Eliezer
Abraham's oldest servant, the one put in charge of everything he had — who swore on Abraham's thigh, journeyed to Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac, and prayed at the well before he had even finished speaking.
The Faithful Servant
Scripture: Genesis 24
The Biblical Record
Abraham called his oldest servant and gave him the mission: go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac. The servant asked a practical question and Abraham gave a practical answer. The servant loaded ten camels and went to Mesopotamia. He had the camels kneel down at the well outside the town toward evening, when women go out to draw water. He prayed: may it be that when I say to a girl, please let down your jar so I may have a drink — may she be the one. Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. He ran to meet her. The servant bowed down and worshiped YHWH.
Eliezer in the Sanctum
Eliezer is the figure of the faithful servant whose mission is entirely in service of another — whose success is not his own, whose prayer is answered before it is finished. The Sanctum treats him as a picture of the Spirit going out to find and bring home the bride.
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