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Isaac and Rebekah Tie the Knot

Let me catch you up to speed. Isaac and Rebekah are betrothed to be married, but they’ve never met. Talk about a leap of faith!

Isaac was also at a well: Beer Lahai Roi, which means “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.” God sees our needs and knows what’s best for us. It’s not a coincidence that the servant found Rebekah at a well and Isaac came from a well to meet her. God designed them for each other.

I love when they meet for the first time. It reminds me of the scene in the film  Pride and Prejudice where Mr. Darcy walks toward Elizabeth Bennet in a beautiful field at twilight. It’s beyond romantic. If you haven’t seen it, please rent it today. You’re welcome.

Let’s switch gears now and explore the passage written by King Solomon to his bride. It paints a beautiful picture of what Isaac could have been thinking when he first met Rebekah. It also represents the promise that love is so much sweeter when you wait on God’s perfect timing.

Solomon’s seductive words of desire for his bride can still make a girl blush. He eagerly anticipates their wedding night. Who says the Bible is boring? This is racy stuff, people!
 

Back in Genesis, we see the second part of Isaac and Rebekah’s wedding process, which includes the marriage and consummation. Isaac was grieving the death of his mother Sarah. In His perfect timing, God comforted Isaac by bringing him his bride during this time of loss. 

The Bible goes on to say that Isaac loved Rebekah. I love this. He didn’t just marry her to reproduce or to have a woman in his life. He really loved her. He cared for her. He desired her. 

Song of Songs 2:4 gives us a beautiful picture of Christ’s love for us, His bride. He’s proud of us and shows the world that we belong to Him like a banner flying high. He proclaims His love for us like a flag over a nation. 

Jesus brings us into his family and loves us, just as Isaac brought Rebekah into his tent and loved her. But what was the spiritual meaning of a tent? 

In our reading today, we learned about the “Most Holy Place” in the tent of meeting. Only the “high priest” could enter it once a year to offer a blood sacrifice. God’s glory rested there, and no man could stand in His presence and survive without first being ceremonially cleansed. 

In the New Testament, Jesus came as our high priest and through His blood sacrifice on the cross, the curtain that separated the “Most Holy Place” was torn, symbolizing that we can now enter into God’s presence on earth because Jesus makes us clean. 

When we accept Jesus’ invitation to marriage, His spirit comes to dwell inside us. In other words, we become the sacred tent of meeting. One day, when He returns, we’ll step into the tent of His Kingdom to be joined to Him in marriage for eternity.