Genesis 24:50-67

Let us now meditate on ways in which Isaac reveals Christ as well as the way Rebekah reminds us of the Church, His bride.  

·       Isaac waited for his father, through the servant, to find his bride (24:63).  Isaac went about his daily work all as he eagerly awaited his bride.  So the Lord Jesus Christ is seated at the right hand of His Father, waiting as His Father, by the Holy Spirit, gathers His Bride for presentation at the proper time (Psa. 110:1).  Christ goes about His work of intercession for the believers (Rom. 8:34), all the while waiting for that day when the Bride will be given to Him at the great Marriage Supper (Rev. 19:7).

·       Isaac loved his bride (24:67).  What a wonderful thought: the Lord Jesus has loved His Bride as well (Eph. 5:25-27).  He gave Himself for her to present her as a beautiful wife.  

·       Isaac’s bride had to make a choice of faith, leaving all (24:58).  She had to forget her father’s family and be joined to her husband (Ps. 45:10).  So the Bride of Christ by faith turns her back on all others that she might be truly devoted to her Head.  Note the Apostle Paul’s concern with this complete devotion in 2 Cor. 11:1-4.

·       Isaac’s bride journeyed through the desert to come to him (24:61f).  It’s a simple thought.  The Bride of Christ is made beautiful through a difficult journey of trials (Acts 14:21-22).  She is sent into a world that is not her home to prove the genuineness of her faith as she waits to meet her Savior and Head (1 Peter 1:6-7).

·       Isaac’s bride loved him before seeing him (24:58, 64-65).  Rebekah made a choice, convinced that God was in it, even before she knew Isaac.  Pater said that though we do not see Christ now, yet we rejoice in Him with unspeakable joy (1 Pt. 1:8-9).

·       Isaac’s bride shared in Isaac’s glory (24:67).  Rebekah would never have been known on the pages of history UNTIL she married Isaac.  In that role she would be a key figure in the line of the Messiah.  So it is for Christ’s Bride.  He shares His glory with His Bride by virtue of the Bride’s union with Him (John 17:22-23).  Christ in us (the Bride) is the hope of glory.  How amazing that people who, for the most part, are insignificant in this world (1 Co. 1:26-31) are lifted to eternal glory in Christ!  Give Him praise.  Be devoted to your Head.