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WHO
ANTITYPICAL AMORITE?
IS THE
B. -- Remember then that his age indicates the long suffering of God, for his name means `At his death it shall be',
or words to that effect, and in the year that Methuselah died the flood came, and that was utter extermination of man,
woman, child, and beast, except those who entered the ark with Noah.
The Type applied
A. -- I quite see that phase of the truth, but I do not yet see what connection it had with Israel, or what it
foreshadows in the age-purpose.
B. -- Shall we turn to Deuteronomy 2, or will you remark on my failure to give a `straight answer'?
A. -- No, pardon my rudeness, there is after all no proof for the child of God like `Thus saith the Lord', and no
safety unless we `search and see'.
B. -- Capital! I seek no triumph in debate, but do rejoice in the spirit manifested in those words.
A. -- I have Deuteronomy 2. What verse shall I read?
B. -- It will be necessary to read the first twenty-five verses. Let us read them silently, and then discover the
argument. (They read. The reader is earnestly asked to do the same). What is the subject before us in this passage?
A. -- It seems to deal with the manner in which several nations took possession of their inheritance, which was
already held by others.
B. -- As you perceive the theme, you will appreciate this summary.
ESAU. --
His inheritance possessed by the Horims. These were `destroyed' by Esau, who `succeeded' them,
`and dwelt in their stead' (verse 12).
MOAB. --  His inheritance possessed by the Emims. They are described as `giants' and `as the Anakims' (verses
9-11).
AMMON. -- His inheritance possessed by the Zamzummims. These also were `giants' and `as the Anakims'. They
were `destroyed' and Ammon dwelt in their stead (verses 19-22).
The principle is expressed in verse 12, which you might read again.
A. --
`The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them (or as the margin reads
inherited them), when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; AS ISRAEL DID UNTO
THE LAND OF HIS POSSESSION, which the LORD gave unto them'.
B. -- There you see the reason for this series. Israel find the Amorite in possession and, before they can enter into
their inheritance, they have to destroy the Amorites. These were the `giants' with walled cities, that terrified the
spies who went to spy out the land. This destruction you will find repeated most emphatically by Amos in chapter
2:9 :
`Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as
the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath'.
The Amorites and `All in Adam'
A. -- There certainly seems in the type a marked contrast between Israel and the Amorites, and two questions seem
to demand an answer:
(1). -- Were not these Amorites men, just as much as the Israelites?
and (2). -- Who are the antitypical Amorites who must be dispossessed in the fuller sense of the term?
B. -- I will answer question (2) first, as question (1) demands more time. If I mention the words `heavenly places'
can you not supply an answer?