Method: Contrast
Greidanus Method 7 of 7: The OT text or institution reveals inadequacy, failure, or incompleteness that points beyond itself to Christ as the one who succeeds where it fails, fulfills what it could not, or provides what it only promised. The Christ-connection is carried primarily by discontinuity and supersession.
76 Trajectory Tables using Contrast
- Aaron (The Great High Priest)
- Absalom (The Rebellious Son)
- Ashes of Red Heifer (Continual Cleansing)
- Bethel (House of God)
- Boaz (Kinsman-Redeemer)
- Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice)
- Brazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength)
- Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration)
- Camp of Israel (Sacred Geography)
- Ceremonial Uncleanness (Spiritual Defilement)
- Cherubim (Glorified Humanity)
- Circumcision (Circumcision of the Heart)
- Consecration of Priests (Set Apart for Service)
- Covenant Violations (Prophetic Indictments)
- Cyrus (Gentile Deliverer)
- Davidic Kingdom (Messianic Reign)
- Day of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice)
- Eliakim (Key of David)
- Ephod (High Priest's Garment of Representation)
- False Prophets (Way of Cain)
- Fire from Heaven (Divine Acceptance and Judgment)
- Golden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession)
- Hagar and Ishmael (Children of the Flesh)
- Heavenly Sanctuary (The True Tabernacle)
- High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session)
- Holy Garments (Glory and Beauty)
- Holy Places (Access to God's Presence)
- Image of God (Priestly Vocation)
- Jacob's Ladder (Heaven-Earth Connection)
- Jonah (Death, Resurrection, and Mission to Gentiles)
- Joshua (Leader into Rest)
- Josiah (Reformer King Prophesied by Name)
- Judges (Flawed Deliverers)
- Kingdom of Priests and Holy Nation
- Lamech's Song (Vengeance vs Forgiveness)
- Legal Priesthood (Mediators and Ministers)
- Levites (Substitutionary Service)
- Marriage (Christ and His Bride)
- Meat-Offering (Tribute and Thanksgiving)
- Melchizedek (Priest Forever)
- Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me)
- Nazirite Vow (Separation unto God)
- New Moons (Renewal and Rest)
- Nimrod (The First Empire Builder)
- Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God)
- Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)
- Pool of Bethesda (Ineffective Ritual vs Christ's Power)
- Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice)
- Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest)
- Purifications (Cleansing and Consecration)
- Red Heifer (Purification from Death)
- Sabbath (Rest in Christ)
- Sabbatical Year (Land Rest and Trust)
- Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice)
- Samson (Spirit-Empowered Deliverer)
- Saul (Rejected King)
- Scapegoat (Removal of Sins)
- Scarlet Wool and Cedar (Purification Bundle)
- Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins)
- Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom)
- Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry)
- Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation)
- Tree of Life (Eternal Life in Christ)
- Two Covenants (Law and Promise)
- Unleavened Bread (Purity and Sincerity)
- Urim and Thummim (Divine Guidance and Perfect Light)
- Veil (Access Through Christ's Flesh)
- Vine and Vineyard (True Israel)
- Water of Purification (Living Water and Ashes)
- Wilderness Testing (Faith Through Trial)
- Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross
- Wisdom Instruction (Torah Pedagogy)
- Year of Jubilee (Ultimate Redemption)
- Burning Outside the Camp (Separation and Judgment)
- Voice of Blood (Blood That Speaks)
- 190 - Thorns and Thistles (Curse of Fruitlessness)