The Mankato free press., 1910-12-16

mael and no longer acknowledged him
as her son, but, instead, claimed every
thing for Isaac The antitype Of this
Is that from the time that God began
the development Of the Spiritual Israel
/ and set forth the Covenant by sacrt
fice." through which this Spiritual Is
rael would be developed-fro that
time 1t began to be clearly manifest
! that the chief portion of the promise
Of God to bless the world was not to
/ be fulfilled through the Ishmael Seed,
natural Israel, but through the Isaac
Seed-Spiritual Israel.
The Well. Spring of Hope For the Jews.
From the first there was manifested
a competition for the Abrahamic bless
ing. Aud as Ishmael mocked at the in
FAINT Isaac, so the Jew. in his consider
able development and strength, mocked
at the Antitypical Isaac--Jesus and his
comparatively Ignorant and unlearned
followers-and prosecuted them. In or
der TO continue the type. that Abraham
might typify God. he was commanded
to send forth Hagar and her son into
the wilderness. That sending forth
typifled the Divine dlsfavor which
came upon the Jews eighteen centuries
ago and which has made them Outcasts
| from Gods favor, as Hagar and lsh-
mael were cut off from Abraham's
presence and family and care. The
bread and water which Hagar took
with her, by which she and lshmael
were nourished In the wilderness for
time, pictures and types the promises
Of God through the Law and the
prophets which still belong to the Jew
and upon which, for eighteen centuries,
he has been nourished, and without
which the hope of the nation would
+ have nerished.
Now we come TO the dire moment
pictured in Genesis xxi. 1910. The
water provided by Abraham had been
consumed No more was 70 be had
Ishmael was dying. Hagar his mother,
separated herself from him. AT the
opportune moment the angel of the
Lord appeared to her and pointed her to
a spring of water. where she refreshed
herself and Ishmael with new life
The antitype of this is now TO be
seen before u.s. The Jewish people,
separated more and more from the
Law and the Prophets. are becoming
weak and faint as respects hope. They
are about 10 die. But no. the Lord
graciously points out well-sprlng of
the water of life at this critical mo-
ment AS Ishmael was rescued from
death by this water. so the nation of
Israel. whom he typified. is now about
to find in the providence Of God that
their portion of the Abrahamic Cove
nant is the earthly one. not the heav-
emily one, not the spiritual They are
about to he refreshed and to enter
upon a new career. That career, how
ever. will not mark them as Ishmael-
ties. nor Will their New Covenant re-
lationship be symbolized by Hagar.
the Old Law Covenant. Thenceforth
they are represented under n new type.
Isaac Was Heir of AL
IT, at first, our Jewish friends might
be inclined TO feel disappointed that
they were represented in lshmael. and
not in Isaac. by the Hagar Covenant.
the Covenant Of bondage to the Law.
instead Of being formed free from the
Law, there is consolation Their
consolation Is that Isaac typifed the
Messiah and that Israel is pictured as
rhe nation Oh whose behalf Messiah
will mediate the New Law Covenant.
The Messiah must be spiritual, in or
der TO be able to confer the great
blessings indicated in the Covenant
made with Abraham. The nation Of
Israel never expected to be spiritual
and had no such promise in the Bible.
To the Jews will come exactly what
they have always been expecting
greatness as an earthly people. honor
as the elect nation through whom the
New Covenant blessings will be open.
ed up to all the world of mankind-the
Gentiles.
AS already pointed out. Isaac. the
son of Abraham. typified the ,Lessiah
OF glory, the Son of God and heir OF
all the promises-the one through
whom alone eternal life may be OBJ
tanned and restitution to that perfec-
ton which will enable Israel and the
world to keep the Divine Law perfect
iy and merit the gift Of God. eternal
life, according to their New Law Cove
nant by and through its great Media.
tOr-Messiah.
Eieazar Type Of the Holy Spirit.
In due time, Abraham sent his trust
ed servant EIeazar typical Of the holy
Spirit TO select a Bride for his son
Isaac. Eleazar might not go anywhere.
He was directed to go only to those Of
Abrahams family, thus implying that
none would be called to be the Bride
Of Messiah except such as were already
in relationship TO God through faith,
obedience and Justification When the
servant had found Rebecca he put
upon her certain jewels. explained to
her and her relatives the nature of his.
mission, and asked her if she were
willing TO come and be Isaac's Bride.
He said, My master, Abraham, is very
rich and all that he hath he hath given
unto Isaac.
Thus the great riches OF God are
again illustrated in Abraham and the
fact that Messiah is his Son and the
heir of all the promises of God, the
One through whoa Israel and all MANI
kind shall be blessed. Rebecca prompt
ly responded and thus betrothed her
self to the unseen Bridegroom and
hasted with the servant to Isaac Az