The following article is a SIDE NOTE taken from a post titled THINE ONLY SON – The UNIQUENESS of the DIVINE Burnt Offering. CLICK HERE to read the article.
◆ SIDE NOTE: The Double Call. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I. (Genesis 22:11) And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time. (Genesis 22:15)
Later on in Scripture we have the double call as a witness of the Divine Being, and Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
1. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I. (Genesis 22:11)
2. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I. (Genesis 46:2)
3. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I. (Exodus 3:4)
4. And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. (1st Samuel 3:10)
In the New Testament the double call of God when out to Saul in Acts 9:4,
5. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Then in Acts 22:7 and 26:14, Saul (now called Paul) mentioned twice more about the double call on the Damascus Road.
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? (Acts 22:7)
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks. (Acts 26:14)
Consequently, through both the Old and the New Testament there were FIVE individuals who heard the double call. Through the substructure of Scriptural progressive revelation, we see GOD’S GRACE to man in the FIVE DOUBLE CALLS‘. Add the TOTAL number of times that the DOUBLE CALL was documented there were SEVEN documentations of the DOUBLE CALL. Thus, GOD stamps HIMSELF into the DOUBLE CALLS. There is NO END to the Holy Spirit’s revelations of the SOVEREIGNTY of God over HIS LIVING WORD and over His written word.
There is a formula in Scripture as that first math problem you faced as a child, 1+1=2. With Scripture because it is of and from the Divine Mind, we have to compare Scripture WITH Scripture in both the Old and the New. The Old Testament is brought to reality by the New Testament, and the New Testament is brought to light by the Old Testament. These are the divine testimonies of TWO witnesses in written form to us today. Here is God’s formula for learning the word of God.
● Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. (Isaiah 28:9)
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: (Isaiah 28:10)
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. (Isaiah 28:11)
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. (Isaiah 28:12)
● For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (Romans 15:4)
● All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (2nd Timothy 3:16)
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. (2nd Timothy 3:17) The heart of the man of God is found in Psalm 119.
Too many men of renown today build their theological studies on one or two Scriptures, and they rely more on the teaching of their fathers, and on the traditions of men then on the Holy Scriptures. God gave the formulas that we presented out of the word of God FOR a purpose. They are there to prevent the errors of secular indoctrination. The Bible is a SPIRITUAL BOOK. It has been written by the UNSEEN for the Spirit of God IN Christ Jesus who is the AUTHOR of every word, every line, every number and every precept. Just as the Lord Jesus is the Living Word of God, so He has by His Spirit breathed LIFE into His Holy Word. ◆ The End of the Side Note: The Double Call.
This article is a SIDE NOTE taken from a post titled THINE ONLY SON – The UNIQUENESS of the DIVINE Burnt Offering. CLICK HERE to read the article.