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LESSON TWO
Certain principles and processes are essential in the study of typology. It is Scriptural to study this subject for the writers of the Scripture and our Lord Himself used types constantly for teaching great lessons. As a good knife is of most value in the hands of a skillful surgeon, so the Word of God is most effective when used by those who best understand its hidden meaning. The study of types is illuminating, for the Spirit uses the things which are seen, to teach us concerning the things which are unseen. The study of types equips us with a handy means and method of presenting the truth of God, for types are about us on every hand ready to be used.
Some suggestions for the study of types:
1. Think of the opposite of that which is under consideration; as the golden city (
<662118>Revelation 21:18) and the gilded city ( <661816>Revelation 18:16); the lion ( <660505>Revelation 5:5) and the lamb ( <660506>Revelation 5:6); the woman clothed in red ( <661704>Revelation 17:4) and the woman clothed in white (
<661908>Revelation 19:8).
2. Think of comparisons: great Goliath and little David; Joseph of the Old Testament and Jesus; the river in Ezekiel 47 and the river in John
7.
3. Look up the several occurrences of the type to ascertain how it is used.
4. Learn whether this type is referred to anywhere else in the Scripture as a type.
5. Consider the characteristics of the type being studied as the sea with its greatness, its depth, its restlessness, its size, its waves, its commerce.
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6. Think of the lessons which may be learned from the type as the leaves in
<236406>Isaiah 64:6, how they fade, how they reveal the kind of tree, how they show whether young or old, how they fall from the tree or hold on. By considering these various thoughts, the student will be enabled to quickly and easily learn lessons from the subject under consideration.