#54 Who would have said? Genesis 21

And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him - Isaac. Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me." She also said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age." Genesis 21: 1-7 NKJV

The Lord God kept His promise, just as He said. There was no more waiting or wondering how this could be or Who this God is to say such a thing. Over 2000 years before the birth of His own Son, God shows Abraham that His word is truth. Sarah laughs again, but this time for joy and as the testament of God's power and His promise. So how will the Savior come 2000 years later? How will a virgin be able to give birth? He has opened up the womb of one who has never had children and is past the time of children. He is God.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8 NKJV

God is revealing Who He is to those who can't see. Man lives in the natural world and God is affirming to Abraham His place above nature. There is nothing higher than Himself, and therefore no one or anything to which God can swear by. His word is the ultimate authority, what He says He will do, there is nothing too difficult for God.

So now Abraham and Sarah have a son whose name means - He will laugh.