Isaac: A Story About Nothing.
In the patriarchal narratives in Genesis, the story of Isaac is unique. Compared to Jacob, he doesn’t do much to make things happen. In not taking matters into his own hands and following plan of God, Isaac had more in common with Abraham than Jacob. Is this a model for understanding what Paul means when he says in Galatians that “we, like Isaac, are children of promise”?
In this episode we compare key details
in the marriage stories of Isaac and Jacob in Genesis. Jacob leaves home, works hard to get exactly what he wants and it results in slavery. Isaac, on today other hand, stays at home, does nothing and receives grace. His cycle, a story “about nothing”,” parallels the episode in Genesis 22 in which Abraham’s faith is tested. He responds by doing nothing, except obey the will of the Lord. Which is everything.
in the marriage stories of Isaac and Jacob in Genesis. Jacob leaves home, works hard to get exactly what he wants and it results in slavery. Isaac, on today other hand, stays at home, does nothing and receives grace. His cycle, a story “about nothing”,” parallels the episode in Genesis 22 in which Abraham’s faith is tested. He responds by doing nothing, except obey the will of the Lord. Which is everything.
