Typology - Types, Antitypes and Numbers

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A. Typology ( type is inferior to antitype in that it's only a shadow)
     1. Definition: a type of old testament person, place, thing, or event that prefigures a person, place, thing, or event in the new testament called the antitype.

     2. Points to consider
          pointer- the type is always temporal; the antitype is eternal
          pointer- not all elements of type have direct bearing on the antitype
          pointer- different than a symbol in that it foreshadows

     3. Scriptural Foundation for Typology

          a. I Cor. 10:6-11
          EXAMPLES - TUPOS (too-pos) a die struck to leave an imprint
          b. Heb. 8:5
          EXAMPLE/COPY - HUPODEIGMA (hoop-od'-igue-mah) an exhibit
          SHADOW - SKIA (SKEE'-AH) shadow
          PATTERN - TUPOS
          c. Heb. 9:9
          FIGURE/ILLUSTRATION - PARABOLE (para-bo-lay) a simulation
          d. Heb. 10:1
          SHADOW - SKIA as above.
          e. Col 2:17
          SHADOW - SKIA
          f. Luke 24:27,44 - John 5:39 the Bible is CRISTO-CENTRIC

     4. Classification of types: stated and unstated

          a. PERSONS:
               1) ADAM and MOSES - "antithetical" types of Christ (Rom 5:14)
               2) MELCHIZEDEK and JOSEPH - types of Christ (Hebrews 5:10; 6:20; 7:1-2)
          b. INSTITUTIONS:
               1) Sabbath - Col 2:16-17
               2) Cities of refuge - Heb 6:18
               3) Passover - 1 Cor 5:7
          c. OFFICES:
               1) Prophets - Deut 18:15
               2) Priests - Heb 10:11-12
               3) Kings - Rev 19:16
          d. EVENTS
               1) temptation in the garden - 1 Jn 2:16
               2) the flood - Mat 24:39
               3) Canaan's conquest - Heb 4:6-11
          e. OBJECTS:
               1) Noah's Ark - 1 Pet 3:21
               2) Tabernacle and furnishings - Heb 9:21-23
               3) Brass Serpent - Jn 3:14
               4) David's Tabernacle - Acts 15:14-16
          f. ACTIONS:
               1) at the Potters wheel Jer. 18:1-6
               2) crowning the priest Zech. 6:11-13

     5. Interpreting Types

           start w/ clear statements of the N.T. concerning type
           start w/ sound scriptural doctrine (types are only for illustration)
           take a type no further that the real point of likeness (similar)or contrast (antithetical)
           if a type is not clearly defined in the N.T. as such; EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION!
           refuse fanciful and far- fetched interpretations of types
           refuse unwarranted typological illustrations
           LOOK FOR JESUS!

Some additional f.o.s. -

ALLEGORY - (rhetorical) various united metaphors in story form --- Jn 6:51-65
ANTHROPOMORPHISM - attributing human characteristics to God
FABLE - narrative allegory using personification --- 2Kings 14:9
ENIGMA - allegory in the form of a riddle --- Judges 14:14; Rev 13:18
TYPE - metaphor using persons or objects to foreshadow --- Jn 3:14
SYMBOL - type in which something represents something else --- Dan 7:8
PARABLE - a story of natural/or actual events illustrating truth --- Matt 13: 3-8
ANTITHESIS - impressing truth thru contrasting expressions --- Matt 7:13-14
CLIMAX - impressing truth thru building impressiveness --- Rom 8:30
PROVERB - poetic form consisting of two parallelisms that are usually synonymous, antithetical, or synthetic --- 2 Peter 2:22
APOTHEGM - pithy, witty saying --- Luke 4:23
ACROSTIC - arrangement of words based on first letter --- Ps 119
PARADOX - truths that appear to be mutually exclusive --- Matt 8:22

Antithetical type
MOSES
JESUS
Jn 1:17
Law came to men
 2 Cor 3:6,7
spirit(grace) thru him
Ex 34:3
feared (ran from him)
 Mk 9:15
ran to him
Ex 2:12
murder
 Mk 1:25,26
healing
Ex 7:20
water to blood
 Jn 2:1-10
water to wine
Jer 15:1
unable to save
 Heb 7:25
able to save
Heb 3:5
servant of the house
 Heb 3:5,6
son over the house
Ex 32:19
law shattered
 Psalm 40:8
law kept in heart
Jn 6:31
bread for life (temp)
 Jn 6:33
spiritual bread (eternal)
Num 12:15
leprosy curse
 Mt 8:2,3
leprosy cured
Ex 34:28
40 days, saw God
 Mt 4:2
40 days, saw Satan
Heb 11:28
1st Passover
 Rev 19
last Passover




Similar type
JOSEPH
JESUS
Gen 37:2
shepherd
 Jn 10:11
good shepherd
Gen 37:3
beloved son
 Mat 3:17
beloved son
Gen 37:4,8
hated
 Jn 7:7
hated by world
Gen 37:9
joy
 Heb 12:2
joy set before
Gen 37:11
father noted words
 Luk 2:51
mother noted words
Gen 37:13
sent to brethren
 Jn 3:17
sent to brethren
Gen 37:13
did fathers will
 Jn 8:29
did fathers will
Gen 37:16
sought after brethren
 Lk 19:10
Gen 37:18
plotted against
 Lk 22:6
Gen 37:21
Reuben tried to deliver
 Jn 19:4
Pilot tried to deliver
Gen 37:23
stripped of robe
 Jn 19:23
Gen 37:24,28
cast into pit
 Jn 19:23
Gen 37:25
sat down & ate
 Mat 27:36
leisure
Gen 37:25
Gentiles carried him off
 Mat 27:27
Gen 37:27
Judah sold him
 Mat 26:15
Judas sold him
Gen 37:28
sold for silver
 Mat 26:15
Gen 37:36
a servant
 Jn 13:4,5
Gen 39:10
tempted w/o sin
 Heb 4:15
Gen 39:20
suffered 'tho innocent
 1 Pet 3:18
Gen 40
Identified w/2 condemned men; saves 1
 Lk 23:32-42
Identified w/2 condemned men; saves 1
Gen 41:38,39
noted for wisdom
 Lk 2:47
Gen 41:57
savior of the known world
 Jn 3:16
savior of the world
Gen 42:6
all accepted rule
 Rev 17:14
Gen 47:5,6
blessing came because of him
 Acts 2:1-4
blessing came because of him
Gen 41:50
GENTILE bride
 1 Pet 2:9-10
Gen 50:14-21
forgiving spirit
 Lk 22:34


NOTE!
Remember, just because the old testament is the shadow of what was(is) to come doesn't mean the people and events weren't real. ALL the events and people in the O.T. really happened!


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