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CHRIST IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT

Before Bethlehem, Jesus intervened often in this world. This series presents some of those occasions, along with “types” of Christ: people and objects who represent Him and His qualities.

HAGAR AND ISHMAEL, RESCUED BY “THE GOD WHO SEES ME”

		Jesus’ First Rescue of Hagar, Who Is Pregnant with Ishmael

GENESIS 16

The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert. And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”

“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” The angel added, “I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.” She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

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CAREL FABRITIUS
"Hagar and the Angel"

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FERDINAND BOL
"Hagar Meeting the Angel in the Desert"

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GIOVANNI LANFRANCO
"Hagar in the Wilderness"

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GERARD DE LAIRESSE
"Hagar in the Desert"

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NICOLAS POUSSIN
"Hagar and the Angel"

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JAMES TISSOT
"Hagar and the Angel in the Desert"

		Jesus’ Second Rescue of Hagar, When Ishmael Is Thirteen

GENESIS 21

God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness"

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LUIGI ALOIS GILLARDUZZI
"Hagar und Ismael in der Wüste"

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F. BAROCCIO
"Hagar and Ishmael"

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FEDERIKO BENKOVIĆ
"Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert"

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KAREL DUJARDIN
"Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness"

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GIUSEPPE BOTTANI
"Agar et l'ange"

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GHEORGHE TATTARESCU
"Hagar in the Desert"

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GIUSEPPE DIAMANTINI
"The Angel Shows Hagar and Ishmael the Way to the Saving Well"

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GRIGORY UGRYUMOV
"Exiled Hagar with Her Young Son Ishmael in the Wilderness"

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BENJAMIN WEST
"Hagar and Ishmael"

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SEBASTIANO RICCI
"Hagar and Ishmael Saved by the Angel"

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PIETRO DA CORTONA
"Hagar and the Angel"

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ROBERT LEINWEBER
"Hagar und Ismael in der Wüste"

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KAREL PHILIPS SPIERINCKS
"Hagar and the Angel"

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SIMONE CANTARINI
"Archangel Michael with Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert"

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FRANCESCO SOLIMENA
"Agar e Ismaele nel Deserto Confortati dall'Angelo"

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ANTONIO PAROLI
"The Angel Appears to Hagar and Ishmael"

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PIETER LASTMAN
"Hagar and the Angel"

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NICOLAS COLOMBEL
"The Angel of the Lord Appearing to Hagar in the Wilderness"

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FRANCESCO COZZA
"Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness"

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ROBERT DUNKARTON
"Hagar Saved by an Angel"

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[spankalib]

Gen 16:12

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

[spankalib]

There is a quality to #10, LUIGI ALOIS GILLARDUZZI

...that I just can't define, but it stands out...

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God knew.

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Empathetic?

[Maudeen]

Thanks for the post!

[etabeta]

A most inspiring story of faith, obedience and trust. No matter what our circumstances are, God - seeing the big picture - provides for us always. We can endure suffering because we know that all things will be mended in the end.
How humble and profound is her expression “You are the God who sees me”.

[No name given]

Thank you very much for posting these beautiful artworks and may God bless and keep you for doing so.

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Always happy to share these.

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Beautifully stated, Alba. I’ve seen you act out those words of faith.

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Thanks, as always.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

He is the God even of the “wild man.”

Before there was a covenant with Israel…before there was an Israel…God was reaching out to shelter and save those that would be outside the covenant, and even those that would become a thorn in Israel’s side. He was reaching out to one rejected and cast off by Abraham.

He blasts human categories to dust.

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Thank you, Scott. Right on point, and very edifying!

You remind me of the two new verses John Piper penned for "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", the first of which is:

I could not love thee, so blind and unfeeling
Covenant promises fell not to me
Then without warning, desire or deserving
I found my treasure, my pleasure in thee

[SisterK]

He blasts human categories to dust.

Amen!