Method: Promise-Fulfillment

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Greidanus Method 2 of 6: Explicit verbal divine commitments in the OT that find fulfillment in Christ. The NT connection is carried by specific language of promise, oath, prophecy, or covenant commitment — not merely typological pattern.

77 Trajectory Tables using Promise-Fulfillment

• Abraham (Father of Faith)
• Book of Life (God's Record of the Elect)
• Brazen Laver (Cleansing for Service)
• Bronze Serpent (Lifted Up for Healing)
• Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration)
• Cain (Seed of Serpent)
• Ceremonial Uncleanness (Spiritual Defilement)
• Church as Israel (New Covenant People)
• Circumcision (Circumcision of the Heart)
• Conquest of Canaan (Victory in Christ)
• Consecration of Priests (Set Apart for Service)
• Covenant Meals (Fellowship with God)
• Covenant Violations (Prophetic Indictments)
• Cyrus (Gentile Deliverer)
• David (The King After God's Own Heart)
• Davidic Kingdom (Messianic Reign)
• Davidic Messianic Titles (Faithful Witness, Firstborn, Ruler of Kings)
• Day of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern)
• Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary)
• Eliakim (Key of David)
• Elijah (Prophet of Fire and Restoration)
• Eve (Mother of All Living)
• False Prophets (Way of Cain)
• Garden Commission (Extending Sacred Space)
• Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations)
• Hagar and Ishmael (Children of the Flesh)
• Hannah (Barren Mother of Promise)
• Hezekiah (Faithful Reformer King)
• High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session)
• Isaac (Child of Promise)
• Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger)
• Josiah (Reformer King Prophesied by Name)
• Judah's Scepter (Until Shiloh Comes)
• Kingdom of God (Stone Kingdom)
• Kingdom of Priests and Holy Nation
• Last Days Eschatology
• Legal Priesthood (Mediators and Ministers)
• Levitical Cities (Priestly Geography)
• Living Water (Spirit and Life)
• Marriage (Christ and His Bride)
• Melchizedek (Priest Forever)
• Miriam (Prophetess and Worshiper)
• Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me)
• Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character)
• New Creation (Cosmic Redemption)
• New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern)
• New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
• Oath of God (Unchangeable Counsel)
• Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb)
• Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)
• Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest)
• Purifications (Cleansing and Consecration)
• Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles)
• Rejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory)
• Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved)
• Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope)
• Righteous Branch (Messianic Sprout)
• Ruth (Gentile Bride)
• Sarah (Mother of Promise)
• Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring)
• Seth (Appointed Seed)
• Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH)
• Shepherd (Divine Shepherd Christology)
• Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins)
• Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom)
• Solomon's Temple (Glory of God's Dwelling)
• Son of Man (Danielic Figure and Divine Judge)
• Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
• Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation)
• Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement)
• These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)
• Tower of Babel (Division Reversed)
• Trespass-Offering (Restitution and Restoration)
• Two Covenants (Law and Promise)
• Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross
• Year of Jubilee (Ultimate Redemption)
• Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)