{"id":20391,"date":"2025-05-01T22:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T02:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christoverall.com\/?p=20391"},"modified":"2025-05-24T22:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T02:12:44","slug":"april-intermission-from-the-cross-in-the-old-testament-to-wise-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christoverall.com\/article\/concise\/april-intermission-from-the-cross-in-the-old-testament-to-wise-words\/","title":{"rendered":"April Intermission: From the Cross in the Old Testament to Wise Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paul proclaimed to the Corinthians, \u201cI delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures<\/em>, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures<\/em>\u201d (1 Cor. 15:3\u20134, emphasis added). The question is, which<\/em> Old Testament scriptures is Paul talking about? This past month we chipped away at that answer by looking at foreshadows of the cross in the Old Testament. Certainly, there are Old Testament passages that are directly fulfilled in Jesus (like Psalm 110<\/a>, Isaiah 53<\/a>, the notoriously challenging Daniel 9:24\u201327<\/a>, as well as Psalm 22<\/a>), but more often than not, the Old Testament scriptures that testify to the cross do so through typology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is typology? As many of the articles from this past month will show, typology studies the correspondences between persons, events, and institutions throughout the canon that are intensified and fulfilled in later persons, events, or institutions. There\u2019s more to it<\/a>, but there is not less. So Christ is prefigured or foreshadowed by the High Priest atoning for God\u2019s people on<\/a> the Day of Atonement<\/a>, by the sin offering at the door<\/a>, by the near-sacrifice of Isaac<\/a>, Israel\u2019s Exodus from Egypt<\/a>, the Serpent lifted on a pole<\/a> for healing<\/a>, the Isaianic feast at God\u2019s table<\/a>, the \u201cdeath\u201d and Resurrection of Jonah<\/a> and David<\/a>, and even the designation of Israel as beloved<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to all of these concise meditations on the cross, Nicholas Piotrowski anchored our month on the incredible Edenic and world-wide significance of the Day of Atonement<\/a>, and Ardel Caneday followed up with a fascinating explanation from Luke 24<\/a> on why Jesus hid his identity from Cleopas and the unnamed disciple on the road to Emmaus (hint: it was to teach us something). In case you missed any of the articles, readings, or podcast interviews, you can find all of them below (longforms in bold).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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