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OT Types for Jesus the Son of God

Gregg

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There are many types for Christ in the Old Testament. I would like to mention a few. Please add to these along with your understanding supported by Scripture.

1) The veil that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies.
- The type itself: Exodus 26:31-37, Exo 36:35, Lev 16:2, Lev 16:15, Lev 21:23, Mat 27:51, Heb 9:3-8
- Object of the type: The flesh, or body, of Christ. ". . . a new and living way through the veil; that is, His flesh;" (Heb 10:20 LITV).

Whereas before Christ, only the high priest entered into the inner sanctuary, into the presence of God. Now, we enter into the presence of the Father through Christ. (Rom 5:1, 2Cor 5:18-20, Eph 2:14-17, Col 1:20)

2) The Menorah

3) The Ark of the Covenant and the Mercy Seat

4) . . . ?
 
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Noah's ark
Gen 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Manna
Joh_6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Joh_6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.


Nice topic :yes
 
The best place to start would be in the beginning
the Tree of Life
It can be more strange to not find a type of Christ in the OT then to find one..
 
The best place to start would be in the beginning
the Tree of Life
It can be more strange to not find a type of Christ in the OT then to find one..
. . . in the New Testament? perhaps.

How might the Tree of Life in Genesis represent Christ?
 
. . . in the New Testament? perhaps.

How might the Tree of Life in Genesis represent Christ?

I think the Tree of Life in Genesis represents the Holy Spirit. I could be wrong, but the fruits of the Holy Spirit are described as fruit from a tree. There seems to be different branches on that tree as well. We see different groups of different fruits from the Holy Spirit.

In contrast to this, we see that there is bad fruit that comes from a bad tree. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Maybe...

Then again, it might just be that the Tree of Life is a creation of the Holy Spirit and the fruits come from the tree created by the Holy Spirit.

Some relate the Tree of Life to Jesus's teachings, apparently. Makes sense. We follow Him, walk in the Spirit, and this leads to life (thanks to His Blood).
 
. . . in the New Testament? perhaps.

How might the Tree of Life in Genesis represent Christ?


The tree of Life represents Jesus.


The tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents Religion.


Jesus said; I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the father except through Me.


The world says there are many religions and paths to God...



JLB
 
There is a pattern. Jesus' older brother, the Jewish leadership proud of their first covenant, were jealous of Jesus and by extension the second, better covenant. They murdered Him, and thus were cast out. In this pattern Seth is then a type for the apostolic church.
 
Adam

"...death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come." (Romans 5:14 NASB)




Judah

Genesis 38:15-26 NASB)
 
Would you explain how Able was a type for Christ?
There is a pattern. Jesus' older brother, the Jewish leadership proud of their first covenant, were jealous of Jesus and by extension the second, better covenant. They murdered Him, and thus were cast out. In this pattern Seth is then a type for the apostolic church.
"...Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous." (1 John 3:12 NASB)

"18 For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over." (Matthew 27:18 NASB)
 
Sorry I didn't realize exactly what "type" means until looking it up. Interesting theory.
The Biblios has lots of them.

The Sabbath

The rainbow after the flood.

The ram caught in the thicket.

Joseph (the best one, IMO).

Moses

Joshua

The bronze serpent.

The cleft in the rock.

The rock that water gushed out of (uh oh, I'm thinking of another thread :wink).
 
The scarlet thread.

The horns of the altar.

The cities of refuge.

Hosea

The Passover Lamb

The Manna

Uriah (Bathsheba's first husband)

David and Bathsheba's child that died

Samson
 
1) The veil ..., His flesh;" (Heb 10:20 LITV).
I'll add some:

The Tabernacle Tent, all the detailed items associated with it and the Priesthood itself)

Hebrews 8:4-6 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises [Jesus Christ].

The Greek word τύπος (typos, 'type') is how we know for sure that many of these "types" and shadows of Christ from the OT history. It's an interesting word study just to read all the occurrences of the word through Scripture (Hebrew and Greek). It's sometimes translated "pattern", "example", "image", etc. So it's necessary to use a Greek and Hebrew concordance versus just searching "type" in English. It's a much richer word in Greek than in English. One of those words that should probably be translated with the thought versus a direct word for word translation.

Isn't God amazing, though! To think, He's able to orchestrate the design and building of a tent and it's contents being used by a bunch of runaway Egyptian slaves (running from the sin of Egypt) as they trek through the desert thousands of years earlier under God's guidance on their way to a promised land of milk and honey (another type of course) as a 'type' of The Christ to come later. And to think, this isn't some made-up fictional novel with inter-laced types and anti-types. This all really happened in accord with His plan!

