The main question is how Christians read the Old Testament and the references to the self-revelation of the triune God in Jesus Christ, how these scriptures of Israel relate to the church and how they can the New Testament supports the orthodox teaching of Jesus (p. 732). Many questions about typologies and allegories arise today as in the past. A typology in Christian theology that is often seen in the Old Testament and New Testament is the "Day of the Lord" (Joel 2:31 and Acts 2:20), however this single event has multiple manifestations. Another typology is the Servant Song typology found in Isaiah. Isaiah identifies himself as the servant in Isaiah 50:9, but in Isaiah 53 we see that the servant is identified as Jesus. Isaiah identifies Israel as the servant in Isaiah 49:3. This use of servant seems to reflect the book of Isaiah itself, with some of its prophetic and other historical writings. Another typology is the Babylon of the Old Testament (Isaiah 13:19, 14:4; 21:9; 48:14; Ezekiel 12:13, 21:19; Jeremiah 27:17, 38:23, 50:1 ,13, 23 51:1,8,41,…), which was a real place, but the Babylon of the NT (1 Peter 5:13 and Revelation 14:8 17:5) is generally seen as prophetic. With the presence of typologies in Scripture, the study of Scripture must be done in such a way that attention is paid to identifying these typologies and allegories. We must have our eyes open when we read the Scriptures to see these connections between the OT and
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