Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. (Genesis 25:1 ESV)
Reverse Heirs
Sarah had died, and Abraham got married again. While Sarah only had one son, Keturah had six. It might seem that Abraham would favor Keturah. Now that the ONE son had arrived, Isaac, these other six sons were delicious icing on the cake! And even perhaps further assurance of God’s promise keeping. But Genesis 25:6 shows that none of Keturah’s sons held Abraham’s attention or affection.
This sounds odd, or even bad, to our ears.
But if so, it is because we are forgetting the BIG picture. Sarah and Keturah were both beloved companions of Abraham, but only one of them was connected by blood to the Messiah. Abraham favored the line of Sarah over the line of Keturah not because Isaac was better than Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
But because of Jesus, born of Sarah and Isaac.
Jesus is the center.
And likewise God favors His people over Buddhists, Muslims, Thor-worshippers, or atheists. Not because we are better, indeed we are often not! But just like Sarah and Isaac looked ahead to Jesus, we look back.
But because we are connected to Jesus through HIS blood. And any Buddhist, Muslim, Thor-worshipper, or atheist can be favored by God, too. Just connect to Jesus.
We are peculiar, we are reverse heirs.