Posts that relate to typological representations of Jesus and/or the cross, whether models, people, positions or events. Think of the ark of the covenant, David, the High Priest or the passover.
This is the final post in the series of seven on how the seven national saviours in the Book of Judges together promise Jesus, the ultimate world Savior (click to start at the beginning) There are some Biblical hero’s who stand out for their colour and character (or lack of), and Samson is one of Read More …
The Bible is always brutally honest about its heroes (and of course its villans), often more honest than we feel comfortable with for Sunday School picture books… so I didn’t know Jepthah’s story until I read it for myself as a young adult. Which is a shame, he is a classic tragic-hero with all the Read More …
I’ve decided I ought to run a mini series on the 8 Messianic Psalms, the ones where the Messiah is addressed directly (actually the Messiah is only in 7 of the psalms, in the 8th the Messiah has multiplied into a congregation of Messiahs, but we will get there, and notice the pattern again, 7 Read More …
Gideon’s story is a more involved one than any of the saviour-judges we have looked at so far in this series. Gideon’s victory leads to the first call for a King in Israel, while Gideon doesn’t take the title he lives like a king (though not in a good way) with many wives and concubines, Read More …
For the fourth post in this series tracing the way the seven saviour-judges of Israel prefigure Jesus, The Saviour-Judge. We go back in time to Shamgar, the man who inspired Deborah. [click link to start series] So chronologically Shamgar should have come before Deborah, but he is easy to forget, given only a single verse Read More …
This is the third post in a mini-series tracing the way the seven saviour-judges of Israel prefigure Jesus, The Saviour-Judge. [click link to start series] YHWH told Moses about a prophet who would come after him, Acts 3:20-22 tells us Jesus was that prophet, though the Rabbis of Jesus’ day saw Samuel as the Read More …
While the Bible doesn’t explicitly recognise Jeremiah as a type of Christ there are some very clear ways in which his ministry and pain pre-figures Jesus’. In fact the rabbis saw Jeremiah as the suffering servant prophesied by Isaiah. He is also considered to be the third most important Prophet in Hebrew history after Ezekiel Read More …
When Jesus is baptised by his cousin John the crowds heard a role of thunder but Jesus and John heard words spoken from heaven. A prophetic declaration that shaped Jesus’ ministry but also modeled the ancient worlds varied but widespread “son-adoption” rituals. A public recognition of a favoured son or ward as the heir of Read More …
This is the second post in a mini-series tracing the way the seven saviour-judges of Israel prefigure Jesus, The Saviour-Judge. [click link to start series] In the middle of the 14th Century BC, the Southern tribes of Israel where being oppressed by Moab and it’s super-sized King, Eglon… The Moabites where of course descended Read More …
So this is the first proper post on a mini-series on how the 7 saviour-judges (from the full list of 12) prefigure Jesus, even in their imperfections and at a mixed up and violent point in Israel’s early development. If you’ve not already read the introduction post, it is worth clicking here to do so! Read More …
