Typology

Typology is the study of "types" or pre-figurements of Christ and other Scriptural persons or things/events that point to the fulfillment of the Bible by Jesus Christ.

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” - Mt. 5:17-19:

Typology as a tool for understanding the History of Salvation

typology reveals the parallels between the Old and New Testaments
- which helps us to understand "Salvation History," or "God's Plan for Salvation
- by which Christ redeems mankind from the Fall of Adam and Eve.

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Other Biblical parallels

Two sons

the Parable of the Prodigal Son starts

A man had two sons... (Lk 15:11)

unrelated to the parable, but "two sons" or sibling rivalries ocurr across the Bible:
- Cain and Abel
- Ishmael and Isaac
- Jacob and Esau
- Adonijah and Solomon