6/23/2023 0 Comments Antetype examples![]() ![]() Hebrews 9:23).įourth, the Greek word parabole (compare our English, “parable”) is found in Hebrews 9:9, where certain elements of the tabernacle are “a figure for the present time” (cf. Third, there is the term hupodeigma, translated “copy,” and used in conjunction with “shadow” in Hebrews 8:5 (cf. Second, there is the word skia, rendered “shadow.” In Colossians 2:17, certain elements of the Mosaic system are said to be “a shadow of the things to come” (cf. Though this word is variously employed in the New Testament, it is certainly used in our present sense in Romans 5:14 where Paul declares that Adam “is a figure ( tupos) of him that was to come”, i.e., Christ. There are several words used in the Greek New Testament to denote what we have just defined as a type.įirst, there is the term tupos (the basis of our English word “type”). We would, in summary, suggest the following definition, which we paraphrase from Terry: A type is a real, exalted happening in history which was divinely ordained by the omniscient God to be a prophetic picture of the good things which he purposed to bring to fruition in Christ Jesus. Wick Broomall has a concise statement that is helpful: “A type is a shadow cast on the pages of Old Testament history by a truth whose full embodiment or antitype is found in the New Testament revelation” (1960, 533). Muenscher says a type is “the preordained representative relation which certain persons, events, and institutions of the Old Testament bear to corresponding persons, events, and institutions in the New” (Terry 1890, 246). The Term DefinedĮxactly what is a type? Theologically speaking, a type may be defined as “a figure or ensample of something future and more or less prophetic, called the ‘Antitype’” (1968, 768). The Bible itself, however, makes it quite clear that types are a vital component of Jehovah’s redemptive plan. They thus tend to dismiss the supernatural elements of the Scriptures, and since typology relates to prophecy, it has been similarly discarded. Second, the spirit of religious liberalism has silently assaulted the thinking of some. As a matter of fact, this field of study has fallen into disrepute in recent years and this can probably be accounted for on two bases:įirst, the extravagant speculations of earlier typologists have left a bad taste for the study in the minds of many they feel it has been discredited. ![]() One of the most fascinating areas of Bible study is that of typology-the study of Scripture “types.” Few Christians have made any sort of in-depth investigation of biblical types. ![]()
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