Sarah, Hagar, Isaac, and Ishmael

Does Hagar represent the Jews in slavery under the law while Sarah represents the Christians in freedom under grace?

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D. T. Lancaster

D. T. Lancaster

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Does Hagar represent the Jews in slavery under the law while Sarah represents the Christians in freedom under grace? That's the conventional interpretation of Paul's parable in Galatians 4:22, but this teaching turns over that common interpretation by revealing the Jewish background to the story.

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