Please browse this section for some articles on the precious teachings of God's holy word. This page will contain the articles dealing with typology sorted by various topics. You may also search the archived types by text.

Genesis

•  The Ark, A Type of Christ - Genesis 6:1-14:  Noah's Ark is a wonderful story for children.  We love to read about the animals that went in two by two and by sevens, but many times we miss out on seeing Jesus Christ in the ark.

Exodus

Leviticus

• Meat Offering - Leviticus 2:1-16:  What is the meat offering?  Why is that the best name for it?  How is the word meat used in scripture? This Sunday School Lesson may help you understand this wonderful offering.

• Leprosy: Leviticus 13:1-46; 14:1-32:  A type of sin.  This lesson discusses the character of leprosy and the condition and cleansing of the leper.

Numbers

• Nazarite Vow: Numbers 6:1-27 - Describes the three restrictions on the one who took the Nazarite vow.  Compares to Christian discipleship.

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1Samuel

• God a Man of War - 1Samuel 17:45:  Many in the world today have become pacifists and this has rolled over into Christianity.  Although some have good reasons for hating war others simply deny that God is a God of war.  This article by comparison shows God to be very much a Man of War.

2Samuel

1Kings

2Kings

1Chronicles

• David's Mighty Men 1Chronicles 11:15-19:  In 1 Chronicles 11:15-19 there is recorded an interesting story about David and Three of his men. The story is simple to understand but I was wanting to know if you think the story serves as a type of anything?

2Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

• Christ the Lily of the Valley - Song of Solomon 2:1:  We often hear about the fact that Christ is the "lily of the valley" but what does that mean in the practical sense?

• Christ the Rose of Sharon - Song of Solomon 2:1: The Lord Jesus elegantly expresseth his own excellency, by comparing himself unto a Rose, the Rose of Sharon.

• False-Teachers Compared to Foxes - Song of Solomon 2:15:  How can we use what we know about foxes to help us understand the work of false teachers?

• The World Compared to a Wilderness - Song of Solomon 3:6, 8:5:  Do you ever feel like you are in wilderness just waiting for the Lord to come back and rescue you?  Sometimes the Bible compares this world to a wilderness and rightly so.

Isaiah

• Christ - The Servant of God - Isaiah 42:1; 49:6: A Servant is one chosen to office. If men have work or business to do, they choose one to be their servant, whom they think fitly qualified, and able to do it. Christ was chosen by the Father. Not to one office only, but to many. To be a Mediator, King, Priest and Prophet.

• God Compared to a Travailing Woman - Isaiah 42:14:  What does a woman giving birth to a child have in common with a characteristic of God?
• God a Man of War - Isaiah 47:4:  Many in the world today have become pacifists and this has rolled over into Christianity.  Although some have good reasons for hating war others simply deny that God is a God of war.  This article by comparison shows God to be very much a Man of War.

• Christ - The Servant of God - Isaiah 42:1; 49:6: A Servant is one chosen to office. If men have work or business to do, they choose one to be their servant, whom they think fitly qualified, and able to do it. Christ was chosen by the Father. Not to one office only, but to many. To be a Mediator, King, Priest and Prophet.

• God Compared to a Potter - Isaiah 64:8:  God sent Jeremiah down to the potter's house to show him some things.  It should not surprise us that God is like the potter in many ways.  This article shows the similarities and distinctions between the two.

Jeremiah

• Christ A Fountain - Jeremiah 2:13: Among the many things Christ is compared to in the holy scripture, to set forth his transcendent excellency, beauty, usefulness, and perfections, this of a Fountain is none of the least, it being a most profitable metaphor.

• Men Compared to Earth - Jeremiah 22:29:  The word of God from time to time will use the word earth to refer to all of the people living on the Earth.  What profit can we gain from comparing a man and the Earth?

• The Word Compared to a Hammer - Jeremiah 23:29:  The are several types given in scripture that relate to the word of God, one of those is that of a hammer.  Why would God use a hammer to be a type of His word?

Lamentations

Ezekiel

• The Heart of a Saint Compared to a Heart of Flesh - Ezekiel 36:26:  A heart of flesh is the opposite of a stony heart.  What did God mean when He said that He would give His people a "heart of flesh"?

