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The 24th chapter of Genesis records with many detailstlle selection of Isaac's bride Rebecca. According to thecl~ronology, Sarah died three years before the marriageof Isaac and Rebecca. It was' after ' the death of hismother Sarah that Isaac's future bride was sought for.The three years between1 the death of Sarah and themarriage of Isaac and Rebecca represents the period ofthe Gospel Age, at the end of which the great antitypicalmarriage will take place.' During this long period'thetioiy Spirit, like Eliezer, has been searching for the bride,and having now found her the-marriage is soon to be consummated.The Church, the "Lamb's wife,l4 will now soonbe fuIly united to Jesus Chrigt, and will. see him as he is,receive his name, which is above every name, and enterinto his mother Sarah's tent-that is, into the privilegesand opportunities for blessing the world promised in theAbrahamic Covenant represented by Sarah (Gal. 4:24);.;1 . .,. ( , . I !. , , . The ~illesnial. ' ~ g . s .... : ,,.;r. .is allegorically represented in the 25th chapter of G&S~verses I to.; .' .10.'.. .. .-:,. # ' . . * , .&ti 25 1-10 Then yain Abcqham todt r rife, apd k;'name,u~ctu*h. .r ~ n she d bare him Zimran [cte.]. 5 And ~braharngavr.3that he had unto Isaao. 6 But unto the som of the concubines, ah~chAbraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and rent. &hem awpy from Isaac hisson, while he yet lived, eastward, anto the east country. 7 And these arethe days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred three-score and fifteen Jean..8 Then Abraham gavt up the ghost, and died ina good old age, an old. man, and full. q.f years; and was gathered to hi8people. 9 And his sons Isaac and,Ishmael buried him in the cave 04Machpelah; in the field of Ephroa the son of Zohar'the ,Hittite, which bbefore Mamre;. 10 The field which Abraham porchad of the con? ofHeth : there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his r~fe. . - -. ,.After thendeath of Sara11 and the marriage-of Isaac, Abra-Iham took to himself a third wife, whose name Keturah.signifies incense;.and by whom he had many sons (the-names of whom are given in verses 2 to 4 of the '25thchapter). This Illustrates the fact that in the Ibfillennisl, . ..1. I39