Topic : Type, Typology

Types in the Bible

A 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

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