To understand what Peter is thinking, we have to understand a concept that scholars have called types or typology. Typology is a kind of prophecy. We’re all familiar with predictive verbal prophecy—when a prophet announces that something is going to come to pass in the future. Sometimes that comes “out of the blue,” with God impressing thoughts on the prophet’s mind that the prophet then utters. The prophecy is spelled out. Types work differently. A type is basically an unspoken prophecy. It is an event, person, or institution that foreshadows something that will come, but which isn’t revealed
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