The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-17

Isaac was born '3llra b rengdi tetl lsiit
Smnel and no long l aekn6wl lodged him
as!bs son; but Iiistead. cIeimed esery.s
thing for lsSi Ttle saatitype OF this
isthat from the time tilat odd Iesai
the Development Of the Spiritual Israel
and Set forth the Il Covenant by sacri;
iee,iAthrough which tbs, SnlsitilnI isl
rael would spes del ei6ped fom that
time il began To- be clearly manitest
that The chief stIop Of tbe Promise
Of God to bless the world MAS not to-
be fulfilled through, die isbmacl Seed,
natural Israel, but through the Isaac
Seed spiritual Israel me- "a 4 y,
4 The Wei: Spring Of HOPS orfhe Jews.
= From the first there was manifested
d competition for the Abrahamic bless;s
inG. And as .Isimael knocked nj the III:
FAINT Isaac, so the lev, Id bis consider.
ledeyelopmenf and stfeng th. Knocked
atithe Antitypical Isaac Jesus and, his
comparatively ignorant and underlined
fpllowers-and persecuted'them In or.
der to continue theltype, that Abraham
might typlfy God, he was comniandcd
to send forth Hagnr and her son. Into
the Wilderness, That sending forth
typifed the Divine Sltsfayor which
came upon the Jews e,snteea countries
ago and which has matte them outcasts
from Gods favor ms Itagar aud lsb.
mael were cut or from .Abrahain's
presence and family tand, care! The
bread and water which Hagar took
with her, by which she and lshmael
were nourished I'm tile wilderness for;
time, pictpres and types the promises.
Of God through the Law aud the
prophets which still belong. TO the Jew;
and upon which, for eighteen centuries,
be has been nourished, and without
which the hope Of The, nation would
have persisted 'zf 4 4, - !,
Now we come to the dire moment
pictured in Genesis XII, 1910 The
water provided by &bnham Ind been
consumed. No more was ITO. be Ind:
Ishmael was dying Hagar, lis mother.
separated herself from him. At the
opportune moment the angel Of the
Lord appeared to her and pointed her to
a spring OF water, where she refreshed
herself and Ishmael with new life. !is
The antique OF this is now to be
seen before Us. The Jewish people,
separated more and more from the
Law and the Prophets, IRE becoming
weak and faint as respects hope, They
are! about to die! But no. the Lord
graciously points out j well.spring Of
the water OF life at this critical mo:
ment As Ishmael was rescued from
death, by this water. 30 the nation Of
Israel, whom he typiaed. is now about
to find in the Sprosllence,ni God that
their portion Of the Abrahamic Core,
nant Is the earthly one. not the sheay;
emily one, not the spiritual. !. They are
about to be refreshed and 10 enter
upon a new career. That career. huw;
ever, viii not mark them as lshmael.
ties. nor will their New Covenant re:
latlonship be symboiIzel by Hagar.
the Old Law Covenant Thene efortlf
they are represented under a new type.
b Isaac Was tistr Of IAN. :, NJ
II, at first, our Jewish friends nigh,
be inclined to feel disappointed that
they were represented In iishmnel, and
not In Isaac, by the, Hag;ar Gov eniaainrt.
the Covenant Of boSStags Ia Z liz S Law.
instead Al being formed If i rom Tie
Law; there Is Aston oiat ION Their
consolation is that IshIlic typIfiedi Inc
Messiah and that Israel Is pictured as
the nation on whose Behalf Messiah
viii mediate the New Law Covenant
The Messiah must be spiritual. In or.
der 10 be able n Icosifer ,be SSroa,
blessings Indicated ,fis' f6e Covenant
made With Abraham. tFbe, nation of
Israel never a al expeetsd IA no snlritnal
and had no such promise iii Tie BiIle
To the Jews Win come exactly what
they hare always been 'enxspectinsZ2
greatness as an an earthly peopic honor honor,
as the elect nation through whom lie
New Covenant, BLESSINGS win he onch,
ed up to all the world Of mafsind9tlie
Gentiles FRI. 81 1; q. e is y,
AS already pointed ont rsaa,tc the
son OF. Abraham, typiaed The 'Mess,nb
| Of glory, the Son sott t5od and bctr If
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