Methods Index — Greidanus's Seven Ways
The Hyperlinked Bible organizes Christological connections by Greidanus's Seven Ways — Sidney Greidanus's seven methods for preaching Christ from the Old Testament (Preaching Christ from the Old Testament). Every Trajectory Table has been classified by the method(s) operative in its Christ-connection. For the reader-friendly introduction, see Seven Ways to See Jesus.
The seven ways are numbered below in Greidanus's order, matching the seven roads on that page. Six of them are classified per-Trajectory-Table. The sixth way — New Testament References — is not a TT category, because it is everywhere: every Trajectory Table's NT-fulfillment stages, all 1,535 NT-to-OT Intertextuality Pairs, and every colored † cross on an OT chapter are that method in action. Read how it works on its own page — New Testament References — and browse it through the Intertextuality Pairs Index.
| # | Method | TT Count | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redemptive-Historical Progression | 71 | The grand narrative arc — Creation → Fall → Promise → Exodus → Monarchy → Exile → Return → Christ — read in light of where the story is going. |
| 2 | Promise-Fulfillment | 77 | Explicit divine commitments made in the OT that find fulfillment in Christ's person and work. The text makes or develops a promise; Christ fulfills it. |
| 3 | Typology | 174 | OT persons, events, and institutions divinely designed to correspond to and be escalated by Christ (type → antitype with analogical correspondence, historicity, escalation). |
| 4 | Analogy | 43 | Structural principles of God's ways that hold across redemptive history. The OT reveals how God works; that same pattern applies to Christ and the new covenant. |
| 5 | Longitudinal Theme | 114 | Canon-wide theological motifs traced from first appearance through progressive development to their climax in Christ (covenant, kingdom, temple, seed, shepherd, etc.). |
| 6 | New Testament References | — | The New Testament itself cites an Old Testament text and points it at Christ. Not a TT category — it runs through every NT-to-OT Intertextuality Pair (see Intertextuality Pairs Index). |
| 7 | Contrast | 76 | The OT text or institution reveals inadequacy, failure, or incompleteness that points beyond itself to Christ, who succeeds where it failed and fulfills what it could not. |
Total: 188 Trajectory Tables classified across the six TT-applicable ways (most TTs use multiple methods); the sixth way, NT References, runs through the entire Intertextuality Pair corpus.
Navigate by Method
- Redemptive-Historical Progression — 71 Trajectory Tables
- Promise-Fulfillment — 77 Trajectory Tables
- Typology — 174 Trajectory Tables
- Analogy — 43 Trajectory Tables
- Longitudinal Theme — 114 Trajectory Tables
- New Testament References — runs through the Intertextuality Pairs Index (not a TT category)
- Contrast — 76 Trajectory Tables