Mark,
Where does this fit into the Abrahamic Covenant? Isn't the promises concering Ishmael a part of the Covenant made with Abraham? There is an everlasting part of the Abrahamic Covenant that Ishmael was not included in. Abraham asked God if Ishmael could partake in it but God said no.
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(Gen 17:18) And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
(Gen 17:19) And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
(Gen 17:20) And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
(Gen 17:21) But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
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There are two different promises here that God set before Abraham.
That along with the passages in Galatians 4 about two Covenants makes me consider this.