The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-12-14

Isaac was born. Sarah repudiated lsh.
mael and no longer acknowledged him
As her son. but. instead. claimed every
thing for Isaac. The antitype of this
IS that from the time that God began
he Development of the Spiritual Israei
inj set forth the Covenant by sacri-
ice" through which this Spiritual Is
raci would be developed-from that
time it began to be clearly manifest
that the chief portion of the promise
of Gcd to bless the world was not to
be fulfilled through the Ishmael Seed,
natural Israel, but through the Isaac
Secd-Spiritual Israel.
The Well Spring of Hope For the Jews.
From the first there was manifested
a competition for the Abrahamic bless
ing. And as Ishmael Knocked at the in
FAINT Isaac, so the Jew. in his consider
able development and strength, Knocked
at the Antitypical lsaac-JeSus and his
comparatively ignorant and unlcarned
followerS-and prosecuted them. In or
der to continue the type that Abraham
might typify God, he was commanded
to send forth IIagar and her son into
the wilderness That sending forth
typifed the Divine disfavor which
came upon the Jews eighteen centuries
ago and which has made them outcasts
from Gods favor. as IIagar and lSh-
mael were cut OF from Abraham 5
presence and family and care. The
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with her. by which she and Ishmael
were nourishcd in the wilderness for
time, pictures and types the promises
of God through the Law and the
prophets which still belong to the jew
and upon which, for eighteen centuries
he has been nourishcd, and without
which the hope Of the nation would
have persisted.
Now we come to the dire moment
pictured III Genesis xxi, 1919. The
water provided by Abraham had been
consumed No more was to he had
Ishmael was dying. Hagar. his mother
separated herself from him. At the
opportune moment the angel of the
Lord appeared to her and pointed her to
spring of water. where she refreshed
herself and Iahmael with new life.
The antityuc of this is now to bC
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 a well-spring OF
the water of life at this critical mo
ment AS IShmael 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
emily one. not the spiritual. They are
about to be refreshed and to enter
upon new career. That career how
ever, will not mark them as Ishmael
ties, nor will their New Covenant re
lationship hc Symholized by Hagar
the Old Law Covenant. Thencefortl
they are represented under a new type
Isaac Was Heir of All.
If, at first. car Jewish friends might
be inclined to feel disappointed that
they We're represented in Ishmae, ant
not in Isaac, by the Hagar Covenant
the Covenant of bondage to the Law
instead of being formed free from the
Law, there is consolation. Theil
consolation is that Isaac typitied tn,
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
der to be able TO confer the great
blessings indicated in the Covenant
made with Abraham. The nation OF
Israel never expected to be spiritua
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-tht
Gentiles
AS already pointed out, Isaac, the
son of Abraham, typified the Messiah
of glory, the Son of God and heir OF
all the promises-the one through
whom alone eternal life may be oh
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 it's 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 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 We're already
IN relationship To God through faith
obedience and justification When the
servant had found Rcbecca 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. Rcbecca prompt
ly responded and thus hetrothed her
self to the unseen bridegroom and
hasted with the servant to Isaac AS
her kinsfolk Hndc her goodby they
wished her n blessing in these words,
BE thou the mother of thousands of
millions Genesis xiv, Coz.