Questions tagged [typology]
Typology is a subset of prophecy, where types, often in the Old Testament, point to the coming antitype (fulfillment), often found in the New Testament. Jonah being in the fish for 3 days is a type, Jesus rising on the 3rd day is the antitype (see Matt 12: 40).
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Why is Jesus's priesthood shown as spreader and keeper of the Sacred Fire?
I was reading a short essay in the Word on Fire Gospel Reflections on Luke 12:49-53 where in Luke 12:49 Jesus says that He came to set fire to the world. In the essay Bishop Barron says that Jesus' ...
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Doesn't the Trinitarian reading of Genesis 1:26 violate hermeneutical principles? [closed]
Why do Trinitarians rarely mention the hermeneutical principles which have led them to this belief? What are the hermeneutical principles that support the Trinitarian view? For example Genesis 1:26 &...
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According to major Reformed theologians, what is the Christian fulfillment of the Songs of Ascent (Ps 120-134)?
According to major Reformed theologians, what is the Christian fulfillment of the Songs of Ascent (Ps 120-134)?
I'm particularly interested in what a Reformed theologian determines to be the Christian ...
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Are there teachings of the Catholic Church on the similarity between Christ and the ram that Abraham sacrificed?
We see in Gen 22:13 how Abraham saw a ram caught by the horn in a thicket and sacrificed it in lieu of Isaac. Coming over to New Testament we see Jesus being made to wear a crown of thorns. It is ...
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How do Biblical Unitarians understand the connection between Mark 1:1-4 and Malachi 3:1-5?
I'm aware someone asked this question already, but they no longer have an account, the post has no answers, and I'm hopefully going to reformulate the question in a way that hopefully explicates the ...
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Why do some Church Fathers say that Jesus exterminated the Amalekites?
“As therefore,” I say, “while Moses was still among men, God took of the spirit which was in Moses and put it on Joshua, even so God was able to cause [the spirit] of Elijah to come upon John; in ...
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In what way is Jesus like Moses?
In Deuteronomy 18:16-18 God said to Moses that he will raise up a prophet like unto Moses from his own people or from among their brethern, Christians believe that that this verse is speaking about ...
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What does D.A. Carson mean about the wrath and the love of God shown in the OT "in experience and types" and made clearer in the NT?
From the gospel translations Wiki page on God's Love and God's Wrath written originally for the journal Bibliotheca Sacra by D.A. Carson:
The reality is that the Old Testament displays the grace and ...
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Who is the earliest Church Father affirming the present Catholic interpretation of Mary as the Ark of the New Covenant?
One of the strongest scriptural basis for the Catholic Marian dogmas is the Catholic interpretation of Mary as the Ark of the New Covenant, appealing to the Glory of the LORD which filled the ...
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What is the biblical basis for typology between Moses and Jesus?
Does there exist a typology between Moses and Jesus Christ? My friend is a Roman Catholic and said that Jesus is the new Moses, is this true and if so what biblical evidence exists for this?
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Which authors developed the concepts of antitypes? Which denominations of Christianity think in terms of them?
Which authors developed the concepts of antitypes?
Why did they choose that kind of language?
Which denominations of Christianity think in terms of types and antitypes?
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What is the purpose of typology in the Bible?
My question is for those who believe the Bible is the inpired word of God. I have been wondering what exactly the purpose of typology is in the Bible. The best answer I have thusfar is that it acts ...
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Looking for works comparing Moses and St. Paul
I've been reading the Epistles of St. Paul while doing Exodus 90, so kind of oddly going though both Exodus and the Pauline Epistles I've noticed some similarities:
Moses and Paul were chosen by God ...
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Who [else] has made the claim that the Beloved Disciple is a new Benjamin?
Some consider Jesus a new Joseph. See this article as an example.
According to the answer to this question, Dr. Brant Pitre considers the Beloved Disciple a new Benjamin. This consideration explains ...
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What New Testament events after Pentecost have been claimed to have typological precursors in the Old Testament?
There's quite a bit of good stuff that happened in the early history of the Church after Pentecost, but was any of it predicted in any meaningful way or, to put it a more objective way, do any ...
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Do Protestants accept the similarity between Mary and the Ark of the Covenant?
Catholics believe that Mary is the Ark New Testament and they believe it on a scriptural basis (source).This is the same stance Orthodoxy has (source).
Do Protestants accept the similarity between ...
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Is there a New Testament parallel to cities of refuge?
Many things in the Old Testament have a New Testament parallel. For example, the OT has animal sacrifices. In the NT, Jesus is described as the Lamb of God, sacrificed for sins.
My question: I find ...
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For those who view Israel typologically, what is the significance of the 12 tribes?
Many Christians view the historical nation of Israel that we read about in the Old Testament as a Divinely designed type of the Church, and their inheritance in the Promised Land as a Divinely ...
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How do Protestants interpret Malachi 1:11 and Isaiah 66:20-21?
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same
My name shall be great among the Gentiles;
And in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering:
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Is there a Catholic list of Old Testament sacraments?
Augustine said that there are fewer sacraments in the New Covenant than there were in the Old:
Thus the sacraments of the Old Testament, which were celebrated in obedience to the law, were types of ...
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Jesus said he was like the bronze serpent, which was destroyed because it was worshipped. What does this mean for those who worship him? [closed]
According to the Gospel of John, Jesus said the son of man must be lifted up like the bronze serpent which Moses made in the wilderness:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so ...
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Were the similarities between the miracles of Elisha and Jesus deliberate or simply coincidental?
I have often wondered if God deliberately intended for the miracles of Elisha to be a preview of the miracles our Savior would perform, as a way of verification of Jesus Deity.
Elisha brought the ...
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How does Samson foreshadow Christ?
Samson is an Old Testament character that is often depicted from the pulpit as a womanizer of marginal character. However, there seems to be a growing perspective that Samson foreshadows first advent ...
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How does the ancient Jewish Wedding tradition foreshadow Christ and the church?
I remember something about the ancient Jewish Wedding Ceremony being a foreshadowing of Christ and the Church. Kay Arthur authored a novel that illustrates this idea, entitled With an Everlasting ...
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Why does Jesus refer to serpents positively in Matthew 10:16?
It seems that most places in the bible where serpents are referred to they are a reference to Satan/the devil. Yet in Matthew 10:16 Christ says
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of ...
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What does the story of Noah's Ark foreshadow in the New Testament?
I have seen Noah's Ark listed one of the "types" in Scripture -- something that occurred, but that also foreshadowed something else that would come later.
What exactly, then, does the story of Noah's ...
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How does Absalom's death foreshadow Christ?
Absalom dies on a tree (2 Samuel 18). He's rebelled against his father, David, and taken the throne. He'd rallied all Israel to his side. David has fled, but he's sent in his army and they've totally ...
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What criteria do Catholics use to determine if an old testament character prefigures Mary?
I was at a Catechetical training seminar in my parish and the presenter on topic of the creed when touching on the Blessed Virgin Mary said that lots and lots of characters prefigure Mary in the old ...
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