Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-17

thing Tor isaac. Iho hutitype OF TN.
fM .thhf from the nme that God began
the Development OF the Spiritual Israel
and set forth the ''Covenant by sacri
Aos." through which this Spiritual Is
mei would DO Developed from that
time II began TO be clearly manifest
that the chief portion Of the promise
Of God to bless the world wes not 70
be fuiHiIed fhfoh9h the fshmael Seed,
natural Israel, but through the Isaac
Seed SPIRITUAL Israel.
The Well sprino Of Hopo For the Jews.
From the first there was inanifesied
. competition forItbe Abrahafnie biess-
ing, And as Ishmael mccked at the In
FAINT Isaac, so the, Jew, In his consider
able development and strength, m0cked
at the Antitypical Isaac--Jesns and his
comparatively Ignorant and unleprned
fOiIowers-rapd persecpted them. In or
der to continue the type, that Abraham
hiRht typify God. be. was commanded
70 send forth fIagar and her son into
the Wilderness. That sending forth
Sytided the Divine disfayots which
came upon the Jews eigliteei centuries
ago and which has made them Outcasts
from Gods favor, az -Hagar and Ish-
nnaef were cut on from tAbrahan's
prcsences ana faniiiygand care. The
bread and water which Haear took
with her by which she and Ishmael
were nourished 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, Tor eighteen centuries,
be has been nourished, ana without
which the hope OF the nation would
have perished, ,,,.. ti.e. M
Now we come to the dire, moment
pictured in Genesis XXI 1910. Tho
writer provided by kbrdhafn had bees
csnsunled.r q No smcfe was to be had
Yshmsss wasdying.is .is Hagsr. hts mother,
scparated herself from him. q At the
oppertune moment the angel Of the
Lord appeared TO her and pointed her to
q sfxtng ef water where she refreshed
herself and Ishtpaet With new life. ..
~ The aHiWps acf 1hts ~ tp9w to he
pesp .befcrr, us, Tho Jewish people.
nepafated more and more from tho
Ldv and sres Pyophcts, are becoming
weak Ahd fsfft Az respects hope They
are about to diet But mo" the Lord
svHefousiy pefnrs put \ weiissprins -cf
the water Of lifs at this critical mo
ment, A seIshmael was rescued from
death. by this watny. soatte nation Of
Israel. whom he typiaed. N now about
10 find in the ptovidence OF God that
tieir portion OF the Abrahamfc' cove
nsnf q the earthly one. NOT the heav-
enly one. not the spiritual. They are
about 10 be refreshed snnd to euter
upon a new career. That career, how
ever, will not mark them as Ishmael-
ties, nor viii their New Covenant re-
lationship be syinbpliked by Hagar,
the Old Law Covenant. Thenceforth
they are represented under a new type.
VA : isaac fwas Heir Of All. -
II. at first,p our Jewish friends might
be Inclined to feel disappointed that
they were represented In Ishmael, and
not ia Isaac, by the Hagar Covenant.
the Covenant Of bondage1to the Law,
instead Of being formed free from the
Law, there IL a 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.
Tho 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. n3@f1a
As already pointed out. Isaac. the
son Of Abraham, typifed the Messiah
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 VIII enable Israel and the
world TO 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.
Eieaxsr Type Of the Holy Spirit
In due time, Abraham sent bis trust
cd servant Eleazar typical OF the holy
Spirit TO select Bride for his son
Isaac. Eleazar might not 20 anywhere.
He was directed 60 so only to those Of
Abraham's family. thus implying that
none would be called 10 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 70
her and her relatives the nature Of his
mission. and asked her n she were
willing 70 come aud be Isaac's Bride.
Ha said. My master, Abraham. is very
rich and all that he hath he hath given
unto Isaac. Ill. .-s.
Thus the. great riches OF God are
again ulustrpted IN Abraham and the
fact that Messiah Il his Son and the
heir OF all the prqmiscs OF God. the
One through whom Israel and all man
hind shall be blessed Rebecca prompt
" responded and thus betrothed her
self 90 the unseen nBridekroom and
hhstel with the sarvant 10 Isaac. As