The Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Mentor's Guide, MG09

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T H E O L D T E S T A M E N T W I T N E S S T O C H R I S T A N D H I S K I N G D O M

deliverance at the Exodus, the conquest of Canaan and the entering into the Promised Land, and the restoration of Israel from the Babylonian Captivity. • God’s deliverance of his people during the Exodus prefigures specific dimensions of God’s deliverance of his people through Jesus of Nazareth; our Passover, Manna, spiritual water from the Rock. • The story of Israel’s conquest of the nation of Canaan, their entry into the Promised Land, and the establishment of their kingdom reign pictures the conquest of God’s enemies through Christ whomGod will establish as King and Lord forever, and the blessing of God’s kingdom people, the Church, Christ’s co-regents. • God’s restoration of his people after the Captivity is a type of Christ’s future restoration of his people, and the promise of their future blessing at the Second Coming. The OT essentially is a witness to Christ and his kingdom reign. • The experience of God’s redeemed in Christ is exhibited clearly in these three moments in Israel’s history: the Church’s new life in Christ is their New Exodus, a new deliverance from the powers which oppress us spiritually; the Church’s fight against the devil and the world is its New Conquest of Canaan , and the ministry of the Gospel of Christ represents our New Restoration of God , leading eventually to the new heavens and new earth under the sovereign authority of Jesus Christ.

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I. Picturing Forth the Truth: the Role of Types and Analogies in Biblical Interpretation

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The History of Adam and Humanity Recapitulated in the Person of Jesus Christ

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The doctrine of recapitulation (Latin recapitulatio ; Greek, anakephalaiosis ; a “summing up”) was derived from Ephesians 1.10. It is especially associated with Irenaeus, although later authors picked up its themes. There are two principal interpretations of the meaning which Irenaeus gave to recapitulation: 1) Christians retraced the steps of Adam and humanity, an interpretation which accords with Irenaeus’s presentation of Christ’s career; 2) Christ comprehended