By Edalat Hope from Virtue Books
If you’ve ever watched Dead Poets Society, you might notice something about that teacher.
He doesn’t dump all the information on the students at once.
Instead, he teaches them gradually, step by step. Only once they understand one concept does he move on to the next.
God teaches that way, too.
He doesn’t reveal the fullness of His plan all at once. That would be like teaching calculus to a five-year-old.
Instead, gradually, He builds truth upon truth to form spiritually mature people.
Even in the Old Testament, God uses this same method. He puts hints of who He really is and his future plans. When you realise this, it opens your eyes to an entirely new way of reading the Bible.
Many Jews didn’t fully understand Christ. But when they understood how verses from the Psalms, Law and Prophets quietly pointed to Jesus, then they converted.
The Apostles and Church Fathers understood this hidden thread that runs through scripture.
But Christ did not just appear on earth.
God’s plan to redeem humanity happened through Mary. It was through Mary that he chose to enter the world.
Mary’s life is inseparable from Christ’s mission. God’s perfect plan for redemption was that Mary, the sinless one, would bear the Redeemer.
What is less widely known, though, is that Mary herself is foreshadowed in the Old Testament. And it’s through a little something called typology.
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