Examples of legal types: When we compare the history and economy of Moses with the whole of the N.T. The ritual law was typical of the Messiah and the Gospel blessings. The apostles establish this point in his Epistle to the Hebrews. Following are a few examples of the nature of Legal Types.
The entire character, system, and offering of the Levitical priesthood typically prefigured Christ the Great High Priest, Hebrews 5-7-8, especially in the ceremonies observed on the Day of Atonement.
So, the Passover and the paschal lamb typified the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The feast of Pentecost commemorated the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, prefiguring the effusion of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, who were then able to proclaim the Gospel throughout the known world. Acts 2:1-11.
The feast of Tabernacles possibly typified the final restoration of the Jews. The blessings and privileges given to the Jews by God were types of these enjoyed by all Christians, prefiguring a more honorable relationship in which believers are the true Israel.
Romans 9:4, “Who are Israelites; to whom pertain the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises:”
To say one is an “Israelite” would indicate a Christian’s relationship to God as his people.” Their adoption as the sons of God and the privileges they are entitled to by that adoption are types of believers being made partakers of the Divine nature by the renewing of the Holy Ghost and their shared inheritance with Jesus Christ.
The residing of the glory, first in the Tabernacle, then in the temple, was a figure of the residing of God by His Holy Spirit in Christians and the Christian church; His eternal residence in that church brought to perfection in Heaven.
The covenant with Abraham was the Gospel covenant, the blessings of which were represented by the temporary blessings promised to Abraham and his natural seed. The covenant at Sinai, where the Israelites, as the worshippers of the true God, were separated from the idolatrous nations, was an emblem of the final separation of the righteous from the wicked.
The giving of the law and the formation of the Jews into a nation prefigured the formation of the city of the living God and the general assembly of the church of the firstborn. Also, the heavenly country, the habitation of the righteous, was typified by Canaan, a country given to the Israelites by God’s promise.
The entire character, system, and offering of the Levitical priesthood typically prefigured Christ the Great High Priest, Hebrews 5-7-8, especially in the ceremonies observed on the Day of Atonement.
So, the Passover and the paschal lamb typified the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The feast of Pentecost commemorated the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, prefiguring the effusion of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, who were then able to proclaim the Gospel throughout the known world. Acts 2:1-11.
The feast of Tabernacles possibly typified the final restoration of the Jews. The blessings and privileges given to the Jews by God were types of these enjoyed by all Christians, prefiguring a more honorable relationship in which believers are the true Israel.
Romans 9:4, “Who are Israelites; to whom pertain the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises:”
To say one is an “Israelite” would indicate a Christian’s relationship to God as his people.” Their adoption as the sons of God and the privileges they are entitled to by that adoption are types of believers being made partakers of the Divine nature by the renewing of the Holy Ghost and their shared inheritance with Jesus Christ.
The residing of the glory, first in the Tabernacle, then in the temple, was a figure of the residing of God by His Holy Spirit in Christians and the Christian church; His eternal residence in that church brought to perfection in Heaven.
The covenant with Abraham was the Gospel covenant, the blessings of which were represented by the temporary blessings promised to Abraham and his natural seed. The covenant at Sinai, where the Israelites, as the worshippers of the true God, were separated from the idolatrous nations, was an emblem of the final separation of the righteous from the wicked.
The giving of the law and the formation of the Jews into a nation prefigured the formation of the city of the living God and the general assembly of the church of the firstborn. Also, the heavenly country, the habitation of the righteous, was typified by Canaan, a country given to the Israelites by God’s promise.
