The Angel said, “Hagar, you are Sarai’s servant. Why are you here? Where are you going?”
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now all this is an allegory; these [two women] represent two covenants. One covenant originated from Mount Sinai [where the Law was given] and bears [children destined] for slavery; this is Hagar. American Standard Version (1901) Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar. Common English Bible These things are an allegory: the women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, which gives birth to slave children; this is Hagar. Catholic Public Domain Version These things are said through an allegory. For these represent the two testaments. Certainly the one, on Mount Sinai, gives birth unto servitude, which is Hagar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two testaments. The one from mount Sina, engendering unto bondage; which is Agar: |
The Angel said, “Hagar, you are Sarai’s servant. Why are you here? Where are you going?”
This is the list of Ishmael’s family. Ishmael was Abraham and Hagar’s son. (Hagar was Sarah’s Egyptian maid.)
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
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.”
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.
And they all drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from that spiritual rock that was with them. That rock was Christ.
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\}.
It is the same for us. We were once like children. We were slaves to the useless rules of this world.
We have freedom now. Christ made us free. So stand strong. Don’t change and go back into the slavery \{of law\}.
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.
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]}
So this means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement {\cf2\super [72]} \{from God to his people\}.