TRACKING THE BLOODLINE OF THE BLESSING !

TRACKING THE BLOODLINE OF THE BLESSING ! "BLESSED is the man that feareth THE LORD, that delighted greatly in his commandments (saying). His seed shall be mighty upon the earth: the generation of the upright shall be BLESSED." (Psalms 112:1-2). Once Abraham locked his faith onto God's blood sworn oath and believed, without wavering, that THE BLESSING would bring forth a son for him and Sarah--- despite that they were about 100 years old--- Isaac was born. Abraham raised his son just like God said he would. He taught him God's ways and trained him in the life and power of THE BLESSING. Through the years, as Isaac grew, he watched THE BLESSING work in his father's life. He saw it prosper him financially, so that by the time Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. . . THE LORD had BLESSED Abraham in all things. Isaac witnessed that BLESSING made Abraham great and brought him an abundance of everything good. No doubt, as a youngster, Isaac heard the stories from Abraham and Sarah about the dangers they'd come through in safety because of THE BLESSING. He heard about the kidnapping of Lot and Abraham's slaughter of Chedorlaomer's forces, the arrival of Melchizedek and THE BLESSING he spoke over Abraham as he Tithed. He'd heard about King Abimelech who took several to make her his concubine and how God appeared to Abimelech in a dream, saying, "if you touch that woman you're a dead man because she is another man's wife" (Genesis 20:3-7). Abraham must have told Isaac time and again about the night God took him outside, directed his eyes to the sky and promised him an heir who would bring forth descendents as numerous as the stars. That was the night God guaranteed His promise by appearing in His fiery glory and walking the covenant path of blood. Abraham had, no doubt, described the scene so many times, Isaac felt as if he had been there. Of course, Isaac did more than just hear the stories. He lived some of them. He was there the morning Abraham rose early to climb Mount Moriah and make an offering to THE LORD. He heard his father tell his servants, "You stay here. The boy and I are going up to worship, and afterward we'll be back" (Genesis 22:5). Isaac has trudged up the mountainside carrying the wood for the burnt offering, unaware that God had spoken to his father the night before and instructed him to offer his son on the altar. Isaac had no idea he was to be the sacrifice. How could he ? There was no she is running down Abraham's face that day. He showed no trace of grief or loss. Things seemed so normal that Isaac's only question was, "where is the lamb for the offering ?" Abraham had answered, "My son, God will provide Himself a lamb." Sure enough, He did. At the last moment before Isaac was to be sacrificed, the angel of THE LORD called out from heaven and said: "do not your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." The Abraham lifted his eyes and look, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham called the name of the place, THE-LORD-WILL-PROVIDE (Genesis 22:12-14). Once the sacrifice was made, God reaffirmed THE BLESSING as he That has so often before in Abraham's life. By Myself I have sworn, says THE LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son---BLESSING I will BLESS you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendents as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendents shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be BLESSED, because you have obeyed My voice (versus 16-18).