Genesis Chapter 24
has 64 verses in total. That’s a lot of fancy words to basically say that the Lord had chosen Rebekah to be Isaac’s bride. Let me sum up what was going on, so that I can shorten up this lengthy poem. But Beware - don’t just take me at my word. Go and read it for yourself - to see if it truly is from God. Abraham told the oldest servant of his household - who ruled over all that he had, to "promise on God," that he would not take a wife for Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, but would go to his hometown and take a wife for him. The servant was worried that the woman he found, would not be willing to go with him to the land of Abraham. So the servant asked if he could take Isaac with him to take a wife on his own. Abraham said, “Beware - that you do not take my son back there.” Abraham did not want Isaac to leave the land that God had promised to his descendants. Abraham told the servant that God would send an angel who would prepare the way for him. He also said, “And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.” Genesis 24:8 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, and made an oath to go to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor where Abraham’s brother lived. When the servant got just outside the city gates, he stopped by a well of water to give his camels a drink. Then he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’ - let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.” Suddenly, Rebekah appeared. “Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder and she was “very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her.” I’m sure the servant thought, “This has to be Isaac’s bride.” The servant asked Rebekah for a little drink, and she said, “Drink, my Lord” and offered him, and all of his camels a drink. And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. How many times, has God given us an answer, and we wonder, “Is this from God or not?” The servant then took out “a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold, and said, “Whose daughter are you? Tell me, please, is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge?” So Rebekah told him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah’s son, whom she bore to Nahor.” Moreover she said to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge.” Then the man bowed down his head and worshiped the Lord, “Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.” Genesis 24:27 The servant knew that Rebekah was the answer from God. Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and he ran out to see what was going on. We will read more about him soon, after Rebekah gives birth to Jacob. Seeing the jewels, and everyone standing there, Laban said, “Come in, O blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.” Laban invited the servant, his men and his camels back to the house with him - where they washed up and prepared to be fed. The feast was laid before the servant, and the rest of his men, but the servant could not eat. He said, “I will not eat UNTIL I have told about my errand.” Then the servant of Abraham, the servant of the Lord - told the whole household why he had come. He could not stop. He went on and on. He told every detail, of how God was good, and kept every single word! Side note - Now I understand why my poems tend to be so long! It’s because I’m amazed at our eternal God. The servant told them how great Abraham had become, how the Lord had blessed him “with flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.” He explained that Sarah had a son when she was old; and to Isaac, Abraham had bequeathed everything. The servant told them everything, from Abraham commanding, “You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell; but you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son to Rebekah showing up and offering a drink - just as God had told." The servant went on and on, like we all tend to do, when we see the season of God’s Word beginning to bear fruit. The servant said, “So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists. And I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son. Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.” Genesis 24:47-49 Then Laban and Bethuel answered with this, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you either bad or good. Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the Lord has spoken.” Genesis 24:50-51 "And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that he worshiped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth. After they offered Rebekah in marriage, the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and stayed all night.” Genesis 24:52-54 Then they arose in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.” But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go.” The servant responded, “Do not hinder me, since the Lord has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master.” So they said, “We will call the young woman and ask her personally.” That will happen to each of us - everyone God has chosen will be personally asked what life they would like to choose. Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.” They all blessed Rebekah and said to her: “Our sister, may you become The mother of thousands of ten thousands; And may your descendants possess The gates of those who hate.” Genesis 24:60 I beg you to read that verse again! Notice the reversal of Mount Hermon, and what happened at the gates of hell! So the servant took Rebekah and departed. Now Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming. Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from her camel; for she had said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took a veil and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.” Genesis 24:1-67 One day, Jesus will be coming on the clouds, to meet his betrothed bride in the fields. Will you recognize your husband - the Son of Man, the Only promised Son of God, who is ready to marry his betrothal - the Church - the chosen bride of Christ? She walks through the Wilderness, and is led by the Holy Spirit to forsake Satan's attempts - she can not be shaken by the tumultuous winds of God. The Bride will continue to go on and on - eating manna from Heaven and speaking about the blessing of God? If you are reading this, and you totally understand - that means you have been granted wisdom - you have received the truth in love. Be assured - you are like Rebekah - the chosen Bride of Christ. Get ready to receive your husband. You have been adopted into the family of God.
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