![]() ![]() Of "whom" and of what "things" is the Apostle speaking? Of the Children of Israel, and the "things" that happened to them from the time of their "Egyptian Bondage" until they reached the "Land of Promise." So we see that while the Old Testament is a record of the History of the Children of Israel, the events of that "History" are more than mere events they are "TYPICAL" of the "Plan of Salvation" as revealed in the New Testament, and are neither "mythical" nor "allegorical," but really happened to Israel and were recorded for our instruction. ![]() "Now all these things happened unto them for ENSAMPLES (examples, see verse 6) and they are written for our ADMONITION (instruction), upon whom the ends of the world (Age) are come." What do we mean by "Types?" The Apostle Paul gives the answer in 1 Cor. Therefore no preacher or Bible Teacher is competent to preach the doctrines, of the New Testament who is not acquainted with the "Typology" of the Old Testament. For illustration the "Brazen Serpent" and the "Cross." John 3:14-15. The "Typology" of the Old Testament is the "PICTURE LANGUAGE" in which the Doctrines of the New Testament, such as the Atonement, are prefigured. Their study proves beyond question that the Scriptures had but one Author-the HOLY SPIRIT. The value of the study of the "Types" and "Antitypes" is the proof they furnish of the Inspiration of the Scriptures. You cannot understand Leviticus without Hebrews, or Daniel without Revelation, or the Passover, or Isaiah 53 without the Gospel account of the Crucifixion. The New Testament is "enfolded" in the Old Testament, and the Old Testament is "unfolded" in the New. The "OLD" things are the "TYPES" of the Old Testament, and the NEW things what they stand for in the New Testament. " Therefore (and we must note the "Therefores" of Scripture) every scribe (Bible Teacher) who is instructed unto the 'Kingdom of Heaven' is like unto a Householder, who bringeth forth out of his Treasure things NEW and OLD." Jesus summed up His Discourse on the "Kingdom of Heaven" Parables of Matt. ![]()
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