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The Camels Are Coming


The Camels Are Coming

Genesis 24:10 – “Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, for all his master’s goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.”

The Twenty Fourth chapter of Genesis is one of the most beautiful chapters in the Old Testament. It is filled with beautiful types, and pictures of the Father’s love for His Son, and His concern with finding Him a bride.   It is an Old Testament picture of what takes place today.  We are the bride that Father God is seeking for His beloved Son.  

In Genesis 24 Abraham, commissioned his servant Eliezar to go and find a bride for His son.  He loaded ten camels with provisions and sent his most trusted servant on a mission to secure a bride for his son, Isaac.  We learn in verse 10 that Eliezar took ten camels loaded with gifts to be a dowry and journeyed to the city of Nahor.  Nahor is located in Mesopotamia, which is modern day Iraq.  

It was there in the city of Nahor that Eliezar prayed and asked God to guide him to the future wife of his master’s son, Isaac.  He asked that as a sign to know which one was to be Isaac’s wife, that she would allow him to have a drink of water and to offer to water all of his camels.

And it happened before he finished praying, Rebekah approached him about a drink and offered to water all of the camels.  This was not just another ordinary day in Rebekah’s life.  She had a destiny.  Her destiny was to become the mother of a multitude.  She didn’t know that this meeting by the well would forever change her life.  She experienced a “suddenly” moment.

In a moment’s notice her life changed.  An ordinary day became an extraordinary day.  This man with ten camels gave her exquisite gifts and asked to meet her family.  In Verses 37-38 Elieazar explains his mission. “Now my master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell; but you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’”

These camels were carrying something precious. The camels were loaded with provisions and they were going to be used to bring Rebekah into her prophetic destiny.  The camel was viewed as the pickup truck of the desert. They were sturdy animals and could carry eight hundred pounds each, traveling twenty-five miles a day.  

In verse 60 we learn, “Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.”
These same ten camels that had brought gifts, wealth, and provisions to Rebekah and her family, were now being used by God to bring her to her promised bridegroom.

            If you will follow God and be faithful to Him, He has the right place, the right time, the right people, and the right circumstances for you.  The camels are coming.  They have your provision and God will use them to bring you into your divine destiny.
Your camels are coming.

Adapted from a message by Beth Bailey

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