Jacob loves Rachel- A Type of Christ and his bride

Reading in Genesis 29 last night, the Holy Spirit spoke to me the message of the Bride of Christ ( again).  I think he wants to make it really clear, he loves us, he is in pursuit of us, he notices us, he provides for us, he wants to abide with us, he wants to give us living water and refresh us, to be one with us and so much more.  Every type and shadow in the scriptures that  brings out the bride message has a special nuance and side message to enhance the bride paradigm.  The story of Jacob and Rachel  highlights Christ's determination to do whatever it takes to win his bride including rolling away the stone.


^{-Gen. 29:3} Jacob set out again on his way to the people of the east. He noticed a well out in an open field with three flocks of sheep bedded down around it. This was the common well from which the flocks were watered. The stone over the mouth of the well was huge. When all the flocks were gathered, the shepherds would roll the stone from the well and water the sheep; then they would return the stone, covering the well.
 ⁴ Jacob said, "Hello friends. Where are you from?"
   They said, "We're from Haran."
 ⁵ Jacob asked, "Do you know Laban son of Nahor?"
   "We do."
 ⁶ "Are things well with him?" Jacob continued.
   "Very well," they said. "And here is his daughter Rachel coming with the flock."
 ⁷ Jacob said, "There's a lot of daylight still left; it isn't time to round up the sheep yet, is it? So why not water the flocks and go back to grazing?"
 ⁸ "We can't," they said. "Not until all the shepherds get here. It takes all of us to roll the stone from the well. Not until then can we water the flocks."
 ^9-13 While Jacob was in conversation with them, Rachel came up with her father's sheep. She was the shepherd. The moment Jacob spotted Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother's brother, saw her arriving with his uncle Laban's sheep, he went and single-handedly rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. Then he kissed Rachel and broke into tears. He told Rachel that he was related to her father, that he was Rebekah's son.

There is always a well ( source of life and refreshment) in the field which represents the earth, where we live and work and operate out of, but access is sometimes limited. The average shepherd always has a reason why they can't water the flocks and take them to graze, why the stone cannot be rolled away so that the living water can come forth.  The greater Jacob is aware of all the sheep that need to be watered, but what he is really looking for, what captures his heart is when the Shepherdess ( his future bride) Rachel shows up with her flock that she cares for. He has been journeying, waiting and in an expectancy wondering what she would look like.  Her heart is to serve and shepherd and he loves that about her. The other shepherds don't see what he sees.  He alone,without the help of any other rolls away the stone for her and those in her care and it is his love for her, that gives him the power to roll the stone away when no one else could and also which ends up meeting the need of all the other shepherds and sheep as well.  The greater Jacob breaks down when he sees Rachel, he is emotional about her, his feelings are strong, he ends up working 14 years for her and it seemed like nothing because of his great love for her. He ends up going into the father's house to abide with her.