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Topical Study
TYPES
(See CHRIST, types of; OFFERINGS)
biblical basis for types:
♦ Christ's teaching about the OT:
♦ Christ's use of the OT:
♦ Paul's teaching about the wilderness wanderings in the OT:
♦ Paul's use of the OT:
♦ use of the OT by the author of Hebrews:
kinds of types:
persons
(See also TYPES, kinds of types, offices)
♦   Adam a type of Christ as head of a race
♦   Abraham a type of all believers
♦   Joseph a type of Christ as the rejected kinsman who becomes their Savior
♦   Elijah a type of John the Baptist
♦   Isaiah's children a type of NT believers
institutions
♦   God's sabbath rest a type of salvation rest
♦   the Passover a type of Christ sacrificed for us
♦   the levitical offerings as types of Christ's person and work
offices
♦   Moses a type of Christ as prophet
♦   Aaron and Melchizedek types of Christ as priest
♦   David a type of Christ as king
♦   Melchizedek a type of Christ as priest-king
events
♦   judgment through the flood a type of judgment through Christ's second coming
♦   the deliverance of Noah's family through the ark a type of salvation of believers through Christ
♦   the deliverance through the Red Sea under Moses' leadership a type of Christian baptism
♦   the wilderness wanderings as types or exemplary lessons for Christians
♦   Joshua's entrance into the promised land a type of entrance into salvation rest
•   Hebrews 4:6-8
actions
♦   creation of light a type of the gospel light shining into hearts
♦   lifting up of the serpent in the wilderness a type of Christ's crucifixion
things
♦   the rock that gave water a type of Christ the spiritual rock
♦   the tabernacle a type of Christ's person and work
♦   the rent veil a type of Christ providing access to God
♦   incense a type of prayer
♦   the veil of Moses a type of Israel's spiritual blindness

 

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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