John Piper explains, Adam is a “type” of him who is to come. Adam is a type of Christ. What does “type” mean? The NIV says “pattern.” Adam was a pattern of Christ who was to come. He was an example, or a foreshadowing, or a prefiguring of Christ. Let me see if I can … More A Lesson in Compare and Contrast
John Piper explains, Adam is a “type” of him who is to come. Adam is a type of Christ. What does “type” mean? The NIV says “pattern.” Adam was a pattern of Christ who was to come. He was an example, or a foreshadowing, or a prefiguring of Christ. Let me see if I can … More John Piper: Adam was a pattern of Christ who was to come.
Coty Pinckney makes this very interesting observation regarding Luke 3 and 4: Most written accounts of a person’s life would put the genealogy right at the beginning – like the Gospel of Matthew. Again like Matthew, most often the genealogy will start with the ancestor and work forward to the subject of the account. But … More An intentional contrast
John Piper explains, Adam is a “type” of him who is to come. Adam is a type of Christ. What does “type” mean? The NIV says “pattern.” Adam was a pattern of Christ who was to come. He was an example, or a foreshadowing, or a prefiguring of Christ. Let me see if I can … More A Lesson in Compare and Contrast
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