Typology 101
What do we call a hint or clue in a story about something that will happen later?
Foreshadowing
What does the word "unity" mean?
To bring together and make whole
Name all four Gospels.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
What is the only History book of the New Testament?
Acts of the Apostles
Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger.'"
Gospel John 6:35
Typology shows how the ______ Testament gives us "previews" of Jesus in the ______ Testament.
Old...New
Typology helps us see the unity between which two parts of the Bible?
Old Testament and New Testament
What does the word "synoptic" mean?
Seen together
Who wrote Acts as "part two" of his Gospel?
Luke
When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together."
Acts/History Acts 2:1
What is a real person, event, or thing in the Old Testament that God used to point forward to Jesus?
A type
The Bible tells ONE story with two parts because it is ONE plan. Who is at the center of that plan?
Christ (Jesus)
What Gospel is not synoptic?
John
What event in Acts brings the coming of the Holy Spirit?
Pentecost
Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle… to all the beloved of God in Rome, called to be holy."
Epistle Romans 1:1
What is another word for a type?
Prefigurement
Fill in the blanks: A prophecy is ______. A type is ______.
A prophecy is SAID. A type is LIVED.
Who wrote the book of Revelation and what genre is it?
John; apocalyptic
What is an epistle?
A letter written to a specific church or community
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away."
Apocalyptic Rev 21:1
Since when has the Church read the Bible this way?
Since apostolic times (the time of the Apostles)
In 1 Kings 2, the king's mother Bathsheba sits on a throne at King Solomon's right hand, and he says he will not refuse her. Who does she point forward to?
Mama Mary
Apocalyptic is a way of writing, not a subject. Name TWO signs that a passage is apocalyptic
beasts, dragons, and signs in the sky; an angel guiding the vision; phrases like "I saw…" or "a sign appeared…"
How many Pauline epistles are there?
13
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins… that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day." Name the genre AND explain why it isn't a Gospel.
Epistle
Finish the saying: "The New Testament is ______ in the Old, and the Old Testament is ______ in the New."
Hidden … revealed
Noah's Ark, which saved Noah's family through water, points forward to which sacrament?
Baptism!
Revelation was written to Christians who were being ______, to show them that ______.
Persecuted … Christ has already won
How do you know it's an epistle letter?
the writer is teaching or correcting, not telling a story; Jesus' life is referred to, not narrated. the writer uses "I," "you," or "brothers and sisters
"Peter said, 'I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.'"
History/Acts