God was Able to Raise Isaac Up Hebrews 11:19

God told Abraham “in Isaac shall your seed be called”, and therefore if Abraham sacrificed him, God would have a problem. In chapter eleven and verse nineteen of Hebrews the writer shares how “God was able to raise” Isaac “up”where we read:

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead;

from where also he received him in a figure.

The verse begins, “Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead;”. The writer began with the word, “Accounting that” which means “reckoning, computing, calculating and imputing since and because” “God” or “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “was able” which means “had power, wealth, influence and strength” “to raise him up” or “arouse Isaac from sleep of death and recall the dead to life” “even from” which means “indeed and also out of, from and away from” “the dead” or “the deceased, departed, destitute of life, inanimate, lifeless and breathed his last”. Abraham believed that God was able to “raise Isaac” from the dead if he sacrificed him.

The verse continues, “from where also he received him in a figure.”. The writer added the words, “from where also” or “from the place, source, cause and reason” “he received him” which means “where Abraham cared for, provided for and preserved Isaac” “in a figure” or “in a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition like ships in battle; comparing one thing with another, likeness and similitude”. The writer's idea is that Abraham would have received Isaac back to life again even if Isaac died in the sacrifice.

When we consider these words in Hebrews, we see the significant power of God Almighty and His purpose to keep His word. When God proclaims a promise, He shall fulfill it even if it means doing something supernatural to do so. Jesus Christ promised to give “everlasting life” to everyone who believes in Him as Savior and Lord, and those who have “faith” like Abraham to believe in something that seems impossible may be assured that God will do as He promised.

Next time the writer shares how “Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, and the new devotional “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.