Daniel

Hosea

• God Compared to a Bear - Hosea 13:8:  What can we learn about God from our understanding of the nature of bears?  God compared something He was going to do with something that a bear would do find out what a blessing it is.

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

• Christ a Branch - Zechariah 3:8; 6:12; Hebrews 12:24; : In the scriptures, Jesus Christ is called the Branch. We are to understand His human nature as intended. As such, concerning the flesh, he proceeded from Abraham, Jesse and David.

Malachi

Matthew

• Christ a Prophet - Matthew 13:57; Luke 7:16; John 4:19; Acts 3:22: The Lord Jesus Christ had three offices. They are Prophet, Priest and King. In what aspects was Jesus Christ a Prophet?

• Christ a Rock - Matthew 16:18: The scripture compares our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to a rock. The scripture also declares that our Rock is not as their rock. What can we learn from these truths?

• Christ a Bridegroom - Matthew 25:6: A Bridegroom presupposes two things. First, a person in a single capacity; and as so considered, he is a suitor. Secondly, a person in a married estate; and as so considered, he is a head or husband. In both these respects Christ may be considered, and is held forth in the word of God.

Mark

Luke

• Christ a Prophet - Matthew 13:57; Luke 7:16; John 4:19; Acts 3:22: The Lord Jesus Christ had three offices. They are Prophet, Priest and King. In what aspects was Jesus Christ a Prophet?

• Ministers Compared to Stewards - Luke 12:42; 1Corinthians 4:1-2:  As ministers of Christ we are called to be stewards.  What all does this calling include?

John

• Christ as a Lamb John 1:36:  Several times in the scriptures Christ is compared to a lamb.  What could this teach us about the person of Jesus Christ?

• Christ a Bridegroom - John 3:29: A Bridegroom presupposes two things. First, a person in a single capacity; and as so considered, he is a suitor. Secondly, a person in a married estate; and as so considered, he is a head or husband. In both these respects Christ may be considered, and is held forth in the word of God.

• Christ a Prophet - Matthew 13:57; Luke 7:16; John 4:19; Acts 3:22: The Lord Jesus Christ had three offices. They are Prophet, Priest and King. In what aspects was Jesus Christ a Prophet?

• Christ the True Manna - John 6:50: Christ, and the graces of Christ, are called Manna. Manna means to prepare, because it was food prepared from heaven for the Israelites in the wilderness.

• Christ a Door - John 10:9: What can we learn from the statement of Christ, "I am the door"?

• Christ a Shepherd John 10:11: What can we learn about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ from looking at the duties and character of a Shepherd?

• Christ the Way - John 14:6: Way is a common word or phrase, taken for the chief means and medium for the attainment or accomplishment of a thing, and so is very comprehensive. Here man is the subject, God or happiness the end, Christ the Way.

• The Holy Spirit the Saints Guide - John 16:13:  We read in the scriptures that the Holy Spirit is to guide us into all truth, but what are some of the implications of the Holy Spirit being a guide?

Acts

• Christ a Prophet - Matthew 13:57; Luke 7:16; John 4:19; Acts 3:22: The Lord Jesus Christ had three offices. They are Prophet, Priest and King. In what aspects was Jesus Christ a Prophet?

Romans

• God Compared to a Potter - Romans 9:21:  God sent Jeremiah down to the potter's house to show him some things.  It should not surprise us that God is like the potter in many ways.  This article shows the similarities and distinctions between the two.

1Corinthians

• Ministers Compared to Stewards - Luke 12:42; 1Corinthians 4:1-2:  As ministers of Christ we are called to be stewards.  What all does this calling include?

• Christ a Rock - 1Corinthians 10:4: The scripture compares our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to a rock. The scripture also declares that our Rock is not as their rock. What can we learn from these truths?

• The Body of Man in the Grave Compared to Seed that is Sown - 1Corinthians 15:36:  Is the grave the end of it all for those of us that are saved?  What does our burial have in common with the sowing of seeds?  Find out what the Bible says.

• Sin a Sting - 1Corinthians 15:56:  In what ways does the Sin relate to a sting?

