presiding over public worship in Israel is the pollution of the people in the worship of the golden calf. The failures of Israel’s prophets and priests arouse the longing among the people of God for a better prophet and a better priesthood. Abraham was a man of great faith, but he ventured the promise of the seed by endangering the purity of his wife. Moreover, he betrayed the promise that the nations would find a blessing in him, for he brought plagues and judgment upon Egypt and Philistia. Isaac,
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