Also It's profoundly convicting, to me anyway (when I can remember to act like it), that what you'll find in the word study of τύπος, is that God's not through using types of Christ just yet either. You asked about types of Christ from the OT.
But there are types of Christ in the NT as well. What/who are they?

You and me!

Each of us Christians are "types" of Christ (idealistically speaking of course). I'm woefully inadequate for the job, of course. But then again who isn't?


People of the OT
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True. But so are Christians in the NT and beyond such as each member here:

Romans 6:17-19 Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to that by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter of the law. But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted, and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to immorality and lawlessness, leading to lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.

So the ultimate CFNet ToS type and shadow goes:

so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.
Good thing God knows just how weak we are (I am) in that task that He provided One that was not weak in it.
 
I'll add some:

The Tabernacle Tent, all the detailed items associated with it and the Priesthood itself)

Hebrews 8:4-6 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises [Jesus Christ].

The Greek word τύπος (typos, 'type') is how we know for sure that many of these "types" and shadows of Christ from the OT history. It's an interesting word study just to read all the occurrences of the word through Scripture (Hebrew and Greek). It's sometimes translated "pattern", "example", "image", etc. So it's necessary to use a Greek and Hebrew concordance versus just searching "type" in English. It's a much richer word in Greek than in English. One of those words that should probably be translated with the thought versus a direct word for word translation.

Isn't God amazing, though! To think, He's able to orchestrate the design and building of a tent and it's contents being used by a bunch of runaway Egyptian slaves (running from the sin of Egypt) as they trek through the desert thousands of years earlier under God's guidance on their way to a promised land of milk and honey (another type of course) as a 'type' of The Christ to come later. And to think, this isn't some made-up fictional novel with inter-laced types and anti-types. This all really happened in accord with His plan!

Also It's profoundly convicting, to me anyway (when I can remember to act like it), that what you'll find in the word study of τύπος, is that God's not through using types of Christ just yet either. You asked about types of Christ from the OT.
But there are types of Christ in the NT as well. What/who are they?

You and me!

Each of us Christians are "types" of Christ (idealistically speaking of course). I'm woefully inadequate for the job, of course. But then again who isn't?


True. But so are Christians in the NT and beyond such as each member here:

Romans 6:17-19 Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to that by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter of the law. But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted, and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to immorality and lawlessness, leading to lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.

So the ultimate CFNet ToS type and shadow goes:

so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.
Good thing God knows just how weak we are (I am) in that task that He provided One that was not weak in it.

Huge like to this post!
Thinking about it can make one feel very small and inadequate yet brave and full of life.
 
I'll add some:

The Tabernacle Tent, all the detailed items associated with it and the Priesthood itself)

Hebrews 8:4-6 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises [Jesus Christ].

The Greek word τύπος (typos, 'type') is how we know for sure that many of these "types" and shadows of Christ from the OT history. It's an interesting word study just to read all the occurrences of the word through Scripture (Hebrew and Greek). It's sometimes translated "pattern", "example", "image", etc. So it's necessary to use a Greek and Hebrew concordance versus just searching "type" in English. It's a much richer word in Greek than in English. One of those words that should probably be translated with the thought versus a direct word for word translation.

Isn't God amazing, though! To think, He's able to orchestrate the design and building of a tent and it's contents being used by a bunch of runaway Egyptian slaves (running from the sin of Egypt) as they trek through the desert thousands of years earlier under God's guidance on their way to a promised land of milk and honey (another type of course) as a 'type' of The Christ to come later. And to think, this isn't some made-up fictional novel with inter-laced types and anti-types. This all really happened in accord with His plan!

Also It's profoundly convicting, to me anyway (when I can remember to act like it), that what you'll find in the word study of τύπος, is that God's not through using types of Christ just yet either. You asked about types of Christ from the OT.
But there are types of Christ in the NT as well. What/who are they?

You and me!

Each of us Christians are "types" of Christ (idealistically speaking of course). I'm woefully inadequate for the job, of course. But then again who isn't?


True. But so are Christians in the NT and beyond such as each member here:

Romans 6:17-19 Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to that by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter of the law. But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted, and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to immorality and lawlessness, leading to lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.

So the ultimate CFNet ToS type and shadow goes:

so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.
Good thing God knows just how weak we are (I am) in that task that He provided One that was not weak in it.
Thank you for the post chessman. I am in awe of the tabernacle, of the One building it. "In my Father's house are many mansions."
 
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