Upon This Rock (10): Robbing Christ of His Honor (2)
Doezema examines how Old Testament types and shadows pointed to Christ, addressing whether Old Testament believers could comprehend these typological references. The article explores the tension between God's sovereign purposes and the limited understanding evident even among prophets and disciples, using Scripture to argue that while the types necessarily led to Christ, the extent of individual comprehension remains a matter for careful scriptural investigation.
Previous article in this series: April 1, 2013, p. 302. On the pages of the Old Testament Scriptures we find evidence aplenty that Christ's shadow figured prominently in the history of the old dispensation (cf., for example, I Cor. 10:1-4). Implied, surely, is that the types would have failed in their purpose had the believer not, by them, been in fact led to Christ. Previous article in this series: April 1, 2013, p. 302. On the pages of the Old Testament Scriptures we find evidence...
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