Cast Out the Bondwoman!

    Genesis 21:9-10  “And Sarah saw the son of Hagar, the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.  Wherefore she said unto Abraham, ‘Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.’”

     When Ishmael began mocking Sarah and her baby, Isaac, who was the son of promise,  it was time for the bondwoman and her child be cast out of the camp.  Hagar had already become too bold in her scorn for Sarah.   Remember it was Sarah’s doing that Abraham took Hagar as concubine, impregnating her with Ishmael, because Sarah had grown weary of waiting upon the Lord.  She grew weary in waiting and took it upon herself to help Father God out.  Oh, Sarah, what a mess you made!

      Hagar was from Egypt which is always a type of worldly carnality.

     Sarah is a type of the church, the legitimate bride of Christ who, like Sarah has allowed the bondwoman to gain too much power. We, too, seem to be too busy to wait upon the Lord anymore!

    Isn’t it past time for the church to cast out the bondwoman of deceptive doctrine, false and evil shepherds, and all that is not of Holy God?    We have let the Hagar/World hang around the camp too long.  She has produced evil seed that mocks Holiness and sanctification.   Truths once shining bright have grown dim.  Prosperity has taken the place of purity.  Carnality, sadly has overwhelmed the Word of God.  Scriptures are twisted to say what feels good—adding a word here and there to smother the truth.  Parts of the Bible that do not fit a feel-good theology are totally ignored or twisted!

     II Corinthians 6:17 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.”

    Israel was called to be a nation apart from the rest of the nations.  They were tested and tried multiple times because of their weakness for worldly things for mixing with the nations, and worshiping their idols.  Finally, they were scattered and persecuted unto the ends of the earth.  The promises of God, though, are true.  Israel is once more a nation. Its been said that the fact that Israel is again a nation after being dispersed almost two thousand years, is proof enough that there is a God! Also, they are speaking Hebrew, which was a dead language.  Even though they are a carnal nation, God is fulfilling His promises.  There has always been a remnant saved by the blood of Jesus!   God’s hand is and always has been upon Israel.  Every promise He ever made shall come to pass!  Right now Israel is a compromising nation, trying to make impossible peace with a hostile world.

    The church is a compromising church.  I believe there is a direct parallel between Israel and the church.  The church has not replaced Israel—no way.  The Jewish people, to be saved, must repent ,call upon the Name of Jesus, and be washed in His precious blood.  Jesus is the Way, the Truth, the Life for all people, Jews and Gentiles.

    The church, too, is called to be separate.   Individually, we are called apart from the grossly darkening world.  Its past time to cast out the bondwoman in our lives!  Its past time that we become the pure bride, without spot or wrinkle!   Wake up, church, can’t we see Hagar/world  has produced evil seed that is mocking the true Christ? The Hagar of the Bible produced a people who are now Islamic, who hate all Jews and Christians and are taught from infancy to wage jihad upon any who will not bow the knee to allah.  The Hagar of our souls is just as evil.   She has polluted the church. Our wedding gown looks an awful lot like filthy rags.   Cast out all that is not of God and be holy!    Time is short, oh so short! 
     Oh, Father God, purify Thy bride that we may be ready to receive You when the last trumpet sounds!  Father, just as You obviously loved Hagar and had mercy upon her, keeping her and her son alive after being cast out, so even now you love the Muslim people.  Draw them to Jesus, too.  They are deceived and lost.   Have mercy upon them.  Deliver them from the destroyer that would see them in the pit of hell!  Open up their eyes to the truth of salvation through Jesus Christ!    Give them soft hearts that will repent and surrender to You, the great I Am!     amen