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Session 2 Video

In this first session, we talk about "typology", how it is a big deal, and is something we have to constantly guard against. 

Session 2

Typology

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https://content.lessons.church/files/study/VY8EREv9vH3/IobunMLqMBA/Messianic Prophecy (Jon Kehrer) 2017.pdf?dt=1661523336442

In this series, Jon Kehrer (Old Testament faculty at Ozark Christian College) will look into the depths of Scripture discovering God’s sovereign plan throughout history. You will also be given tools to study scripture for yourself to understand Jesus as the Messiah.

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- Typology is a big deal, and it is something we have to constantly guard against. We use this term rather flippantly, and I'm not sure we really know what we're saying when we use it.

- First, some ***definitions***:

  - **Allegory**: “A narrative which uses symbolic figures and actions to suggest 
hidden meanings behind the literal words of the text.” 

    - Example from Augustine.
    - Surely this is an abuse of the text...not something we'd want to emulate. 
Why? Because this is suggesting that this was part of the author's intention, which the NT does not seem to suggest.

  - **Symbol**: a historical event or fact that can be seen as a source of moral, 
spiritual or theological truth. Thus, the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom.

  - **Typology**: people, moments, or offices within the Old Testament that 
correspond to people, moments or offices later in the Old Testament or New 
Testament which, when looking back, seem to suggest that they are both 
prophetic and pointing forward in some way.

  - So, if we suspect something is a type, we run it through our criteria. The type 
must:

    - **Occur in history.**
    - **Look forward.**
    - **Develop in later revelation.**

A Test Case: John 19:36

- Now, let's take a look at John 19:36. Where is this from? Exod 12:46. Let's talk through this. At first, it seems to be blatant disregard for context, right?

  - Now, does John 19:36 fit our criteria? Remember, we are using OLD as our 
characteristics.
  - Occur in history? Yes; Exodus is a key piece in history.
  - Look forward? Yes; this very celebration became a yearly feast. 
  - Develop in later revelation? Ps 34:20 seems to prove that. Also, John clearly 
saw this as a type.

- So then, Jesus dies as the Passover sacrifice (John 19:14 may be a reference to preparation for a Jewish public Passover, different from the one he ate with his disciples), and John is saying that he represents the innocent suffering of God's people, even of Israel, throughout history. And, the whole Passover celebration throughout history looked toward this moment, when God would use an unblemished lamb as a sacrifice on behalf of the others.

- So, then, the picture we get here is one of indirect fulfillment...it is not a direct 
correspondence, but there is definitely a sense in which what happens in the past points forward to the future.



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