LIFE SCRIPTS

Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev. He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching. Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself. Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Genesis 24:62‭-‬67 NIV
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The end of this lengthy chapter is an immense treasure of lessons. Isaac seemed to be a man with a unique temperament. Scripture is not explicit about it but we could infer a bit from his habits. He seemed to be a man given to humility. When his father took him to Mount Moriah, he did not question his motives though he was justified. He obeyed. He walked towards what would have been his ultimate sacrifice on the altar. In the same way, Christ who was blameless was led to the cross for our sake in humility. We then see Abraham, his father commanding his servant to travel to the land of his kin in search for a wife for him. In this passage, we see a man, Isaac coming from the Negev, a very dry and parched land. However what’s important is not the climate but what he was doing…meditating. As he leaves his place of meditation, he’s met by his father’s servant who presents to him his bride to be, Rebekah. The story of Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah and the servant in this context of marriage mirrors the story of God the Father, Christ, ourselves and the Holy Spirit. God the Father desires that at the end of time, us as the elect will be united with Christ, our ultimate groom. However, the One who’ll identify the elect (the bride) is the Helper (the Holy Spirit). Abraham’s servant represents the Holy Spirit Whom God the Father has dispatched in our generation to earmark those who’ve kept themselves pure for the sake of His Son, Jesus Christ. The marriage story between Isaac and Rebekah mirrors the marriage story between ourselves and our Lord, Jesus Christ. The humble Son of God submitted to His Father in order to be united to us, the ones He bought with His blood. The ones who have been preserved in virginity, not because we’re self righteous but because our righteousness has been purchased by the ultimate price Christ paid on the cross. This is a story that should give us hope. Just as Isaac united with his wife Rebekah, we will be ushered by the Spirit to our Saviour on that Day and be united with Him to the glory of God the Father.