Isaac Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===New Testament=== The [[New Testament]] states Isaac was "offered up" by his father Abraham, and that Isaac blessed his sons.<ref name="Easton"/> Paul contrasted Isaac, symbolizing [[Adiaphora#Christianity|Christian liberty]], with the rejected older son Ishmael, symbolizing slavery;<ref name="EoR-Isaac">''Encyclopedia of Religion'', ''Isaac''.</ref><ref>{{bibleverse|Galatians|4:21β31|KJV}}</ref> Hagar is associated with the [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] covenant, while Sarah is associated with the covenant of grace, into which her son Isaac enters. The [[Epistle of James]] chapter 2, verses 21β24,<ref>{{bibleverse|James|2:21β24|KJV}}</ref> states that the sacrifice of Isaac shows that justification (in the [[Johannine]] sense) requires both faith and works.<ref name="EoC-Isaac">''Encyclopedia of Christianity'', Bowden, John, ed., ''Isaac''.</ref> In the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]], Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to sacrifice Isaac is used as an example of faith as is Isaac's action in blessing Jacob and Esau with reference to the future promised by God to Abraham.<ref>{{bibleverse|Hebrews|11:17β20|ASV}}</ref> In verse 19, the author views the release of Isaac from sacrifice as analogous to the [[resurrection of Jesus]], the idea of the sacrifice of Isaac being a prefigurement of the sacrifice of Jesus on the [[Christian cross|cross]].<ref>F.F. Bruce, ''The Epistle to the Hebrews'' Marshall. Morgan and Scott, 1964 pp. 308β313</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page