Rich R
Well-Known Member
Do I understand you to say that there are no "types" of Jesus in the OT? According to Jesus, the whole thing is about him.Here is a pretty good explanation from "Got Questions.org"
"Typology is a special kind of symbolism. (A symbol is something that represents something else.) We can define a type as a “prophetic symbol” because all types are representations of something yet future. More specifically, a type in Scripture is a person or thing in the Old Testament that foreshadows a person or thing in the New Testament."
This form of hermeneutics is eisogesis, i.e. reading information into a text, rather than seeking to know what the author meant to say, which is why typology is not valid.
John 5:39,
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.