I have contended for years that man is a creature of habit. We get up every morning and follow the same routine, day in and day out. Our lives are patterns.

Imho, God, in His infinite wisdom, gave us patterns to find our way. Typology defines those patterns and I find them quite comforting because I do believe they confirm we are on the straight and narrow.

Can’t wait to get my hands on the book.

I just added a phrase to this post. I hereby register the trademark Systematic Typology.

Take Psalm 1. The normal conundrum would make you choose between:

a) A nice short Psalm contrasting a righteous lifestyle (moralism)

b) Only one man is consistently like this whose name is Jesus (straightforward typology).

The thing that Jordan (et al) notice is that you really don’t have to choose. The themes of men and trees bearing fruit, planted by streams of water and so on are so prominent and connected throughout the Bible that you can’t separate a) from b).

John Frame showed me that all of systematics is interconnected (multiperspectivalism). Jordan et al showed me that all of Biblical history/symbolism is connected and structured.

I just read your ‘about me’ section on the right. I’m pleased to say that I’m a trained musician.