54 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 5 - Law & Grace - Timeline - Isaac

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 5 Law and Grace: Time Line: Isaac Genesis 24 Turn to Genesis 24. We were drawing a comparison of the sending out of the servant for a bride for the son, Isaac, as a parallel of the work of the Holy Spirit today in calling out the Body of Christ. As we saw in our last lesson, the servant made a covenant or oath with his master, Abraham: Genesis 24:10 Abraham was a wealthy man with tons of silver and gold and flocks and servants. Genesis 24:11 "And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water." Genesis 24:12-14 "And he said, ‘O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, "Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink;" and she shall say, "Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also:" let the same be she that thou has appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.’" The servant laid out a fleece before God. When the servant asked for water, she responded exactly as he had asked God for her to do. Genesis 24:15 Genesis 24:16-19 What did the servant know? Now verses 26-29a. Genesis 24:26-29a "And the man (Abraham’s servant) bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. And he said, ‘Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.’ Remember, it was Laban for whom Jacob worked for his two wives, Leah and Rachel. This young man, Laban, came running out, and I like verse 30 because all these people were so human. Genesis 24:30 "And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, 'Thus spake the man unto me;’ that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well." The wealth that this man represented. Genesis 24:31a Then word passed to the girl’s father that this servant of their relative, Abraham, was looking for a bride for Isaac, and Rebekah seemed to be the one. Genesis 24:57,58 The Holy Spirit can woo; the Holy Spirit can convict; but God will never take someone by the nape of the neck and force the issue. Genesis 24:59 "And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men." Genesis 24:62,63a Isaac lived south of Jerusalem, down in the Negev, in the area of Beersheba. Genesis 24:63b It will be the same way when Christ calls His Bride home. Genesis 24:65,66 Isaac and Rebekah had just met, and the servant explains to Isaac how miraculously this whole thing had come together. "There’s no doubt Isaac, that this girl is God’s choice for you." So Isaac had no doubt that this was, indeed, God’s choice of a wife for him. Genesis 24:67 "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death." As I’ve pointed out before, The Bible never tells a wife to love her husband, but it does say, "Husband, love your wife." Everything was Israel. Israel was to be the bride of Jehovah. II Corinthians 11:1 "Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me." Paul said, I have gotten you engaged to one husband, that I may present you (that is, the Body of Christ) as a chaste (pure) virgin to Christ. All the way through Paul’s letters he makes reference to Christ as the head and the husband, and the Body of Christ is the virgin Bride. Let’s turn back now to Psalm 2. This is an outline of the Old Testament program. Like the rest of the Old Testament, as well as in the Gospels, in this Psalm there is no hint of this "mystery", this secret hid in the mind of God of this Gentile Bride of Christ, or the Body of Christ. Psalm 2:1 "Why do the heathen (Gentiles) rage, and the people (Israel) imagine a vain thing? Psalm 2:2,3 "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers (of Israel) take counsel together, (Jews and Gentiles) against the LORD, (Jehovah) and against his anointed (Christ—the anointed One), saying,..." Why do the rulers of this world and Israel reject The Messiah? Psalm 2:4 God is going to have the last word. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible