i heard this argument from someone who said [ 4 example gen 22:2 take now your only son Isaac] this is suppose to be a similitude of Jesus Now the problem with this is [he was not his first or only son Ishmael was gen 16:11 these r the kind of reasoning they give,that is the jews
yeah that’s the point God didn’t recognize ishmael because ishmael was cast out when Isaac was born that event represents this
it actually shows us the covenants and how seperate they really are
“For it is written, that
Abraham had two sons, the
one by a bondmaid, the
other by a freewoman.
But he who was of the
bondwoman was born after the flesh; but
he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is
mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
But
Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Now we, brethren,
as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Nevertheless what saith the scripture?
Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
So then, brethren,
we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.”
Galatians 4:22-26, 28, 30-31 KJV
ishmael isn’t made of Gods promise but Sarai’s doubt so he isn’t recognized as the son and was cast out of Abraham’s house by the time Isaac was sacrificed he had been cast away but blessed temporally with 12 princes and a single nation but isaac was the source of the eternal covenant
“After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram:
I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
And Abram said, Behold, to me
thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but
he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
Genesis 15:1, 3-6
that’s what Abraham believed but this is what happened to produce ishmael Sarai doubted and intervened by her will
“And
Sarai said unto Abram,
Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.( just like Adam
)
And
he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.”
Genesis 16:2, 4 KJV
Gods plan though is here after that doubt he would provide the true heir by faith in what he said through the newly named Abraham and Sarah this is after ishmael was already born and circumcised
“And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me,
behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name
any more be called Abram, but
thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations
for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
And God said unto Abraham,
As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
And Abraham said unto God,
O that Ishmael might live before thee!
And God said,
Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
And as for
Ishmael, I have heard thee:
Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.”
Genesis 17:3-5, 7, 15-16, 18-21
ishmael represents the old covenant that was cast out of Abraham’s house by Gods blessing making sure he could not partake in the inheritance of Isaac the promise representing Christ so that is actually the answer of the covenant when he sacrificed Isaac by faith
“And Abraham said, My son,
God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.”
Genesis 22:8 KJV
answered here not by the ram that appeared but here by faith
“And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith,
Behold the Lamb of God!”
John 1:36 KJV
Isaac is the ot figure of Christ regarding Abraham and source of the promised new covenant that is about heaven not the dust but the stars above
“By
faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and
he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Accounting that
God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.”
Hebrews 11:17-19
Ishmael wasn’t recognized because he wasn’t born of Gods word but Sarai’s doubt