11/16/2025
Be content in all stages of life.
This week we begin with the death of Sarah. We end with the death of Abraham. After the binding of Isaac Sarah dies. The Book of Jasher tells us that Isaac was 37 years old when Abraham took Isaac to Mount Moriah to offer him as a sacrifice. Jasher also tells us it was Isaac’s idea to be offered as a sacrifice to God. Ishmael and Isaac had reunited and Ishmael was bragging about being circumcised at age 13. Isaac said what is a little piece of flesh i would offer my life as a sacrifice to my father’s God. We also learn that Sarah’s souls was intertwined with Isaac’s. Abraham goes to Sarah and tells her he is going to take Isaac to Shem and Eber to learn the ways of God. Sarah agrees but says don’t take him far nor let him stay to long as her soul is bound to his.
When Abraham leaves he takes 2 servants with him and Isaac according to the Bible. Jasher tells us the 2 servants were Ishmael and Eliezer. These 2 men stood the most to gain from the death of Isaac. On the way Satan appeared 4 times on the journey to try to stop Abraham and Isaac from following God’s command.
After Satan fails he turns his attention to Sarah. Satan appears to Sarah as an old man telling her what Abraham had planned. He tells her, her son is dead by Abraham’s hand. She immediately leaves and goes to Shem’s home to see if Abraham and Isaac were there. When she gets there and sees Abraham and Isaac were not there Satan appears again as the old man. He tells her he misspoke that her son is still alive. When she heard this she was overcome with such joy her spirit left her body and she was gathered to her people.
After Sarah’s death Abraham sent Isaac to Shem and Eber to learn the ways of God for 3 years. At age 40 Isaac returned home and moved into his mother’s tent. When Isaac returned Abraham sent Eliezer to find Isaac a wife.
Eliezer goes to Abraham’s homeland to his family to find Isaac a wife. Eliezer asks God to make him successful and show his master kindness. Eliezer asks God to have the woman he asks for water to also offer to water his camels. Notice he is looking a woman who has loving kindness. When Rebekah shows up she offers to water the camels and after the camels are watered Eliezer gives her a nose ring and 2 bracelets of gold that today would be worth $16,000. He then asks who her parents are. Rebekah tells him that she is the daughter of Bethuel, the grand daughter of Milcah and Nahor Abraham’s brother.
After encountering Laban Eliezer notices that Rebekah’s family does not care about kindness. They care about great wealth, family and security. Eliezer changes things in the retelling of the story he focuses on all the great wealth Abraham has and how he has given everything he owns to his son Isaac. When Rebekah’s family hears everything they say it is of the Lord. They give Rebekah to Eliezer to take her to Isaac.
Rebekah stands out from the crowd of her family. She is different. She is set apart and full of loving kindness. She is not focused on stuff. Because she isn’t focused on stuff God gives her all the stuff she never asked for. She is the female version of Abraham. She leaves her family never to return. She is full of loving kindness just like Abraham. She is the perfect mate for Isaac. She has the same values as Abraham. Isaac and Rebekah are 2nd cousins. There is a generation between them. Something had to be introduced into Nahor’s family. Nahor’s son Bethuel needed a wife who had a supply to add. Only once that supply was added then and only then was Isaac ready for his wife. Abraham and Sarah had to wait until they were 100 & 90 years old respectively. Then and only then is it time for Isaac to be born. God has to get Isaac’s mate ready before he can be born. Isaac had to wait 40 years for Rebekah. What have you been waiting for? God has a plan. He has not forgotten you. He has not forsaken you. He is just waiting for everything He has planned to line up perfectly for you. Hold on your promise is coming.
