Typology
237Peter's Pattern for Preaching - Part 2
11 May 2026
11:51¶ 36
“One of my first introductions to biblical theology – and neither my pastor nor I knew what he was doing at the time –…”
11:17¶ 35
“But here again there’s a difference between what the system said and what the scholars who defended it defended, and what people heard, and…”
12:59¶ 38
“If you say so. It wasn’t bad. You said the history, and I think that’s the key element. Generally biblical theology studies God’s revelation…”
213Birth of the Savior
24 Mar 2025
35:03¶ 107
“And so at the beginning of Jesus’ birth we have a Mary and a Joseph wrapping him in linen cloth. There is foreshadowing here…”
35:26¶ 108
“Furthermore, as we move toward the story of the magi, we can also think of another Joseph who brought God’s firstborn into Egypt. Again,…”
30:10¶ 86
“We have so much foreshadowing, like this woman Naomi coming to Bethlehem who says, “No, call me Mary” as she comes to Bethlehem.”
192The Medo-Persian Empire
14 May 2024
29:49¶ 104
“He is one of the most messianic typical Gentiles in the whole Bible. You have to go back to Melchizedek to find a Gentile…”
29:21¶ 103
“How does Cyrus know about Yahweh? How does he know that Yahweh has commissioned him to build the temple and the city? Where did…”
36:48¶ 132
“We will see Cyrus in heaven. He’s God’s anointed, God’s shepherd, the man who does all his pleasure. That’s pretty cool. He was a…”
165Esther
19 Jun 2023
6:09¶ 19
“I don’t remember who to attribute it to, but somebody pointed out that these are failed types of Christ. Absalom is a failed messiah.…”
6:30¶ 21
“Yes. He fits a lot of the little bullet points, if all you were concerned with were the bullet points and not decrepit morality.…”
7:05¶ 22
“That is a very clear connection of saying, “When you see Jesus go onto the cross, that is him very fully identifying with sinful…”
156Putting Down Kings
6 Feb 2023
21:54¶ 89
“That seems to be a picture of again Messiah’s kingdom, so there’s some similarity. It’s easy to think that only good whole pure men…”
22:22¶ 90
“That’s the funny thing about typology, is that it’s so often two sides of the same coin. The anti-Christ is not on a purely…”
22:59¶ 91
“That’s something of what we have here. Nebuchadnezzar is supposed to be a Christ figure, but he’s not because of his personal character. We…”
109Absalom
14 Mar 2022
23:26¶ 82
“This is major that it happens as he crosses the Brook Kidron and goes up the Mount of Olives, which is probably where the…”
36:58¶ 136
“We run into Ahimaaz later. He marries one of Solomon’s daughters and he ministers in Zebulun and Naphtali, Galilee of the Gentiles. He’s a…”
37:35¶ 138
“It is. Why does God put all this in? Why do we care about a footrace? Because there’s more going on here. We’re used…”
105The Witch of Endor
14 Feb 2022
16:01¶ 64
“When you’re told, for instance, that the sacrifices in the tabernacle and temple are images of Christ, then you’re not out of line when…”
17:42¶ 75
“No, that’s actually the primary meaning, because we need to know about the book, and the book is about Jesus. That’s always the primary…”
18:21¶ 77
“The tabernacle is a type of Christ, and therefore it’s a type of the Church because the Church is the body of Christ. But…”
104David the Anointed King
7 Feb 2022
10:25¶ 37
“Also there’s a recognition here that whoever is coming is going to be greater. And in type – and many other instances, but this…”
10:02¶ 36
“There’s also a type there that even the people recognize. All of Israel for generations have been looking for the seed of the woman…”
84Ehud and Eglon
20 Sep 2021
42:53¶ 173
“Yeah. What we have here, and I’ve tried to say it maybe not so subtly, is we have an anointed savior, a deliverer who…”
43:19¶ 175
“Yeah, that’s the story of Jesus. That’s what Jesus did for us, and it’s a story that’s echoed throughout the book of Judges and…”
11:09¶ 56
“Well, this is another time when God uses bad people to accomplish his purposes. We’ll skip this story because kids don’t need to know…”
80Othniel and Achsah
23 Aug 2021
33:02¶ 120
“We can step back from this for just a second. We’re all fond of biblical theology and biblical imagery. We have an anointed judge…”
37:00¶ 128
“I know one young lady, whose name you would probably recognize if I said it, but I won’t, who had a very particular issue.…”
74Joshua the War-Leader
11 Jul 2021
50:25¶ 175
“It’s also interesting to look at the foreshadowing, the typology again. That’s the drum that I hit every time, is typology apparently. You have…”
50:56¶ 176
“If we’re looking at these actors typologically then there’s Moses, who represents the Law, there is Joshua, who represents Jesus and the covenant of…”
44:00¶ 155
“You also see an echo of the continuing younger son motif, where it’s always the second-born who takes the position. Typologically speaking anyway, Caleb…”
69Should Christians Read Fiction?
9 May 2021
56:21¶ 175
“Whatever. Anyhow, that’s an example. And of course God in scripture does exactly the same thing. There are lots of things that are hints,…”
39:03¶ 113
“He knows the solution, but like a good Agatha Christie story, once it’s all out in the open it’s like, “Oh, of course!” and…”
57:25¶ 179
“It means at least that, but there’s only one other time in scripture it appears. Is it impossible that God is setting up something…”