Cain provides John with a type of the children of the devil, and the world's hatred

(I John 3: 9-13).

Abel's offering provides a type of the blood of Christ, which speaketh better things

than the blood of Abel (Heb. 12: 24).

Noah, the Ark, the flood, the number of those saved, the character of the times, and

the angelic sin and fall associated with the days of Noah are referred to as

typical (Matt. 24: 37; I Pet. 3: 20; II Pet. 2: 5).

Melchisedec, who appears in the record of Scripture, having neither pedigree nor

term set to the length of his priesthood; without any record of his birth or

death; yet remarkably great by the fact that Abraham made an offering to him

of a tithe of the spoils and received in return his blessing; all these items are

gathered up in  Heb. 5:-7:  to show by the type, the infinitely greater

Priesthood of Christ.

Joseph. The life of Joseph is marvelously full as a type of Christ. Beloved by his

father, sent to his brethren who hated him, sold by Judah (Judas in the N.T.)

for silver, lost to sight for years, imprisoned for a crime he did not commit,

between two other prisoners, one of whom was restored and one hanged,

like the two malefactors, finally the instrument of deliverance to his brethren,

who repented and acknowledged their sin, and especially indicated by Stephen

in his speech as a type of the Lord Who, like Joseph, "the second time" will be

acknowledged by His brethren.

From typical men, we may turn to typical observances, with which the religion of

Israel was replete.

The Passover. "Christ our Passover sacrificed for us" (I Cor. 5: 7).

The Leaven. "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as

ye are unleavened" (I Cor. 5: 7).

The Firstfruits. "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of

them that slept" (I Cor. 15: 20).

Pentecost. "When the day of Pentecost was fully come" (Acts 2: 1).

"This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel" (Acts 2: 16).

Tabernacles. "The last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying,

if any man thirst, let him come unto Me" (John 7: 7).

The "End" of the age.  The Sunteleia (used in Matt. 13: 39, 40, 49; 24: 3;

28: 20 and Heb. 9: 26), the word used was the title given to the third

feast of the year, "the feast of the ingathering, which is in the end of the year,

when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field" (Exod. 23: 14-16).

The experiences of Israel in the wilderness, we have already seen were "examples",

and we tabulate a few: