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.
Over the years I remember hearing people make reference to “The Scarlet Thread” or “The Crimson Cord” and I picked up that the image was used as a motif for a string of images through the Old Testament that included blood and in some way pre-figured the Cross. The image was drawn from the incident Read More …
The roots, shoots and fruits of the א-apleh ת-tav. The first, the last, the biggest sacrifice on a cross. For something written on the same subject see Jesus, first and last!
In Exodus 14, the people are between a rock and a hard place, or more literally they are between Pharaoh’s army and the Red Sea. Moses steps forward and shouts “Fear not, stand still and see the Salvation of the Lord… He will fight for you“, Exodus 14:13-14. The “Angel of the Lord” seen in Read More …
The Sci-fi writer and gnostic theologiser Philip K Dick once helped an African man in a petrol station, I dont know the details of the encounter, but there was something about it that led Philip K Dick to believe it was a re-interpretation of the story of Philip meeting the Ethopian on the road to Read More …
Both the Old and New Testaments spell out that there is a typological connection between Moses and Jesus. So Moses says –“The LORD thy God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among you, from your brethren; Listen to Him” – Deuteronomy 18:15 Then when Moses makes a New Testament appearance on Read More …
There are many folks who will tell you a type of Christ is only a type of Christ if the Bible explicitly tells you it is. I don’t share this view, the Bible shows us there is legitimacy in seeing Jesus prefigured in the lives of others and as far as I am concerned if Read More …
The First five books of the Bible are collectively referred to as the Torah by Jewish communities and as the Pentateuch by the Christian church since the term was first coined by Tertullian in the third century AD. Traditionally they are ascribed to Moses even though they show clear signs of later editors and compilers, Read More …
The Old Testament leader Joshua is called “Jesus” in the King James version of the New Testament, (see Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8). Technically Joshua, (Hebrew “Yhowshua”) is a more formal version of Jesus name, “Yeshua”. But it is still the same name. In fact the Old Testament uses the more “modern” spelling “Yeshua” for Read More …
Writing the JCB booklet is a part of a bigger project to create a translation of the Bible and a study Bible that expands and annotates the text to show Jesus from start to finish. Writing the mini-books is helping me shape up conventions for translating/expanding the text… it’s taking longer than I thought but Read More …
