kamphau@oktext.sbc.com (Mark Kamphaus) (09/23/90)
This posting is meant to solicit commentary from different perspectives and not to try to make any claim of validity to the following assertion. I am really interested in how well the following fits a "revelation in type" for an event and compares to the development in a Christians life as Man is clearly tied symbolically to the earth created from its dust. There are stages that the earth is/has/will go through. This is how I see them related to man: I The existance "formless and void" ---- pre-incarnate II The existance as good. (Garden of Eden) --- conception to birth III The cursed world ---- birth to baptism IV The Flooded World (destruction of wicked,salvation of righteous) --- baptism V The Post-Flood World --- new life in Christ? VI The destruction with fire (end of this world) death? VII The New World --salvation, eternal life,glorified bodies? Comments? Other alternatives? The study of types can become "self fulfilling" in that it looks to match repetitious motifs and sometimes can make a motif where one isn't really there. However, when one begins a study of types the repetative patterns are sometimes overwhelming, to the extent that one can find a motif that fits a pre-established pattern easily. What I have listed above seems to be a sensible parallel. What I am really looking for is more of a "sanity" check to see if it also a reasonable parallel to others, or if something else seems more reasonable. Also, I am not putting this forward as a belief (yet) but am looking at it and offering it as an idea for discussion to determine if it has a validity. (Hope that made sense.) mark