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Genesis 24:4, Take a wife for my son Isaac.<\/i><\/b> Some Bible students see in Abraham\u2019s sending Eliezer his servant an allegory of our Heavenly Father choosing a bride for Yeshua, his Son with the help of the Set-Apart Spirit. The analogy goes like this: When speaking to Abraham, YHVH refers to Isaac as \u201cyour only son\u2026whom you love\u201d (Gen 22:2). In this statement, it\u2019s hard to miss the similarity with the well-known John 3:16 passage where Yeshua refers to himself as the only begotten Son whom his Father in heaven loves.<\/p>\n

Isaac is an obvious prophetic picture of Yeshua in that Abraham sacrificed a ram in place of his only son whom he loved on the very spot where, one thousand years later, the Temple of Solomon would be built and where sacrifices were made to atone for men\u2019s sin.<\/p>\n

This is the same spot later on where Yeshua himself was condemned to death and not far from there became the Lamb of Elohim who was sacrificed to atone for men\u2019s sins. In addition, the name Eliezer means \u201cmy El helps,\u201d which many see as an allusion to the Set-Apart Spirit who helps or comforts us, and to which Yeshua refers to as the Comforter or Helper (e.g. John 14:16).<\/p>\n

It is the Set-Apart Spirit that is choosing and preparing a bride from among called and redeemed Israelites for Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of Elohim.<\/p>\n

Genesis 24:6, 8<\/b>,<\/b> Beware that you bring not my son there again.<\/i><\/b> <\/i>Why was Abraham insistent that Isaac not be exposed to Babylon? What was there to beware of (shamar<\/i>, Strong\u2019s <\/i>H8104 meaning \u201cto guard against, protect from, keep watch and ward, preserve, keep oneself from\u201d)? The key is verse seven. What does this teach us about protecting our children and loved ones from the corrupting influences of this world? We must be ever vigilant like a soldier on guard duty to preserve and protect our children from those things that could lead to their spiritual ruination.<\/p>\n

YHVH had led Abraham out of the spiritual filth of Babylon. In no way did he want Isaac to go back to what he had left behind. If Isaac had seen the prosperity and convenience of a Babylonian lifestyle, he might have been tempted to stay there\u2014especially if he had found a suitable wife there. Abraham insisted that any potential mate leave Babylon and come to Isaac and not vice versa.<\/p>\n

Are we investing the necessary time and energy into our children to insure that they do not return to the spiritual Babylon from which we fled prior to our conversion, and that they find spouses who are willing to leave spiritual Babylon behind before marrying our children?<\/p>\n

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