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"a. { I: .f,S 'sfs We report his ad-
dress from these words OF Scripture:
".And Isaac brought Rebecca Into his
mother Sarah's tent. and she became his
wife and he loved lier."-Genesls XIV. u.
When we sometimes speak of Abra.
ham, Isaac aud Others us tyres we
should not be understood to mean that
they weremerely types that the BIZ.
Bile stories respecting them are tic-
lions. A person. or thing Is n type
when, in addition to the actual texpe.
rlences, the Scriptures indicate that Il
prefgures and illustrates on small,
scale some person or things vet III,
ture. AS, for Instance. Adam III: Ger
tain respects, as the head Of the race,
was n type Of Messiah. the Second
Adam. so Is
The first Adam was the head Of on,
race, but failed to give the eternal life
desired. In Gods providence MESSIAH:
Is to be the Second Adam. in the sense
that he viii regenerate, as his chill
dren, all the posterlty Of the Flrst
Adam, Messiah Is thus declared In
prophecy to be the Everlasting Fa.
sther 5ofs mankind the Father or LIFE
giver. better than Adam. and who VIII
give to our race everlasting life. In;
stead Of a heritage Of weakness. lmper.
lection and death.
Similarly, Moses not only. was a real
character the leader Of the nation Of
Israel, but, additionally. he was n type
Of a greater Mediator-Mcsslah. AS
Moses mediated the Law Covenant for
Israel, SO Messiah, the Prophet like
unto Moses. or, antitypical Of him
(Acts III, 23), is to be the. Mediator OF
Israers New Covenant. under which
; the .Abrahamlc blessings will reach
them and through them reach all the
families Of the earth Ger. XXI. 81. !,
Similarly, Aaron was a type Of the
higher priesthood and It's better sacri.
fees connected with the New Cove.
nant.t So, also, the unilcr-prlests and
the :Levites, additional TO their own
experiences. served In Gods provl-
dence, MS tynes Of the higher Institu.
lions by which the New Covenant vii.
be iaapguratedS shorty. Nd
On this. occasion we. ask your atten,
tlonsto Abraham, known in the Scrip:
lures as the friend of God. as the
father of the faithful, and 10 his son
Isaac, the Son Of Promise, born out OF
the natural order, miraculously. when
his mother was old; also to lsaac's
wife, Rebecca, selected by Abraham
to be thet companion and joint-heir
with his som Isaac in his Inheritance.
These spersonages lived their. lives
wholly unconscious Of the fact that
God was using them and over.ruling
their affairs SO us to make Of them
prophetic pictures Of his own great
Plan Of the Ages. These type pictures
are always to be read In full harmony
with the inspired writings Of the Bible
and never to be understood In contra,
,diction Of the same.
Abraham a Type Of God.
Not everything that Abraham did
however. is to be esteemed typical. In
general way this grand man of. the
past looms up before our minds as Il
monument of faith and integrity and
Justice. The blessings promised 10 50
through, hlm to his Seed, which would
constitute him the father OF many M
tons, made of him, as st. Paul points
out, type Of the Almighty, from
whom flows every good and every per
feet glft-from whom proceeds the
blessing which ultimately Is TO flow
through Messiah, his Son, and through
Israel, his people, unto all the families
ct the earth. =
All Christians, presumably, are aware
Of St Paul's Interpretation Of AbrN'
ham and his family as types. As
Abraham typi6ed God, so his wife
typlfed the Covenant through which
the vitality Of the promise ultimately
develops the Seed Of Promlse-Isaac In
a type, and Messiah III the aptitype
st. Paul also explains that Sarah's serv.
ant, Hagar, at Sarah's wish, became
;fort time her representative with
Abraham and brought forth Ishmael
'Hagar,i st. Paul explains, typlfed thu
Law Covenant, yitalized by the, ,grs,;
clous arrangements of the same Coo
and Father. And Hagar's sou. 1t
orally Abrabam's sfirst.born. typified
the lavish nation; gthe frstSy develop
ment undeE the Covenant. /,
AS Abraham loved-Isaac and 'desirct
a blessing upon him, SO God loved Is
rael and desired a blessing upon Israel
the offspring Of the Eaw Covenant
Nevertheless. rs Ishmael, the Offspring
OF the, bond:woman, was declared no,
to be the primary heir OF the Abra
hamic promise. but secondary one
so the children of Israel, the offspring
OF the Law Covenant, were not intend
ed to be the Spiritual Messiah through
whom the promise declared that thu
blessing should first proceed
In the type, we see that Sarah. Abra
hams wife, who represented the origi
mi Abrahanie Covenant, brought forti
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