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as to her willingness to give of the
water. Here she manifested generosity
-service-just as the Holy Spirit indi-
Gates that those who constitute the bride
of Christ must have meekness and hu-
mility as primary qualifications of char
acter.
F,liezer hastened to put upon Rebecca
jewels, symbolic of spiritual blessings
Eliezer was received into the house. Inc
friends of Rebecca received her bless
ings; and all, representing the househ Gid
of faith rejoiced with her. Eliezer then
explained that Abraham was very rich,
that he had made Isaac his heir ana
had sent his servant to find a suitable
bride for Isaac. Under the Lords guild
ance, he had met Rebecca, and believed
her to be the Lords choice for his mas
ter's son.
Rebecca was then asked whether she
would go into a far country with Eiiezer,
and become Isaac's wife. Her prompt an
swer was, Il will CO. Tnose caheu 70
be the bride of Christ hear that He Is
the Only Begotten of the Father, fun OF
grace and truth. They learn that union
with Him will mean participation Win
Him in all His wonderful future. such
as are rightly exercised answer promptly,
II will CO."
Those who delay, linger and have dlI-
ficulty in deciding whether or not 10
accept the invitation, are pretty sure TO
he passed by-not to be specially urged
by the Holy Spirit.
II meant something for Rebecca to
leave her fathers house, and all with
which she was familiar, and so 1t means
considerable for those who accept the
Fathers call to become the Bride OF
Christ. Only whole hearted love ior .he
Lord and we'll grounded faith In the
"great and precious promises" will carry
us safe to the journeys end. Millions
have heard the call, but have not promptly
accepted it. Rebecca types only those who
make their calling and election sure.
More Jewels for Rebecca
When Rebecca decided to accept the
offer of marriage with Isaac, Eliezer gave
her still further Jewels. So the bride
class receive an early blessing ana
later one. The graces of the Holy Spirit
faith, fortitude,. knowledge, patience
hope, joy, love-enhance their beauty OF
character. This class includes only t1lose
who have made full decision to follow
the Lamb whithersoever He goeth'-to
be the Lords at any and every cost, To
these the graces of the Holy Spirit come
more and more, as they grow In knowl-
edge and favor with the Lord.
IJp hill and down, through sunshine and
shadow, the camels finally brought Re-
becca to her journeys end. so with the
antitypical Rebecca. The bride class
leave their father Adams house after
they accept the Holy Spirits suggestions
and decide to go to Christ. Through
trials and difficulties of the journey, they
travel down through the centuries of this
gospel age to its close.
AS Eliezer brought Rebecca safe to the
end of their journey to the presence OF
Isaac at Lahai-roi, so the Holy Spirit will
guide the church to the end of the jour-
ney to the presence, parousia, OF Christ.
The camels which bore the treasures and
the Jewels to Rebeccas home, and which
afterward brought her and her maidens
and Eliezer back to lsaac's home. would
represent well the Holy Scriptures by
which the faithful are borne along on
their journey.
As Eliezer met Rebecca at the we'll,
and handled the water, symbolical of
truth, so on the return journey Rebecca
met Isaac at the well Lahai-roi. Fol-
lowing the custom of the time, she put on
her veil and alighted from the camel to
meet Isaac. So the scriptures tell us
that the church must pass beyond the
veil before she will be fully received
by the anti-typical Isaac.
Rebecca's maidens doubtless typified
the consecrated class now following with
the bride class, but not living up to their
full privileges and opportunities. The
blessings pronounced upon Rebecca, BE
thou the mother of thousands of mill
ions,'' represent the future of the church,
for as the Redeemer will, during His
nillennial kingdom. become the Father.
or Life -giver to thousands of millions OF
Adams race, bought with His own pre-
cious blood. SO the church will become
the mother of those same thousands of
millions of humanity, In the sense that
she will be the caretaker, to assist them
forward to perfection of life in a world
wide paradise.