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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 her."-Geness xiv. g.
When we sometimes speak of Abra-
ham. Isaac and others as types we
should not be understood to mean that
they were merely types-that the Bl-
BILE stories respecting them are fc-
tions. A person or thing Is a type
when. In addition to the actual eXpe-
riences. the Scriptures indicate that 1t
prefgurcs and illustrates on n small
scale some person or things yet fu-
ture. AS. for instance, Adam In GER
tain respects. rs the head of the race,
was a type of Messiah, the Second
Adam
The first Adam was the head Of our
race. but failed to give the eternal life
desired In Gods providence Messiah
is to he the Second Adam. In the sense
that he will rcgencrate. as his chill
dren. all the posterity of the First
Adam. Messiah Is thus declared In
prophecy to he the Everlasting Fa-
ther of mankind-the Father or Life
giver. better than Adam, and who will
give to our race everlasting life. in
stead Of heritage OF weakness, lmper-
fection ard death.
Similarly. Moses not only was q real
character. the leader of the nation OF
Israel. but. additionally, he was type
of greater Mediator Messiah. AS
Moses mediated the Law Covenant for
Israel. so Messiah. the Prophet like
unto Moses. or antitypical OF him
(Acts Ill., 23l, Is TO be the Mediator OF
Israel's New Covenant under which
the Abrahamic blessings will reach
them and through them reach all the
families Of the earth der. XXI, 3i).
Similarly. Aaron was type Of the
higher priesthood and Its better sacri-
fees connected with the New Cove
nnnt. SO. also. the under-priests and
the Levites, additional to their own
experiences. served In Gods provi-
dcnce us types OF the higher lnstitu-
tions by which the New Covenant viii
be inauguratcd shortly.
On this occasion we ask your ntten-
tion TO Abraham. known IN the Scrip
lures as the friend of God, ns the
father of the faithful. and TO his son
Isaar. the Son OF Promise. born out OF
the natural order, mlraculousy, when
his mother was old also to Isaacs
wife. Rebeccu. selected by Abraham
10 he the companion and joinl-heir
with his son Isaac In his inheritnnce
These pcrSunages lived their lives
wholly unconscious of the fact that
GoG was using them and over-rullng
their affairs so as TO make of them
prophetic pictures of his own great
Plan of the Ages These type pictures
arc always 70 be read In full harmony
with the inspired writings Of the Bible
and never 10 he understood IN contra
dlctioD Of the same,
Abraham Type of God.
Not everything that Abraham did,
however. Is 10 he esteemed typical. In
general way this grand man OF the
past looms up before our minds as II
monument Of faith and integrity and
Justice The blessings promised 60 go
through him 10 his Seed, which would
constitute him the father OF many ma.
lions, made Of him, as ST, Paul points
out. a type OF the Almighty, from
whom flows every good and every per-
Cert gitt-IrOm whom proceeds the
blessing which ultimately Is to llow
through Messiah. his Son. and through
lsrnrl, his people. unto all the families
OF the earth
An Christians. presumably, are aware
of 81 rauI's Interpretation OF Abra.
hnm and his family MS types. As
Abraham typilled God, 40 his wife
tyWfed the Covenant through which
the vitality OF the promise ultimately
develops the Seed OF Promise Isaac In
Il type. nnd Messiah In the antltype.
ST Paul also explains that Sarah's sery-
ant "a nr. mt sarah's wish became
for ,lmc her representative with
Abraham and brought forth lshmael.
Ilagar. 81 Paul explains, typlAed the
Law Covenant, vitallgcd by the gra.
ciOus arrangements of the same God
aud Father And Hagnr's son. 1T.
orally Abrahams Grst-born, typlned
the Jewish nation, the 6rst develop
nlent under the Covenant
As Abraham loved Isaac ard desired
n blessing upon him. so God loved Is'
rael and desired blessing upon Israel
the offspring Of the Law Covenant
Nevertheless. AS ishmael. the Offspring
of the uond woman. was declared not
10 be the primary heir Of the Abra
hamlc promIse but a secondary one
so the children of Israel. the offspring
OF the LAW Covenant, were not intend
ed 10 he the Spiritual Messiah through
whom the promise declared that thC
blessing should fygt proceed
In The tyne. we see that Sarah, hbra
hnin's wife. who represented the orlgl
nal Anrahamic Covenant, brought tortI