Was the Messiah
prophesied to be the seed
of Jacob or Ishmael?
Who Was Abraham?
Genesis 11:27-32
 Original name was Abram
 Son of Terah (the tenth descendent from Noah)
 A native of Ur of the Chaldees (Mesopotamia)
 Married to Sarai (who was barren)
 Moved to Haran with father, wife & nephew Lot
God’s Promise to Abraham
Genesis 12:1-7
 Abraham’s Calling (vs. 1-3)
 Leave your people and move to a land that I will show you
 I will make you a great nation
 I will bless you, make your name great & you will be a blessing
 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you
 In you will all the families of the earth be blessed
 Abraham’s Obedience (vs. 4)
 God Promises Abraham’s Seed The Land Of Canaan (vs. 7)
Abraham’s Journey
http://www.biblestudy.org/maps/journey-of-abraham-to-promised-land-and-egypt-large-map.html
Abraham’s heir
 Your heir will be your own son – Genesis 15:1-6
 Sarah’s “not-so-bright” idea – Genesis 16:1-4
 Hagar
 Ishmael
 You will have a son through Sarah – Genesis 17:16
 Abraham requests that Ishmael be his heir – Genesis 17:18
 No, Sarah’s son will be named Isaac – Genesis 17:19
 I will establish my covenant with Isaac – Genesis 17:19, 21 &
Genesis 21:12
Isaac & Jacob
 God confirms His promise to Isaac – Genesis 26:3-4, 24
 Isaac passes on the blessing to Jacob – Genesis 28:3-4
 God’s revelation to Jacob – Genesis 28:13-15 & 35:11-12
 Jacob recalls God’s blessing to him – Genesis 48:3-4
Abraham’s Lineage
Abraham
Hagar
Ishmael
12 princes
Sarah
Isaac
Jacob (Israel)
The Messiah (Jesus)
Arguments
 Abraham gives all his possessions to Isaac – Genesis 25:5
 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob listed together in scripture
Genesis 50:24 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you,
and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob.
Exodus 3:6 - I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob.
Exodus 3:15-16 - And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shall you say unto the
children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob, has sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my
memorial unto all generations.
[16] Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of
your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have
surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
- Over 20 more references in O. T. & at least 6 references in N. T.
Arguments
 Lineage of Jesus Christ
Matthew 1:2 – And Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot
Judah and his brothers….vs.16 Jesus
Luke 3:23 – Jesus…vs.34 The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor.
 Likeness of Moses
Deuteronomy 18:15 – The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet
like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear.
Deuteronomy 18:18-19 – I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from
among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall
speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be [that] whoever will not
hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require [it] of him.
Arguments
 The Likeness of Moses cont.
Acts 3:18-26 – But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His
prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Repent therefore and
be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may
come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who
was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of
restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy
prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said to the fathers, 'The LORD
your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you
shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. And it shall be [that] every soul
who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the
people.” Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many
as have spoken, have also foretold these days. You are sons of the prophets, and
of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in
your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. To you first, God, having
raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one [of
you] from your iniquities.
Arguments
 The Nature of Moses
Deuteronomy 12:3 – Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the
men which were upon the face of the earth.
 The Nature of Jesus Christ
Matthew 11:28-29 – Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.
 The Nature of Ishmael
Genesis 16:12 – He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be
against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in
hostility toward all his brothers.
 The Nature of Mohammed?
The Nature of The Messiah
 Jesus never forced anyone to believe in Him – John 3:16
 Jesus never killed anyone who did not believe in Him – Luke 9:56
 Jesus continued loving those who rejected Him – Mark 10:21
 Jesus did not sacrifice others; he sacrificed himself – Hebrews 7:27, 9:26
 Jesus was not the agent of God’s justice – John 3:17
 Christians are not the agents of God’s justice – Matthew 5:43-48
 If you live by the sword, you will die by the sword – Matthew 26:52
 If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight – John 18:36
 Christians are to be wise and harmless – Matthew 10:16
 God is love – I John 4:10, Romans 5:8
 God is kind, merciful and forgiving – John 8:3-11 woman in adultery
The Need for The Messiah
 God promised a Messiah (Savior) – Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14
 God created the world and everything in it – Genesis 1:1, John 1:3
 God made man in His own image to have a relationship with him – Col.1:16
 But mankind chose to sin, bringing death, sickness, wars, evil, hell – Rom.5:12, 6:23
 Our good works cannot save us – Titus 3:5
 God in His love provided a savior from sin: Jesus Christ – John 3:16
 All of our sins are paid in full by the death and shed blood of Jesus Christ - I Jn.2:2
 God’s gift of eternal life is for all who repent and believe in Jesus Christ – Rom.6:23
 John 14:6 – I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father except
through me.
 John 10:10 – The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. I am come that they might
have life and that they might have it more abundantly.
Closing Thought
Galatians 4:21-31 – Tell me, you who want to live under the law, do you know
what the law actually says? The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one
from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife. The son of the slave wife was
born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's promise. But the
son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of his promise. These
two women serve as an illustration of God's two covenants. The first woman,
Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them.
And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her
children live in slavery to the law. But the other woman, Sarah, represents the
heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother. As Isaiah said,
“Rejoice, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into a joyful
shout, you who have never been in labor! For the desolate woman now has more
children than the woman who lives with her husband!” And you, dear brothers and
sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac. But you are now being
persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born
by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit. But
what do the Scriptures say about that? “Get rid of the slave and her son, for the son
of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the free woman's son.” So,
dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman; we are children
of the free woman.