The Patriarchs and Their Desperate Housewives: Isaac & Rebekah

The Patriarchs and Their Desperate Housewives: Isaac and Rebekah

Episode 4 - Part Three

Hello, and welcome to this special presentation of Heroes of the Old Testament brought to you by In the Lighthouse: your safe harbor from the storm. This is Daphne Collins, your Lighthouse Keeper, and host for our time together. In this episode, we’re going to continue with Part Three of our series entitled “The Patriarchs and their Desperate Housewives,” and today, our next featured couple is, Isaac and Rebekah. In our last episode, I alluded to having someone choose your future spouse for you sight unseen. All your likes and preferences are disregarded, and any hopes of dating a few times before settling down don’t apply here. In this episode, our hero of the story, Isaac, the son of Abraham and Sarah, is prepared to take his place as head of the clan – the patriarch. He has shown himself to be an obedient and steadfast young man who did not refute or disagree with whatever his father expected of him. Like his father before him, Isaac proved himself righteous and ready to be tested by God as the patriarch. Our story opens with the text from the narrative of Genesis, which details a conversation between God and Abraham concerning his absolute trust in God—even to the point of surrendering to God his precious son, Isaac.  Genesis 22:15-23 explains:  

“And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, ‘By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.’ So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

Now after these things it was told to Abraham, ‘Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.’ (Bethuel fathered Rebekah) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.” 

Abraham’s obedience and faith were counted as righteous before the Lord. It was now time for him to pass the mantle to his son and heir, Isaac, and with this, the necessity of finding him a wife amongst the people of his own tribe. Abraham knew that although they lived in the land of Canaan and in the midst of many tribes, they were not permitted to intermarry with the people who would someday be displaced from the land in accordance with God’s covenantal promise. It was time for the establishment of the birthright and subsequent blessing. It was time for Isaac to marry. Okay, let’s get started! 

Show Notes

All Scripture references have been taken from the ESV Bible (www.biblehub.com )

All music themes used in this story are taken from Envato Elements

Opening Theme: Heroes of the Old Testament

1.     Theme 1:   Persian Sunset by MatthewPablo

2.     Theme 2:   Nimrod’s Folly by Envato Music

3.     Theme 3:   Sahara Vocal by LukePN

4.     Theme 4:   Egypt by rasberrymusic

5.     Theme 5:   Middle-Eastern Flute Solo by Orchestralis

6.     Theme 6:   Ancient Egypt by iCENTURY

7.     Theme 7:   Middle-Eastern Female Vocal by Orchestralis

8.     Theme 8:   Middle Eastern by iCENTURY

9.     Theme 9:   Desert in Egypt by iCENTURY

10.  Theme 10: Persian Streets by tunestogo

Transcript of “Isaac and Rebekah” - Part Three by Daphne Collins

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