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INTRODUCTION
Because typology is a subject of much discussion and because there aredifferences of opinion concerning the meaning of types, it has seemed bestto divide the material in this book into three groups.
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The passages marked with the letter (a) are pure types, plainly describedas such and referred to as such in the Scripture. There is no question aboutthem.
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Those marked (b) seem to be types because of their use and because theevident meaning they convey.
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Those marked (c) are passages in which there may be a question as towhether or not they are types. The descriptions given of these passages areoffered only as suggestions of lessons which may be learned from them.The writer claims no superior knowledge whatever in regard to theirmeaning and will be quite happy for others to have their own thoughtsabout them. There will be no spirit of criticism in the matter.Sometimes a number of separate words are used to describe more or lessthe same thing. These have been designated as types, symbols, signs,shadows, representations, pictures, figures and patterns, in order to makethem more lucid for the average reader. The author has refrained frommaking final decisions in these passages under class (c) and has left it to thestudent to settle in his or her own mind as he or she pursues their study.In presenting this compendium of types, shadows, signs and symbols, aneffort has been made to furnish, for the Bible student, a fairly completeexplanation of the Scripture passages. I realize that the descriptions do notfully cover the subject, for the Word of God is boundless, limitless andmeasureless.If the reader should find other symbolical meanings than those given in thebook, it will be a cause for thanksgiving. If he or she should differ in his orher opinions from those herein presented, there will be no criticism. If anyone should feel that the explanations are not sufficiently clear, then Ishall hope that he will add to the information given.
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