Typology · Foundational
What Is Typology?
God filled the Old Testament with pictures of His Son: real people, events, and institutions He designed to point forward to Jesus Christ, who fulfills and surpasses them all.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
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Why Jesus taught that all the Scriptures, from Moses to the prophets and the psalms, speak of Him
2
What a type, an antitype, and their Christological significance are, and where the New Testament uses the word
3
The rules that keep typology faithful: designed by God, rooted in history, pointed at Christ, drawn from the text, and surpassed by Him
4
How typology differs from allegory, and why fulfillment in Christ never cancels God's promises to Israel
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