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 Fathers 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.
- THE SERVANT SOUGHT A BRIDE FOR THE FATHER (Genesis 24:1-9; Acts 15:14)
- THE SERVANT REVEALED THE FATHER AND THE SON (Genesis 24:34-36; John 16:13-15)
- THE SERVANT OFFERED THE SON TO THE BRIDE (Genesis 24:48-49; John 15:26; 16:8)
- THE BRIDE ACCEPTED THE OFFER OF THE SERVANT (Genesis 24:54-60; Romans 10:8-13)
- THE BRIDE WAS KEPT PURE FOR THE SON (Genesis 24:16,44; Ephesians 5:25-27)
- THE BRIDE LONGED FOR A LAND YET UNSEEN (Genesis 24:58,61; Colossians 3:1-2; Hebrews 11:10,13-16)
- THE BRIDE FULFILLED THE DESIRE OF THE SON (Genesis 24:67; Ephesians 1:22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:28)
