“And Abraham said unto his eldest servant (a type of the Holy Spirit) of his house, that ruled over all that he had, ………. thou shalt go unto my country, (Mesopotamia) and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. ……Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.” Gen. 24:2,4,6.

Question— Why must Isaac, the risen son, remain exclusively in Canaan, and on no account to leave it?  

Answer — Isaac must remain in the place which is the well-known type of heaven; at least, during that transaction, the bridegroom abides only in Canaan. The Son of the Father, while the bride is being called, has no relation with the world, and is seen exclusively in heaven at the right hand of God …… We have not only been blessed with Him but with Him in heaven in the presence of God. Such is our blessing who are in the place whence He has been ignominiously cast out; and our blessing is in Him now, while He is on the right hand of God. During the Call of the Church, Christ sustains no direct relationship with the earth; He is simply the glorified Head on high . …. . It is in heaven, and only in heaven, that Christ is viewed in relation to the bride. It is from heaven that the Holy Ghost comes down; it is for the marriage supper of the Lamb in heaven that the bride is destined, and it is while the risen Bridegroom is in heaven that she is in process of being formed here below, before He comes to receive the saints to Himself and present them above.