Types in the Bible
Topic : Type, TypologyA type is a representation by one thing of another. Adam was a type of Christ (Rom. 5:14) and so was Isaac (Heb. 11:19). The Passover was a type of Christ (1 Cor. 5:7). There are many types in the Bible and most of them are too extensive and deep to be listed.
An example of a typology follows: Isaac a type of Jesus.
| ISAAC | JESUS | |
| Only begotten Son | Genesis 22:2 | John 3:16 |
| Offered on a mountain, hill | 22:2 | Matt. 21:10 |
| Took donkey to place of sacrifice | 22:3 | Matt. 21:2-11 |
| Two men went with him. | 22:3 | Mark 15:27; Luke 23:33 |
| Three day journey. Jesus: three days in the grave | 22:4 | Luke 24:13-21 |
| Son carried wood on his back up hill | 22:6 | John 19:17 |
| God will provide for Himself the lamb | 22:8 | John 1:29 |
| Son was offered on the wood | 22:9 | Luke 23:33 |
| Ram in thicket of thorns | 22:13 | John 19:2 |
| The seed will be multiplied | 22:17 | John 1:12; Is. 53:10 |
| Abraham went down, Son didn’t, “not mentioned.” | 22:19 | Luke 23:46 |
| Servant gets bride for son | 24:1-4 | Eph. 5:22-32; Rev. 21:2,9; 22:17 |
| The bride was a beautiful virgin | 24:16 | 2 Cor. 11:2 |
| Servant offered ten gifts to bride* | 24:10 | Rom. 6:23; Rom. 12; 1 Cor. 12 |
