were to look expectantly to the fulfillment of the promise of redemption. We see that in Eve naming Cain. We are told in Genesis 4:1, “Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, ‘I have acquired a man from the Lord.'” In faith, Eve was hoping that God had fulfilled His promise to give her a Redeemer, though nothing could have been further from the truth. The expectation of the Redeemer is bound also to the establishment of the covenantal line from which Christ would come. Seth stands at the head of that covenantal line. Enoch was a type of Christ in that “he walked with God and was not.” Enoch was an example of exceptional uprightness. In his being taken away to heaven bodily he prefigured the bodily ascension of Christ who “walked with God and was not.” The bodily ascension of Enoch prefigures the resurrection and ascension of Jesus–as well as the bodily resurrection of all those united to Christ by faith. Noah was a type of Christ in that he served as a sort of “second Adam;” he was not “The second Man,” or “the Last Adam,” but was a type of the One to come. Just as God had given Adam creation mandates to be fruitful and multiply so He gave Noah mandates. The Lord had given Adam instruction concerning what he could eat. So too Noah received instruction concerning food. Noah would typically be the federal representative of a new humanity. Jesus is THE federal head of the new humanity. Noah’s name meant “rest.” His father named him “Rest,” saying, “This one will give us rest from the ground that the Lord God has cursed.” Noah only brought rest in a typical sense when he walked off of the Ark with his family to inhabit a typical new creation. But Christ, the greater Noah, actually gives rest to the souls of men and women (Matt. Christ alone has secured the new creation through His death and resurrection. The Lord preserved mankind the flood in order to fulfill His promise (Gen. 3:15) to send the “seed” of the woman to crush the head of the Serpent. He also preserved Noah on the Ark because the Redeemer was in his loins–so to speak (Luke 3:23,
9. Born of a virgin Isa. 7:14 Matt. 1:18; Luke 2:7 10. He was called Immanuel Isa. 7:14 Matt. 1:22-23 11. Born in Bethlehem of Judea Mic. 5:2 Matt. 2:1; Luke 12. Great men shall come and bow down to Him Psa. 72:10-15 Matt. 2:1-11 13. Children slaughtered, that He might be killed Jer. 31:15; Matt. 2:16-18 14. Introduced by John the Baptist Isa. 40:3; Mal. 3:1 Matt. 3:1-3; Luke 1:17 15. Was anointed by the Holy Spirit Psa. 45:7; Isa. 11:2; 41:1 Matt. 3:16-17; John 3:34; Acts 10:38 16. He was a prophet like unto Moses Deut.18:15-18 Acts 3:20-22 17. He was sent as a deliverer to the people Isa. 41:1-3 Luke 4:16-21; Luke 4:43 18. He is the light to Zebulun and Naphtali Isa. 9:1-3 Matt. 4:12-16 19. He comes to the temple and cleanses it Hag. 2:7-9; Mal. 3:1 Luke 19:45;John 2:13-16 20. His poverty Isa. 53:2 Mark 6:3; Luke 9:58 21. He was meek and with ostentation Isa. 42:1-2 Phil. 2:7-9 22. His compassion Isa. 40:11; 42:3 Matt. 12:15-20; Heb. 4:15 23. Was without Isa. 53:9 1 Pet. 2:22 24. Great zeal for the house of God Psa. 69:9 John 2:17 25. He taught by the use of parables Psa. 78:2 Matt. 13:34-35 26. He wrought miracles Isa. 35:5-6 Luke 7:18-23 Rejected by His brethren Psa. 69:8; Isa. 53:3 John 1:11; John 7:5
numbered among thieves 44. They gave Him gall and vinegar Psa. 69:21 Matt. 27:39-44 45. He was cruelly mocked Psa. 22:7-8; Matt. 27:39-44 46. He suffered alone; even the Father's presence was withdrawn Isa. 63:1-3;Psa. 22:1 Matt. 27:46 47. They parted His garments them and cast lots for His vesture Psa. 22:18 Matt. 27:35 48. He thus became a curse for us, bore our reproach Psa. 22:6; 79:7; 9:20 Rom. 15:3; Heb. 13:13; Gal. 3:13 49. He made intercession for the murderers Isa. 53:12 Luke 23:24 50. After His death they pierced Him Zech. 12:10 John 19:34-37 51. But did not a bone of His body Ex. 12:46; Psa. 34:20 John 19:33-36 52. He was buried with the rich Isa. 53:9 Matt. 27:57-60 53. His flesh did not see corruption Psa. 16:8-10 Acts 2:31 54. He rose from death the third day, according to the Scriptures Psa. 16:8-10 Luke 24:6; 24:31; 24:34 55. He ascended into the heavens Psa. 68:18; 24:7-9 Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9 56. He became a priest after the order of Melchizedek, who was Psa. 110:4; Zech. 6:12-13 Heb. 5:5-6
king and priest at the same time 57. He received for Himself a kingdom that embraces the whole world Psa. 2:6; Dan. 2:44; 7:13-14; Luke 1:32; John 18:33-37; Matt. 28:18-19; Phil. 58. His law went forth from Zion and His word from Jerusalem Isa 2:1-3; Mic. 4:12 Luke 24:46-49; Acts 2:1-40 59. The Gentiles should be admitted into His service Isa. 11:10; 42:1;Psa. 2:8 John 10:16; Acts 10:44-48; Rom. 15:9-12 60. The righteousness of His reign Isa. 9:6-7; Psa. 45:6-7 John 5:30; Rev.19:11 Hermeneutics by D. R. Duncan. Cincinnati, n.d. pp. 395-99.