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her sarsh's tent, and she became

mother saraI''s tent, and she becam.
24:67.
/ care. The bread and water which
Hagar took with her, by which she
and 1shmael were nourished in the
| wilderness for time, pictures ant
types the promises of God through the
law and the prophets which still be-
long to the Jew and upon which, fol
1S centuries, he has been nourished
and without which the hope OF the ma
tion would have perished.
Now we come to the dire moment
pictured in Genesis xxi, 1919. The
consumed. No more was to be had
Ishmael was dying. Hagar, his mother
separated herself from him. At the
opportune moment the angel Of tho
Lord appeared to her and pointed her
to spring Of water, where she re-
freshed herself and 1shmael 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 mo-
| ment. AS Ish1nael 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 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 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 sthe law
instead OF being formed free from the
i law, there is a consolation. Their
consolation is that Isaac typified the
Messiah ana that Israel is pictured as
the nation on whose behalf Messiah
will mediate the new law covenant
The Messiah must be isupfritual, 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 opened
up to all the WorAE at mankind-the
Gentiles.
AS already pointed out, Isaac, the
son of Abraham. typified the Messiah
Of glory. the Son of God and Heir OF
1 all the promises-the one through
whom alone eternal life may be OBJ
tained and restitution to that perfec-
tion which will enable Israel ana the
world to keep the Divine 1aW perfect
Ily and merit the gift OF God, eterna'
life, according to thAir new law cove
nant by and through, it's great Media
/ tor-Messiah. I"
Eleazar Type Of the Holy Spirit.
i In due time, Abraham sent his trust
ed servant, Eleazar (typcal of the Holy
Spirit. to select bride for his son
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 Goa tnroush
faith, obedience and justificatlon.
When the servant had, found Rebecca
he put upon her certain Jewels, ex-
planned to her and her relatives the
nature of his mission, and. asked her y
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
mankind shall be blessed. Rebecca
promptly responded and thus pe-
trothed herself to the unseen ofloe-
groom and hasted with the servant 70
Isaac. AS her kinsfolk bade her good
by they wished her a blessing IN these
words, BE thou the mother OF thou-
sands Of millions (Genesis xiv, 60).
We read that "Rebecca arose ana
her damsels (maids. servants) ana
they rode upon the camels and fol-
lowed the man E.leazar.''
Here we find in harmony with other
Scriptures, a picture Of the gospel
age. and it's work of bringing to Mes
siah 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
every nation. people. kindred ana
tongue, yet in all will be but little
flock-"Fear not, little flock It Is your
Fathers good pleasure to give you
the kingdom"-the spiritual. unseen
kingdom OF Messiah-joint-h -heirshlp
with Him in His throne-not the
earthly kingdom which has been prom
ised definitely to Israel.
The Bride Class and the Great Com
pany.
Other Scriptures have shown us tnat
there are two classes amongst these
saints. A few. peculiarly devoted, WiA
constitute the bride class. AnOs q