Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » The fruits of the earth to be common property
Feast of jubilee » Was specially holy
Harvest » Omitted in year of jubilee
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
For the Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave girl, the other by a free woman. But the child of the slave girl was born in the ordinary course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born to fulfill the promise. This is spoken as an allegory. For these women are two covenants, one coming from Mount Sinai, bearing children that are to be slaves; read more.
that is, Hagar (and Hagar means Mount Sinai, in Arabia) and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for Jerusalem is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
that is, Hagar (and Hagar means Mount Sinai, in Arabia) and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for Jerusalem is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
So, brothers, we are children, not of a slave girl but of a free woman.
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