(tm) The Four Great Types
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Four major types of the Christian salvation may be found in the Old Testament. The four major types are as follows:
The seven items of furniture of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
The seven feasts of the Lord.
The six days of creation and the seventh day of rest.
The seven major points of Israel’s journey from Egypt to Canaan.
Since I have discussed the four great types at length in other books and booklets, let me just point out some of the main features so the reader can grasp the general idea.
We can group together the first of the seven elements of each of the four types as follows:the Altar of Burnt Offering of the Tabernacle; the feast of Passover; the creating of light and the separating of the light from the darkness; and the exodus from Egypt.
Can you see that we have borrowed the first item of each of the four types? Can you see that these four examples portray the beginning of our salvation in Christ?
We have the Altar representing the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary.
The Passover Lamb whose blood protects us from the destroyer.
The creating of the Light of Christ in us and the separating of that light from the darkness that is in us.
Finally our exodus from the world and the beginning of our pilgrimage toward our inheritance in Christ in God.
The seventh element of each of the four types tells us about the goal of our salvation.
We have the solid-gold Mercy Seat, representing the fullness of the Glory of God that we are pursuing.
The feast of Tabernacles, reminding us that God’s eternal purpose is to dwell in us.
The Sabbath rest showing us that we are pressing toward that place where we are at peace concerning God’s eternal purposes in us.
The possession of Canaan, signifying life lived in the fullness of Christ’s eternal incorruptible resurrection Life. Salvation has a definite beginning, a definite program specifically designed for each one of us as an individual, and a mark, a completion and fullness toward which we are to be pressing every day of our Christian life.
We are not "saved," in the total sense of the term, until we press through to the fullness of God. It is he who endures to the end who finally is saved to the extent the Lord desires.
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