Subject: Did I miss something in the text? |
Bible Note: Hi, Tamara... When Scripture doesn't give us the authority for a type, then we lack the authority to make those connections. Here are some valid examples: we know that the brass serpent of Numbers 21:9 is a type of Christ because we have the authority of John 3:14 to see it as a type; we know that Adam of Genesis 2 was a anti-type of Christ because we have the authority of 1 Corinthians 15:47 to see Adam as a anti-type; we know that Melchizedek of Genesis 14 was a type of Christ because we have the authority of Hebrews 7 to see Melchizedek as a type; Noah's preservation in the flood prefigured baptism per 1 Peter 3:20-21; etc. On the other hand, we can't, for example, consider Joshua a type of Jesus. Scripture gives us no such authority. The fact that they had the same name is not sufficient reason for us to make a typological connection. Certainly man's sinfulness and God's sovereign, righteous judgment can be seen in the narrative of the Tower of Babel. But we do not have Scriptural authority to read into it an allegory. That would be a serious violation of sound, grammatico-historical exegesis. In Him, Doc |