Comments on: The Exodus of Abraham http://historiasalutis.com/2009/07/15/the-exodus-of-abraham/ Resources about biblical theology and its relation to the theological encyclopedia. Sat, 18 May 2013 03:40:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nicholas T. Batzig http://historiasalutis.com/2009/07/15/the-exodus-of-abraham/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Nicholas T. Batzig Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:04:28 +0000 http://www.historiasalutis.com/2009/07/15/the-exodus-of-abraham/#comment-205 David,

Very interesting thoughts. I have done more work on the typology of Israel in relation to Christ than I have in archetypal relations between Abraham and Israel. I do think you are on to something with the kings observation. Do you recommend any works that you recommend on the subject? As of now, I have only found John Fesko in Reformed circles and some Jewish Rabbi’s from the Middle Ages in the non-Christian camp.

]]> By: David Schrock http://historiasalutis.com/2009/07/15/the-exodus-of-abraham/comment-page-1/#comment-203 David Schrock Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:50:30 +0000 http://www.historiasalutis.com/2009/07/15/the-exodus-of-abraham/#comment-203 Discerning the typical reference here, I believe, is instructive for putting the Bible together and does demonstrate a compelling way in which Scripture moves forward in time re-capitulating earlier events, or it may be that in this case Moses is recording the Abramic exodus in a way that evokes faith in the people of God wandering in the desert. Either way, or both, it shows how earlier acts of God in Scripture foreshadow later events. I remember taking a class with Richard Pratt, who introduced me to Biblical Theology, and he made this same observation in Genesis 12. Good stuff!

I would be curious to know, if you see a similar prefiguration of kingship in Abraham when he defeats the 5 kings that have kidnapped his nephew, Lot? Is the same principle at work in Genesis 14:1ff that is at work here?

Dave

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