Abram Herbert Lewis - Spiritual Sabbathism

96 SPIRITUAL SABBATHISM
In any typical chapter of scripture we shall find
a variety of figures for the same underlying need.
Again in Isaiah Jehovah cries, "I will say to the
north, Give up, and to the south. Keep not back;
bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the
ends of the earth; every one that is called by my
name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom
I have formed, yea, whom I have made. ... Ye
are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant
whom I have chosen. ... I, even I, am Jehovah;
and besides me there is no saviour." Here is a
particular historical situation, and it is met by a
variety of appeal which is passionate with love and
warning.
Father, creator, maker, he who demands
living witnesses before the nations, the master of the
servant, the only saviour—six images of one spiritual
fact—six phrases of one spiritual language.
When we come to the New Testament thinkers
the typology becomes extremely rich. The continuity
of creation is tremendously asserted by John,
who identifies the Christ with the creative word of
God. Paul, trained in rabbinical schools, has an
elaborate and powerful study of the first and the
second Adam. The author of Hebrews sees the
priesthood as a shadow of Christ.
The evangelists
find in Christ the fulfillment of every Messianic
prophecy. The passages are too familiar to re-
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