There are many types, or symbols, or illustrations, however you wish to refer to them, in the Old Testament. They give concrete expression to the spiritual realities of the new covenant.

We have identified four major types:

The seven feasts of the Lord.

The seven furnishings of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

The seven days of creation.

The seven stages of the journey of Israel from Egypt to Canaan.

Each of these four great types tells us something about God's plan of redemption. God's plan of redemption begins when we are in the moral image of Satan and have Satan's spirit working in us. God's plan of redemption concludes when we are in the image of Jesus Christ, in spirit, soul, and body and living in untroubled rest in God through Christ.

God's plan of redemption can be viewed in seven steps. These seven steps are not seven rungs on a ladder but as seven facets of one diamond. The diamond is Christ and so when you have Christ you have all of God's redemption. But it is in the working out that we encounter the seven stages of development.

Okay so far? Review if you need to.

The first feast of the Lord is Passover. The first furnishing of the Tabernacle was the Altar of Burnt Offering. The first of the days of creation was the giving of light. The first stage of Israel's journey was the exodus from Egypt.

Do you see how we did that?

Taken together we have a picture of redemption. We begin the plan of redemption when we accept the blood of God's passover Lamb, Jesus Christ, as the covering that protects us when God judges the demon gods of the world.

We begin the plan of redemption when we come to the Altar of Burnt Offering. We bow our knee at the cross of Jesus Christ and confess we cannot save ourselves. God will meet man only at Calvary. If we are too proud to humble ourselves and come to Calvary we cannot even begin the journey of redemption.

We begin the plan of redemption when God speaks light into our soul and we see the Lamb of God hanging on the cross of Calvary. If we accept the Spirit's gentle invitation we move into the plan of redemption and the light is separated from the darkness in us.

We begin the plan of redemption when we leave Egypt, the spirit of this present world. We must make up our mind once and for all that this world is not our home and we desire to enter the Kingdom of God.

Since we now are going to march through the remaining six stages of redemption, make sure you understand what we have written thus far. Go back over it until you see what we are getting at.

To be continued.