A Biblical Vision, Part I: Mastering the Old Testament Witness to Christ

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A B i b l i ca l Vi s i on, Par t I : Mas ter i ng the Ol d Tes tament Wi tnes s to Chr i s t

d. “Biblical typology involves an analogical correspondence in which earlier events, persons, and places in salvation history become patterns by which later events and the like are interpreted” (G. R. Osborne).

C. Is a typological study of Scripture valid today?

1. It is the way the apostles studied and correlated the Old Testament to the new revelation in Christ.

a. Moses and the serpent in the wilderness, John 3.14-15 – And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up , [15] that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

b. Jonah, Queen of Sheba, and Solomon, Matt. 12.40-42 – For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth . [41] The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. [42] The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth

to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

c. Manna in the wilderness, John 6.49-51 – Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. [50] This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. [51] I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.