What does Abraham's servant going to Syria for a bride for Isaac illustrate?
It illustrates the Holy Spirit's work in this present age, calling out a bride from among the Gentiles for the Son, Christ, the body of Christ. It also pictures Christ leaving heaven to call the bride up and meet Him in the clouds of the air.
Les explains that Abraham sending his servant into Syria to get a bride for Isaac is a beautiful illustration of the Holy Spirit's work in this present age, drawing out or calling out a bride from amongst the Gentiles for the Son, for Christ, the body of Christ. He also points to Isaac leaving the home tent and being out in the field at some distance from home when he met his bride coming from the far country as a picture of how Christ will leave heaven, call the bride up, and meet him in the clouds of the air. Before teaching those events, Les notes that the Old Testament program had no hint of this church age; it had in mind only God's program for Israel.
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
More Questions
What does Isaac's meeting his bride in the field picture?
Isaac, after leaving the home tent and being out in the field, meeting his bride coming from the far country pictures Christ leaving heaven, calling the bride up, and meeting her in the clouds of the air.
Why did Abraham's servant go to Abraham's relatives instead of to the Gentiles in the Genesis 24 bride story?
The small point where this analogy breaks down is that Abraham's servant was sent to Abraham's own kinfolk, not to the Gentiles, because the Gentiles as such had not yet been isolated as a distinct group in Scripture.