Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. Abraham, being a type of
the Father, sent his servant Eliezer, who is a type of the
Holy Spirit, into a far country to receive a bride for his son
Isaac, who is a type of Christ. Eliezer took the camels which
belonged to his master for this journey. He had all of the authority
and possessions of his master in his hand. He went to the exact
country of his master's kindred, and there he found a bride for
Isaac of Isaac's own kin. He went there seeking a specific
bride for his master's son, and he prayed that he might be directed
to the exact one which was predestined for Isaac. Rebekah did not go
to the well looking for a husband, nor had she ever been acquainted
with Eliezer. But in the sovereign purpose
of God, she was at the right place at the right time to meet
him. He introduced himself, speaking only of his master, and gave
her gold and jewelry to enhance her beauty. Ultimately, she left
her family to marry Isaac and was carried by him by a way which
she had never traveled to a land which she knew little about.
But her knowledge or understanding of the way was of little importance
because she was born on the backs of the master's camels and led
by his trusted servant Eliezer. Though she had never met Isaac
face to face, Eliezer had told her about him because she knew
him when she saw him walking expectantly in the fields, watching
for her coming. This account of Rebecca being
brought to Isaac on these camels is truly a compelling and beautiful
picture of the grace of God in gathering the chosen bride of
Christ from the earth and safely guiding her to her ordained destination
without any assistance or input from her. T'was a day in early
springtime by an ancient wayside well, Eliezer paused to rest
his camel train. He had found a bride for Isaac
ere the evening shadows fell, for his weary journey had not
been in vain. He took the fair Rebecca, decked
in jewels rich and rare, back to Abraham, his master, far away,
where Rebecca loved her Isaac and he loved Rebecca fair. Oh,
it must have been a happy wedding day. The blessed Holy Spirit
from the Father God above has come down to earth to find a
worthy bride. And our Isaac over yonder has
prepared our tents of love and he wants his fair Rebecca by
his side. We've left our kinfolks gladly.
We've made the world goodbye. We're going to a land beyond
the sky where we'll soon behold our Isaac in that blessed eternity.
What a happy, happy meeting that will be. Oh, get ready, the evening
shadows fall. Don't you hear the Eleazar call?
There's going to be a wedding. Our joy will soon begin in the
evening when the camel train comes in. Yet there is another
account in the scriptures of the use of camels to depict the
grace of God, which is not as often mentioned, but is equally
compelling. In the 37th chapter of Genesis, we read the account
of Joseph sold into slavery by his own brethren and brought
down to Egypt by a camel train. It is clear that Joseph is a
type of Christ who, while being rejected, yet became his people's
deliverer and savior. His brethren meant to destroy
him, but God meant their actions for good, even their own salvation. It is interesting to consider
that these camels brought Rebekah to Isaac in order that they might
produce a son called Jacob, who would go on to sire a son who
would be made the deliverer of his own household, though he
be taken down to Egypt by camels. And has not the very Son of God,
the Lord Jesus Christ, sprung from the loins of the people
that He came to bring so great a salvation? O wonder of wonders
that can never be fully told! The exact same grace which brings
the elect children of God to the marriage supper of the Lamb
is that which caused Him to be born of a virgin, to tabernacle
among men, and to be rejected by them, yet all the while being
established as their King and Ruler, and outfitted as their
Savior. And being found in fashion as
a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross. Could any man have ever devised
such a salvation as this? One of the greatest mysteries
of the ages is that God should manifest himself by becoming
a man. Even as the prophet of old had
prophesied, Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall
bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which
being interpreted is God with us. How or why should such a
thing occur except that it fulfill God's purpose to manifest the
glory of His grace in redeeming a people which He loved and chose
before the foundation of the world? Do you worship this One
who is the Savior of sinners? Do you bow in submission to Him,
giving Him all glory for bringing to pass so great a salvation
as this? Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His
own blood, He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us. For a free CD containing 15 of
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