Galatians 4:28, Paul Steals the Inheritance

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.



//In the Old Testament, Abraham had two children: Isaac, who became the father of the Jews, and Ishmael, who became the father of the Arabs. So we have the Jews, the “children of promise,” and we have the Gentiles, the son of a bondswoman (an illegitimate wife).

Abraham, according to God’s instruction, sends Ishmael and his mother off into the desert with nothing, and gave everything to Isaac.

Paul, writing to the Galatians, begins to...