Hi !
None of contents in the bible isn't related to our salvation, that's why we call bible the "book of salvation" Then, what about the History of Abraham's family ?
Through the history of Abraham’s family, God teaches us who will enter the kingdom of heaven and receive the inheritance of God.
Lk 16:19-24"There was a rich man ...a beggar named Lazarus.."The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died In hell.....looked up and saw Abraham far away,with Lazarus ...so he called to him, 'Father Abraham, ...'
This is the parable and the beggar Lazarus was carried to Abrahm's side and the rich man sent to hell after death. Whose side shall we go to when we go to heaven ? and only who can be called father in heaven ? Of course, God ! However, who is called Father here ? Abraham ! Then whom does Abraham stand for ? God ! The character Abraham was chosen to represent God and it implies that the heir of Abraham stands for the heir of God.
Abraham = God, Heir of Abrahm = Heir of God.
This is God's will to teach that the history Abraham's family is a prophecy about the condition to inherit the kingdom of Heaven. It is not just a person's history. In Abraham’s family, there were three candidates to inherit his estate. The first candidate was Eliezer, the second was Ishmael, and the third was Isaac. Among the three, As a result, Isaac born through Sarah became the heir. Even though Isaac was not super smart and super able than the others and Ismael born through Hagar is firstborn son in the family. In ancient Israel, normally the firstborn son had the birthright. If an heir had been chosen according to paternal line, Ishmael would have become the heir, but He wouldn't.
Gen. 15:1-4: Eliezer, Ge 16:1-15 : Ishmael, Ge 17:18-19 : Isaac
Let's find out the reason for the result. Both Eliezer's father and his mother were slaves, neither of them was free and Ishmael's father, Abraham, was free, but his mother,Hagar, was a slave and not a free woman. This is why God could not allow Eliezer and Ishmael to become Abraham’s heir. Isaac's father, Abraham, was a free man, and his mother, Sarah, was a free woman. The fact that Isaac had been born of a free woman was the big difference between Ishmael and Isaac, and this discrepancy became the key factor in choosing Abraham's heir.
This shows that "Mother" is a decisive factor, condition in choosing the heir.
FATHER (Free man) / MOTHER (Free woman)
Eliezer ------ X ----------- X
Isamel ------ O ------------ X
Isaac ------- O ------------ O ---> Heir
As you know, This is a prophecy showing through whom we can enter the kingdom of heaven. Who? such as Issac became the heir because of mother who is free, Only the people, who believe in "God the Mother" the free woman and are born again as the children of the new covenant,can go into
the kingdom of heaven. Then, do we really have our spiritual Mother?
Gal 4:22-25 For it is written that Abraham had two sons...These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. ... ..Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the "present city of Jerusalem", because she is in slavery with her children.
Gal 4:26-31 "But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our Mother.”...Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise...."Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman."
The Bible declares that we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. Ishmael could not inherit his father’s estate because his mother, Hagar, was only a slave, not a free woman. On the other hand, Isaac was chosen to become Abraham’s heir because his mother, Sarah, was a free woman. The Bible also testifies that we, like Isaac, are the children of promise, the children of the heavenly Mother, who is free.
This prophecy gives a lesson to us living in this world. there are three types of people in this world: those who are like Eliezer, those like Ishmael,and those who are like Isaac. The first type of people, who are like Eliezer, are atheists, who do not believe in God. The second type of people, who are like Ishmael,are those who believe in Father God, but do not believe in Mother God. The third type of people, who are like Isaac, are those who believe in Mother God as well as Father God. According to the history of Abraham’s family, which one of these three types can become an heir of the kingdom of heaven? Only the third type of people, who are like Isaac, can be recognized as God’s heirs.
Now one thing remains, that is your dicision.
I hope to see u all in Zion .