2Corinthians

• The Church Compared to a Virgin - 2Corinthians 11:2:  What does the Bible mean when it says that we are to be presented to Christ as a chaste virgin?

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

• Christ the Head - Colossians 2:19: The Son of God is very often in the holy scriptures called an Head. He is the Head of the body, the church, which alludes to a natural Head.

1Thessalonians

2Thessalonians

1Timothy

• Christ a Mediator - 1Timothy 2:5:  God and man are at odds.  According to the scriptures a man in his lost condition is an enemy of God.  It is this very fact that calls for a Mediator.  What is a mediator and how does Jesus Christ fulfill this role?

• Christ a King - 1Timothy 6:15:  There is no higher name or title to set forth dignity amongst men, than kings or mighty potentates. There is nothing doth more fully set forth the glory, power, and splendor of Christ than this.

2Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

• Christ the Express Image of the Father - Hebrews 1:3:  How can we know God?  Are there multiple ways to get to God?  What does the Bible mean when it says that Christ is the express image of the Father?

• Holy Angels Compared to the Wind and the Flaming Fire - Hebrews 1:7:  The angels of God are likened to a flaming fire.  What does this mean?  What can we learn about the ministry of the angels by making this comparison?

• The Word of God Called Milk - Hebrews 5:13:  What can we learn about the word of God by looking at it's comparison to milk?

• The Word of God Compared to Strong Meat - Hebrews 5:14:  In what ways can the word of God be related to strong meat.  What kind of Christians partake of the strong meat?

• Christ a Priest - Hebrews 7:17, 26: One of the greatest blessings of being saved is having Jesus Christ as your High Priest. No longer must you go to a man to confess your sins and ask forgiveness, but you can approach the throne of grace with boldness through the shed blood of our High Priest.

• Christ a Testator - Hebrews 9:16:  The death of the Testator has put His will and testament into effect.  In what ways is Christ a Testator Great blessings have been left to His people?  Are you experiencing those blessings?

• Saints Compared to Pilgrims - Hebrews 11:13:  As saints of God we should have some things in common with a pilgrim.  How are you like a pilgrim?

• Christ a Branch - Zechariah 3:8; 6:12; Hebrews 12:24; : In the scriptures, Jesus Christ is called the Branch. We are to understand His human nature as intended. As such, concerning the flesh, he proceeded from Abraham, Jesse and David.

• Christ a Mediator - Hebrews 12:24:  God and man are at odds.  According to the scriptures a man in his lost condition is an enemy of God.  It is this very fact that calls for a Mediator.  What is a mediator and how does Jesus Christ fulfill this role?

James

1Peter

• Christ as a Lamb 1Peter 1:19:  Several times in the scriptures Christ is compared to a lamb.  What could this teach us about the person of Jesus Christ?

• The Word of God Called Milk - 1Peter 2:2:  What can we learn about the word of God by looking at it's comparison to milk?

• Saints Compared to Pilgrims - 1Peter 2:11:  As saints of God we should have some things in common with a pilgrim.  How are you like a pilgrim?

2Peter

• False-Teachers Compared to Clouds Without Rain - 2Peter 2:17:  How would God use a cloud without rain to illustrate some important truths about false teachers?

• False-Teachers Compared to Wells Without Water - 2Peter 2:17:  The Bible says of false teachers that "These are wells without water".  What does this mean?

1John

2John

3John

Jude

• False-Teachers Compared to Clouds Without Rain - Jude 12:  How would God use a cloud without rain to illustrate some important truths about false teachers?

Revelation

• Men Compared to Earth - Revelation 12:16:  The word of God from time to time will use the word earth to refer to all of the people living on the Earth.  What profit can we gain from comparing a man and the Earth?

• Christ as a Lamb Revelation 14:1:  Several times in the scriptures Christ is compared to a lamb.  What could this teach us about the person of Jesus Christ?

• Christ a King - Revelation 17:14:  There is no higher name or title to set forth dignity amongst men, than kings or mighty potentates. There is nothing doth more fully set forth the glory, power, and splendor of Christ than this.

• Christ a King - Revelation 19:16:  There is no higher name or title to set forth dignity amongst men, than kings or mighty potentates. There is nothing doth more fully set forth the glory, power, and splendor of Christ than this.