who will conquer that field. If those who only know money, power, and themselves seize the world, the world will only go further into destruction. Satan, who holds the powers and authorities of the world, will use that, and it says the world will be completely covered in darkness (Isaiah 61:1, 2 Timothy 3:1-12). God desires for us who have been saved first to conquer the world. That is how we will be able to go beyond merely saving ourselves but saving all nations and posterity. This does not end on earth. We are to save so that we may all enjoy the eternal things that God has prepared.
- What is the model of world conquest that Isaac shows us?
1) First, the famine did not matter. Instead, it says that Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold (verse 12).
The reason was that the Lord blessed him. Therefore, you must receive God’s blessings, the blessing of the throne. We who are saved have been given the right to receive this blessing. Set yourself as a vessel to enjoy the blessing of the throne.
2) The Devil sent envious people and caused various incidents. However, there was an even greater blessing (verses 14-25).
① A fight broke out whenever Isaac dug a well. Isaac won without fighting. He yielded in each situation and dug a well somewhere else, and there were even greater blessings there. This blessing was described in two significant ways. He received “a well of spring water” (verse 19). “The Lord has made room for us” (verse 22).
② People of faith actually enjoyed this blessing in history.
The representative people for that were the church of Mark’s Upper Room. They saved Samaria even amidst persecution (Acts 8:4-8), established the Antioch Church (Acts 11:19-21), and even saved Rome (Acts 23:11).
3) In the end, the enemies come and acknowledge Isaac (verses 26-33).
① Abimelech, the Philistine king, his friend Ahuzzath, and the commander of his army Phicol, came to him.
When we truly enjoy God’s blessing and answer, people will come to us. That is the life of a platform, spiritual watchtower, and spiritual antenna.
② Then, they acknowledged him as “You are now the blessed of the Lord.” That is how Isaac saved them (this is evangelism and missions).
May you enjoy blessings and answers to where those who persecute, criticize and interrupt the gospel acknowledges you. There is another gift you must receive at that time. It is the well of Beersheba (means “seven wells, “well of the oath”).
- How did Isaac receive this blessing and answer from God?
1) There were three things Isaac trained from a young age (covenant, prayer, specialty).
For this, remnants must train for three camps lifelong. Train throughout your entire life.
① It is a future camp. In other words, discover my life’s future in God’s covenant (absolute plan).
God, who is only and unique, has prepared my future. Life is a struggle because we lose hold of this. What is the covenant that God confirms? It is the covenant that we hear so often. Do not leave the land of Canaan that I have appointed (covenant of Christ). I will be with you (covenant of Immanuel). I will bless you and give this land to you and your offspring (covenant of conquest). All people and nations will be blessed through you and your offspring (covenant of posterity and world evangelization). We must train until this covenant becomes our imprint, root, and nature. It must be to where faith comes from this, and we are happy because of this.
② It is a prayer camp. We must have spiritual power when we do something important. The time to receive this very strength is prayer.
He planned on going to Egypt when a famine came, but he gave up at the last minute. This is not simply willpower. It is spirituality. Adversaries are giving me difficulty and persecution, but he yielded everything. This is not simply about character. It is spirituality. He could make a correct decision and yield everything even if it seemed like there would be an immediate loss. Train this strength daily (time of holy mediation, summit time). You must develop this while a remnant to be victorious in the world (Genesis 24:63).
③ It is a talent camp. We must be equipped with specialty and skills to where unbelievers acknowledge them.
Isaac’s specialty was digging up wells. How much training must he have done for there to be water whenever he dug land. He became a source of springs (uniqueness) because God helped and blessed him. He became a blessing of Rehoboth (globalism) and Beersheba (recreation). In the beginning, it said that he dug the wells that Abraham had dug again (verse 18). He had learned from running errands and obeying his father.
2) It is the background that the parents had prepared for Abraham.
God attaches someone to bless us (parents, teacher, pastor, church officer).
① All parents need to resolve and challenge themselves to become the greatest spiritual background for their children.
God emphasized this three times whenever He blessed Isaac (verses 3,5, 24). My prayers and dedication will all become a platform for posterity. This is the greatest privilege that parents have.
② The tears shed for the gospel and the posterity will surely become fruits of joy (Psalms 126:6).
Those are not tears of pain or sorrow. Those are tears shed by faith and tears shed while looking at the future. Many historical figures came from this (Jochebed’s tears, Hannah’s tears, Monica’s tears).
3) The experience of Mt. Moriah that Isaac experienced when he was a remnant (Genesis 22:1-18).
There are three spiritual meanings within the experience of Mt. Moriah where God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, which he was given to him at the age of a hundred.
① It was a time of examining Abraham’s faith and resolution one last time. Only son Isaac that he had at 100 years old, it could have been means of temptation.
God said there, “I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld you son, your only son, from me” (Genesis 22:12).
② It was a time of testing Isaac’s faith and obedience. Isaac was a teenager when his father tried to slay him with a knife.
He considered that as God’s will and quietly obeyed(Disciple). God desired to see that at a decisive moment.
③ This eventually became a model of Christ, who died on Mt. Calvary.
It was a prediction of the love of God the Father that gave His Son and a reflection of Christ who quietly obeyed that. Live with the faith that our small devotion and obedience fulfill God’s work and that it can be the work to revive this age.
Conclusion – Challenge yourself so that a posterity like this may arise through me. Remnants, hold onto the covenant that you are the Isaac of this age and be victorious.