Galatians 4:24

Easy To Read Version

This true story makes a picture for us. The two women are like the two agreements (covenants) between God and his people. One agreement is \{the law that God made\} on Mount Sinai. {\cf2\super [55]} The people who are under this agreement are like slaves. The mother named Hagar is like that agreement.

Cross References

Genesis 16:8

The Angel said, “Hagar, you are Sarai’s servant. Why are you here? Where are you going?”

Genesis 25:12

This is the list of Ishmael’s family. Ishmael was Abraham and Hagar’s son. (Hagar was Sarah’s Egyptian maid.)

Hosea 11:10

I will roar like a lion.\par I will roar, and my children will come\par and follow me.\par My children will come from the west,\par shaking with fear.\par

Matthew 13:35

This is the same as what the prophet {\cf2\super [185]} said:

Romans 8:15

The Spirit {\cf2\super [65]} that we received is not a spirit that makes us slaves again and causes us to fear. The Spirit that we have makes us God’s chosen children. And with that Spirit we say, “Abba, {\cf2\super [66]} Father.”

1 Corinthians 10:11

The things that happened to those people are examples. And those things were written to be warnings for us. We live in the time that all those past histories were pointing to.

1 Corinthians 10:4

And they all drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from that spiritual rock that was with them. That rock was Christ.

Galatians 4:25

So Hagar is like Mount Sinai in Arabia. She is a picture of the earthly \{Jewish\} city of Jerusalem. This city is a slave, and all its people (the Jews) are slaves \{to the law\}.

Galatians 4:3

It is the same for us. We were once like children. We were slaves to the useless rules of this world.

Galatians 5:1

We have freedom now. Christ made us free. So stand strong. Don’t change and go back into the slavery \{of law\}.

Deuteronomy 33:2

Moses said:

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham believed that God could raise people from death. And really, \{when God stopped Abraham from killing Isaac,\} it was like Abraham got Isaac back from death.

Hebrews 12:24

You have come to Jesus—the One that brought the new agreement {\cf2\super [168]} from God to his people. You have come to the sprinkled blood {\cf2\super [169]} that tells us about better things than the blood of Abel. {\cf2\super [170]}

Hebrews 7:22

So this means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement {\cf2\super [72]} \{from God to his people\}.