SF792 - HERE COMES THE BRIDE (Geneis 24 1-4)
Genesis 24:1-4; 62-67
Introduction
Background – Types
The characters…
Ø Abraham = God the Father
Ø Sarah = Israel
Ø Isaac = Jesus
Ø Rebekah = church
The chapters…
Ø Genesis 22 – Isaac going to Mount Moriah
Ø Genesis 23 – Sarah died is a picture of the change from Israel to the church
Ø Genesis 24 – The choosing and calling of Rebekah (the church)
Outline
The Concern of the Father
The Commission of the Spirit
The Consummation of the Marriage
1A. The Concern of the Father
1B. Abraham’s concern (24:1-4)
He wanted a bride for his son.
The seriousness of the concern (24:3)
Swear = to promise seven times.
The stipulation of the command (24:3b-4)
The sovereignty of his choice (24:3-4)
Ø Use of the personal pronoun.
2B. God’s concern
The seriousness of the concern
John 3:16-19
The stipulation of the command
Romans 10:13 13For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
The sovereignty of his choice
Romans 9:14-16 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! 15 For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion." 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
2A. The Commission of the Spirit
Servant may have been Eliezer (Genesis 15:2) = helper of God
1B. The servant was to seek out the chosen bride. (24:3-4; 15-17)
He chose her. (24:15-17a)
Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world…
He called her. (24:17b)
John 6:44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him…”
2B. The servant was to secure the chosen bride. (24:34-36, 58)
He convinces her of the goodness of the Father and the Son (24:34-36)
John 15:26 But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
He compels her to follow Him to the Son (24:58, 61)
John 16:12-14 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.
He comforts her along the way.
Acts 9:31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
3A. The Consummation of the Marriage
1B. The coming bride
Rebekah learning of Isaac
Ø There was so much she did not know
Ø There is so much we do not know
Rebekah longing for Isaac
Ø The more she learned the more she yearned.
Rebekah looking for Isaac (24:65)
2B. The waiting groom (24:63)
His work was completed at Moriah.
His bride was to be gathered by another.
All that was left was the consummation of the marriage. (24:66-67)
Revelation 19:7-9 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready." 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9 Then he said to me, Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God.
Application
Do you share the Father’s concern?
Have you answered the call of the Spirit?
Are you ready for the wedding?