Sarah, the wife of Abraham (Gen. 11:30ff.). Sarah foreshadows the restored bride of Christ. Let’s consider her for a moment. Here she is, ninety years old. And her husband, Abraham, is ninety-nine years old. They are on Medicare. Their Social Security benefits have run out. They have two cases of Geritol in their tent. Sarah is old, sagging, and bulging. She is covered with wrinkles, and her eyes are sunken in. Her womb is long dead. She is childless. Then one day the Lord appears to Abraham and tells him that Sarah is going to be pregnant the following year. When Sarah hears this, she laughs
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