"Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women." What does it mean? In terms of physiology she was a Virgin as Mary of Nazareth was. "Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?/And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."( Lk 1.34-35). Sarai was a clean slate on which the Spirit of God sets to work so Isaac shall be the heir of promise. God had settled the name for him. We shall come to the 'tempting' of Abraham (22.1) and it is how the Spirit sets Abraham and Isaac into the Father Son relationship. The basis is the everlasting Covenant now bringing in man into the fellowship of God with Man. In place of Angel Gabriel we have here the three men presented themself to the patriarch. "And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;/And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them." (18.1-2). Having examined the Covenant bearing upon the body, soul and spirit of man we have the Trinity represented and the significance of it is explained in Rev.21.17 One single measurement of man angel and the spirit of Christ, collectively we call them Angel of His presence. Thus one or three the Annunication connects the promise of God as indeed as the truth. The word of God says, "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."(2 Cor.1.20) God tells Hagar 'Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction."(16.11) Similarly with Mary, " And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus." God's Mercy finds home here.
"Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women." What does it mean? In terms of physiology she was a Virgin as Mary of Nazareth was. "Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?/And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."( Lk 1.34-35). Sarai was a clean slate on which the Spirit of God sets to work so Isaac shall be the heir of promise. God had settled the name for him. We shall come to the 'tempting' of Abraham (22.1) and it is how the Spirit sets Abraham and Isaac into the Father Son relationship. The basis is the everlasting Covenant now bringing in man into the fellowship of God with Man. In place of Angel Gabriel we have here the three men presented themself to the patriarch. "And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;/And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them." (18.1-2). Having examined the Covenant bearing upon the body, soul and spirit of man we have the Trinity represented and the significance of it is explained in Rev.21.17 One single measurement of man angel and the spirit of Christ, collectively we call them Angel of His presence. Thus one or three the Annunication connects the promise of God as indeed as the truth. The word of God says, "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."(2 Cor.1.20) God tells Hagar 'Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction."(16.11) Similarly with Mary, " And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus." God's Mercy finds home here.
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