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had brought forth lshmael When
Isaac was Horn, Sarah repudiated lsh-
muel 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 sucrl-
fee" through which this Spiritual Is
rael would be developed that
time 1t began TO be clearly manifest
that the chief portion of the promise
of God to bless the world wns not to
be fulfilled through the lshmael Seed,
natural Israel. but through the Isaac
Seed-Spirltual Israel
The Well Spring Of Hope For the Jews.
From the first there was manifested
n competition for the Abrahamic bless
ing. And as lshmael mocked at the in
fant Isaac, so the Jew. in his consider
able development and strength, Knocked
at the Antitypical lsaac-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 Ish-
mael were cut off from Abraham's
presence and family and care. The
hrnaA nd NH tnnk
with her. by which she and Ishmael
were nourshed In the wilderness for
a 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 perished.
Now we come to the dire moment
pictured In Genesis XXX 1919. The
water provided by Abraham had been
consumed No more was to 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
n spring of water, where she refreshed
herself and Ishmael with new life.
The antitype of this is now to be
seen before us. The Jewish people,
separated more and more from the
Law and the Prophets. are becoming
weak and faint as respects hope. They
are about to die! But no. the Lord
graciously points out well-spring Of
the water of life at this critical me-
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-
enly one. not the spiritual. They are
about to be refreshed and to enter
upon q new career. That career. how
ever, will not mark them as Ishmael-
ties. nor will their New Covenant re-
lationshlp be symbolized by Hagar,
the Old Law Covenant Thenceforth
they are represented under a new type.
Isaac Was Heir of All.
IF, at first. our Jewish friends might
be inclined to feel disappointed that
they were represented in Ishmael. 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 Il consolation. Their
consolation Is that Isaac typified the
Messiah and that Israel is pictured as
the nation on 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 ms 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, Isnnc, the
/ son of Abraham. typlfed the Messiah
of glory. the son Of God and heir of
1 all the promlscs-the one through
whom alone eternal life may be OBJ
/ tanned and restitution to that pcrfec-
! tlon which will enable Israel and the
I world 10 keep the Divine Law perfect
! ly and merit the gift of God, eternal
/ life, according to their New Law Cove.
nant by and through Its great Media
! tor Messiah.
Eleazar Type Of the Holy Spirit.
In due time. Abraham sent his trust
cd servant Elea2ar typical of the holy
| Spirlp to select n Bride for his son
Isaac. Eleaznr might not go anywhere.
He was directed to 80 only to those of
Abraham's family, thus implying that
none would be called to he the Bride
of Messiah except such MS 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, ana asked her II she were
willing to come and be Isaac's Bride.
He said, My master. Abraham. Is very
rich ana all that he hath he hath given