...Root and the Offspring of David." How old makest thou thyself? thou art not yet fifty years old ? " Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it, and was glad ; before Abraham was, I am." When wast thou bom ? " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,...

...the expression. Many of the best commentators suppose that it alludes to the Gospelday. " Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it, and was glad." John 8 : 56. Was not this a day which approximates (if it will not be admitted to be identical) not...

...degree looked forward to Christ. They prophesied of Him, and desired to see these gospel realities. So " Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it, and was glad," though it was only by the eye of faith. See John 8. 56. 1 Pet. J. 10-12. Heb. 11. 13. 18. Hear ye....

...Root and the Offspring of David. 5 *' How old makest thou thyself? thou art not yet fifty years old ? "Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it, and was glad; before Abraham was, I am." When wast thou born 1 " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,...

...said, It is my heavenly Father that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that HE is your God (54.) Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it, and was glad (56.) Then said the Jews, thou art not 50 years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (57.) Jesus said unto...

...heard the sweet sound, and felt the constraining power of the resurrection sermon. Yes; " Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it and was glad !" (John viii. 56.) Isaac was a most precious type of the church; but who shall say what bitterness...

...typical and prophetical, bat not the less real for that; for the Lord Himself declares, " your father Abraham rejoiced to see My DAY: he saw it and was glad." Abraham looked for no transitory promises; he sojourned even in the Land of Promise, as in a strange...

...Root and the Offspring of David." How old makest thou thyself? thou art not yet fifty years old ? " Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it, and was glad ; before Abraham was, I am." When wast thou born ? " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,...

...redemption in Israel. To HIM gave all the prophets witness ; and He Himself said, " Moses wrote of me ; " and, "Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it, and was glad." I have yet to learn what there is that can or will make me glad short of Jesus and His great salvation....

...It is a most difficult verse, Mama ; no wonder the Jews were astonished at it. He says, "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it, and was glad." It must surely mean that Christ's coming was revealed to Abraham beforehand. MAMA. Of that we are aware,...