The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-12-20

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death by this water. so the nation of
Israel. whom he typified, is now about
to fnd In the providence of God that
their portion Of the Abrahamic Cove
nant Is the earthly one, not the heav-
emily one, not the spiritual They are
about to be refreshed and to enter
upon a new career. That career, how
ever. will not mark them as Ishmael
ties. nor will their New Covenant re-
lationship be symbolized by Hagar,
the Old Law Covenant. Thenceforth
they are represented under a new type
Isaac Was Heir Of All.
II, 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 a consolation. Their
consolation Is that Isaac typifed 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
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.
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 will 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
Eleazar Type Of the Holy Spirit.
In due time, Abraham sent his trust
ed servant Eleazar typical Of the holy
SPIRIT to select Bride for his SOD
Isaac. Eleazar might not go anywhere
he was directed to go only to those of
Abraham's family, thus implying that
none would be called to 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 to
her and her relatives the nature of his
mission, and asked her If she were
willing to come and be Isaac's Bride
He said, My master, Abraham, is very
rich and all that he hath he hath given
unto Isaac.
Thus the great riches of God are
again illustrated in Abraham and the
fact that Messiah Is his Son and the
heir Of all the promises of God, the
One through whom Israel and all man
kind shall be blessed. Rebecca prompt
| ly responded and thus betrothed her
self to the unseen Bridegroom and
hasted with the servant to Isaac As
her kinsfolk babe her goodby they
wished her blessing In these words,
BE thou the mother Of thousands of
millions" Genesis xiv. 6O).
We read that "Rebecca arose and her
damsels (maids, servants) and they
rode upon the camels and followed the
man Eleazar."
| Here we find, In harmony with other
Scriptures, a picture Of this Gospel
Age, and its work of bringing to Mes
siah a special Bride class of sanity
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, ii is your Fa-
theirs good pleasure to give you the
Kingdom'-the spiritual, unseen King
dom of -joint-heirship with
him in his throne-not the earthly
Kingdom which has been promised
definitely to Israel.
The Bride Class and the Great Com
pany.
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| 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 Psalm. 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
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 a difference Of
rank on the spiritual plane. These two
classes are again pictured in the Law
as Priests and Ievites, 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-
tify the Apostles with the Jewish
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. 1.-The Lord
knoweth them that are his" The true
Church has been selected, not only
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.
Rebeeca'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 to
| walk In the footsteps Of Jesus In the