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ones. First amongst these saints were
some Of the Jewish nation. according
to the Divine Rule; as the Scriptures
set forth"to the Jew first.' This
Bride class has been selected from ev.
cry nation. people, kindred and tongue.
yet In all will be but a little flock
"Fear not. little flock. it is your Fa-
Tiers good pleasure to give you the
Kingdom spiritual, unseen King
dom Of NIessiah-joint- t-heirship with
him in his throne-not the earthly
Kingdom which has been promised
definitely to Israel.
| The Bride Glass and the Great Com
pany.
Other Scriptures have shown us that
there are two classes amongst these
saints. A few, peculiarly devoted, will
constitute the Bride class. And a
larger number. not SO courageous Of
the Truth and righteousness. will con-
! stitute her companions, her servants,
as Rebecca travelled accompanied by
! her servants. These two classes are
particularly specified in the Scriptures
/ (45th Psalml where we read Of the
Messiah-Bride and Queen. In her
resurrection glory she is pictured as
the Queen robed in gold OF Ophir with
| fine needlework-the glory representing
| the divine nature which will be grant
ed her and the fine needlework repre-
senting her glorious righteousness, en-
bellished with the fruits Of the holy
Spirit. The Psalmist tells how she
shall be brought into the presence of
the great King Jehovah and then adds
that the virgins, or companions, that
follow her shall also be brought into
the presence of the King, showing that
there will always be difference Of
rank on the spiritual plane. These two
classes are again pictured in the Law
as Priests and Levites, the Bride class
being represented by the Priests, Ow-
ing to their willing sacrifices Of the
earthly portion in favor of the heavenly.
We are not to identify the Bride class
with the nominal Christian Churches
Of today any more than we would iden-
Church of their day. The Apostles
were select few. and similarly all
the members Of the Church through
out the Age have been a select few
out Of a nominal many. ''The Lord
knOweth them that are his" The true
from all of the twelve tribes Of Israel.
but from every other nation, people
and tongue, even SO many as the Lord
our God has called.
Rebecca's leaving her fathers house
typified the personal conservation OF
each one who. led Of the Spirit. ac-
cepts the Divine invitation to joint
heirship with Christ The first jew
elry given TO Rebecca. when first she
needed the invitation and invited the
servant TO her home, represents the
earliest blessing received by believers.
The jewelry she received after she had
decided TO go to Isaac and become his
wife represents the blessings Of the
Holy Spirit which come upon the fully
consecrated. those who determine 70
walk in the footsteps of Jesus in the
narrow way into the Kingdom. under
the guidance Of the Holy Spirit.
:" Arrived at the end Of her journey,
she found herself in the presence Of
Isaac, and Immediately alighted from
her camel and covered herself with a
veil. Thus, pictOrially, is represented
the fact that the Church, when having
experienced the change OF the First
Resurrection and in the presence of
the heavenly bridegroom, will no
longer need the guidance Of the holy
Spirit. through the Scriptures. This
part of the picture. Of course. is yet
future. The Scriptures, however. in
dicate, and outward conditions cor
roborate the fact, that the time OF
this glorious change is nigh at hand.
TO Be the Mother Of Thousands of
Millions.
Isaac Immediately received Rebecca
and took her into his mothers tent.
Sarah had died and Rebecca became
her successor. Thus is beautifully
pictured the fact that when the Bride
of Messiah shall he complete on the
plane Of glory, the Sarah Covenant
will be at an end and her place. as
channel OF blessing. will be taken by
the glorifed Church. Then will be
fulfilled the prophetic blessing of her
relatives, BE thou the mother of
thousands Of Millions Those thou
sands OF millions represent the world
OF mankind. which will be regenerat-
ed. or granted new life by the great
Messiah during the thousand years of
his reign as the Mediator of the New
Covenant.
Messiah will be the regeneration and
his Bride will be the nourisher. in
structor. helper Of all mankind under
the New Covenant. because it will be
this antitypical Isaac and his Bride
that will mediate for Israel. and
through Israel for the world. the New
Covenant of Restitution blessings
(Acts iii, 1920. I'm thee and i'm thy
Seed shall all the families of the earth
be blessed applies primarily, as ST
Paul shows. to Messiah and his
Church in glory-the sacrifices being
past, the spiritual nature being attain
ed as a reward for the sacrifices (Gala-
tfans iii. lG. 29). /
Whoever will first receive Messiah
and come into harmony with the
righteous laws of his invisible King
dom will be the first to be blessed.
There will be no partiality in this