Isaac is recognized as a foreshadowing of Jesus in that he was taken to the mountain by father Abrahamto offer sacrifice. Upon querying Abraham about where their sacrifice was, Abraham responded, “God will provide Himself a sacrifice” (Gen. 22:8). Thus, the church is comfortable likening Isaac to Jesus in that Jesus was the Lamb of God that laid down His life to redeem fallen man. and special relationship between himself (God) and Abraham. These promises alone established this special relationship. He imposed no conditions or prerequisites. He required neither merit nor worthiness on their part. He based their relationship solely upon his grace. God made certain million, God forged them into a nation under the leadership of Moses. He named this new, fledgling nation "Israel." And the promises God made to Abraham included this nation of his descendants in its provisions and benefits. Even today, these same promises include this nation. Early in the life of Abraham a famine set in motion a sequence of events which greatly shaped the life of the patriarch. Likewise, a famine occurred early in the record of the life of Isaac: Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines (Genesis 26:1). This famine is specified to be a different one than that which happened during the life of Abraham. Taking this at face value, we cannot agree with the critics, who see only one famine variously reported. In an attempt to preserve his wealth in the form of many cattle, Isaac went to Gerar to avoid the famine. While in Gerar, or perhaps even before, Isaac decided to go down to Egypt just as his father had done (Genesis 12:10ff.). This was not according to the plan which God had for Isaac, and so He appeared to him with this word of instruction and promise: Isaac finally found a place over which the Philistines did not contend and said, “At last the Lord has...