Tuesday, February 23, 2010

a hundredfold: patriarchal blessing

Isaac inherited God's promises to Abraham. In Genesis 26:12 we're told that he planted crops and in that same year "reaped a hundredfold because YHWH blessed him".

When Jesus spoke of the fruitfulness of his word in people's lives, he spoke of it multiplying thirty, sixty or even a hundred times.

Maybe he had in mind God's blessing of the patriarchs and his promises to them, now coming true through his transforming word.

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