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Concise Bible Dictionary
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The word
antitype does not occur in the AV (KJV), but the
Greek
word a ἀντίτυπον occurs in
Hebrews 9:24
24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: (Hebrews 9:24)
, translated “figures,” and in
1 Peter 3:21
21
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 3:21)
, translated “like
figure
.” It is that which answers to a
type
, as a wax impression answers to a
seal
: if the device is sunk, the impression will be raised, or vice verSam. To take a simple but beautiful example, a
lamb
was offered up for a burnt
offering
both morning and
evening
under the
law
; and in the
New
Testament
we read, “Behold the Lamb of
God
, which taketh away the
sin
of
the world
.” It is plain that the morning and evening lamb in
Israel
were
types
, and the
death
of
the
Lord
Jesus
was the antitype. In
Hebrews 9:23
23
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. (Hebrews 9:23)
, the “heavenly things” are the type, and “holy places” (
Heb. 9:24
24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: (Hebrews 9:24)
), the antitype, or what corresponded to the pattern. In
1 Peter 3:21
21
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 3:21)
, eight souls were saved through water, of which
baptism
is the figure, or what answers to it. Doubtless there are many other antitypes in the New Testament, but every antitype must have a type to which it corresponds, though the correspondence may not lie on its surface. Where
scripture
is silent as to types and antitypes the
teaching
of
the
Holy
Spirit
is needed, or grievous error may result in associating two things together which have no
spiritual
connection, though
names
and words may seem to correspond.
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