--See Genesis 24.
[456]In this picture Abraham is a type of Jehovah; his wife Sarah, a
type of the Abrahamic covenant, from which the Messiah springs; Isaac,
the son, a type of Jesus Christ; while Rebekah is a type of the church,
the bride of Christ. Eliezer, Abraham's servant, is a type of the holy
spirit, whose mission it is to invite the church and to assist her, and
ultimately to bring her and her companions to the antitypical Isaac, the
Lord Jesus, the Bridegroom. Before Jesus departed from the earth he said
to his disciples: "I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, ... even the spirit of truth.... I will not leave you
comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth
me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also," (John
14:15-19) Eliezer here pictures the comforter, the holy spirit, which
was given at Pentecost, at which time the way was opened and the
invitation was given to men who love the Lord to become followers of the
Lord Jesus and be of the bride class. The ten camels which Eliezer took
with him represent the Word of God, the ten strings of the harp. The
golden earring presented to Rebekah represents the blessed and pleasing
effect of hearing the call to be the bride of Christ; while the two
bracelets picture the happy effect of responding to the divine call and
doing with our might what our hands find to do.
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