A type is a representation of one thing by another. Adam was a type of Christ (Rom. 5:14) and so was Isaac (Heb. 11:19). The Passover was a type of Christ (1 Cor. 5:7). There are many types in the Bible, and most of them are too extensive and deep to be listed.
An example of a typology follows: Isaac a type of Jesus.
TOPIC | ISAAC | JESUS | |
Only begotten Son | Genesis 22:2 | John 3:16 | |
Offered on a mountain, hill | Genesis 22:2 | Matt. 21:10 | |
Took donkey to place of sacrifice | Genesis 22:3 | Matt. 21:2-11 | |
Two men went with him. | Genesis 22:3 | Mark 15:27, Luke 23:33 | |
Three-day journey. Jesus: three days in the grave | Genesis 22:4 | Luke 24:13-21 | |
Son carried wood on his back up hill | Genesis 22:6 | John 19:17 | |
God will provide for Himself the lamb | Genesis 22:8 | John 1:29 | |
Son was offered on the wood | Genesis 22:9 | Luke 23:33 | |
Ram in thicket of thorns | Genesis 22:13 | John 19:2 | |
The seed will be multiplied. | Genesis 22:17 | John 1:12, Isaiah 53:10 | |
Abraham went down, Son didn’t, “not mentioned.” | Genesis 22:19 | Luke 23:46 | |
Servant gets bride for son | Genesis 24:1-4 | Eph. 5:22-32, Rev. 21:2, 9, 22:17 | |
The bride was a beautiful virgin. | Genesis 24:16 | 2 Cor. 11:2 | |
Servant offered ten gifts to bride* | Genesis 24:10 | Rom. 6:23, 12; 1 Cor. 12:4-31 |