![]() ![]() In this way, one might think of the types in the Old Testament as shadows cast by their antitypes in the New Testament-sometimes distorted in scope and shape, but an indication of something to come. Sometimes in the Bible, types are referred to as “shadows” of antitypes (Hebrews 10:1). “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life” (John 3:14–15). This parallels and foreshadows the cross. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live” (Numbers 21:8–9). “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.’ So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. But upon the prayers of Moses, the Lord provided salvation. When the Israelites spoke against God in the desert, He sent venomous snakes among them, and many were bitten and died. The first Adam is the type fulfilled by the second Adam, Jesus.Īnother example of type and antitype is the bronze serpent in the wilderness and the cross. Just as death from sin entered the world through one man, Adam, and thus cursed all of humanity, life entered the world through one man, Jesus, and became available to all who would believe. Here, Christ is the antitype, and Adam is the type. “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22). One example of type and antitype in the Bible is seen in the theme of the two Adams. One might say that types have the stamp of the antitype. Tupos originally referred to the mark of a blow, like a stamp, and by extension was used to refer to a copy or image, a pattern, or, in many cases, a type. Our terms type and antitype in this situation largely stem from the word tupos in the Greek New Testament. An antitype in the New Testament is foreshadowed by a type, its counterpart in the Old Testament. The usage of the terminology has expanded into the secular sphere for example, "Geoffrey de Montbray (d.1093), Bishop of Coutances, a right-hand man of William the Conqueror, was a type of the great feudal prelate, warrior and administrator".In the Bible, an antitype is a fulfillment or completion of an earlier truth revealed in the Bible. Typology was frequently used in early Christian art, where type and antitype would be depicted in contrasting positions. Notably, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, typology is still a common and frequent exegetical tool, mainly due to that church's great emphasis on continuity in doctrinal presentation through all historical periods. Several groups favoring typology today include the Christian Brethren beginning in the 19th century, where typology was much favoured and the subject of numerous books and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The former was associated with Hegelian theologians and the latter with Kantian analyticity. In 19th century German protestantism, typological interpretation was distinguished from rectilinear interpretation of prophecy. The theory began in the Early Church, was at its most influential in the High Middle Ages, and continued to be popular, especially in Calvinism, after the Protestant Reformation, but in subsequent periods has been given less emphasis. In the fullest version of the theory of typology, the whole purpose of the Old Testament is viewed as merely the provision of types for Christ, the antitype or fulfillment. For example, Jonah may be seen as the type of Christ in that he emerged from the fish's belly and thus appeared to rise from death. Events, persons, or statements in the Old Testament are seen as types prefiguring or superseded by antitypes, events or aspects of Christ or his revelation described in the New Testament. Typology in Christian theology and biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament. Wikipedia Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes ![]()
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