The Seeking of a Bride

Introduction: This outline makes an application of the story of this chapter by using the main characters as types. This story is a beautiful picture of Jesus taking the church as His bride. The story line of this section of Genesis fits the dispensational picture:

• The Offering of the Son – Genesis 22
• The Loss of the Father’s Wife – Genesis 23
• A Bride for the Son – Genesis 24
• The Father Remarries – Genesis 25

In this typology:

• Abraham is a type of God the Father
• Isaac is a type of God the Son
• The servant is a type of the Holy Ghost
• Rebekah is a type of the church.

I.           THE SERVANT SOUGHT A BRIDE FOR THE FATHER (v.1-9; Ac.15:14) 

II.          THE SERVANT REVEALED THE FATHER AND THE SON (v.34-36; Jn.16:13-15) 

III.         THE SERVANT OFFERED THE SON TO THE BRIDE (v.48-49; Jn.15:26; 16:8) 

IV.        THE BRIDE ACCEPTED THE OFFER OF THE SERVANT (v.54-60; Rom.10:8-13) 

V.         THE BRIDE WAS KEPT PURE FOR THE SON (v.16,44; Eph.5:25-27) 

VI.        THE BRIDE LONGED FOR A LAND YET UNSEEN (v.58,61; Col.3:1-2; Heb.11:10,13-16) 

VII.        THE BRIDE FULFILLED THE DESIRE OF THE SON (v.67; Eph.1:22-23; 1Cor.15:28)

 

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