Next we move on to the types as teaching illustrations in the scriptures. Let's take a moment to lay a study foundation:

It is the !opinion! of this author that the whole of scripture represents an unbroken document from Genesis1 straight through to Revelation 22. The author supports this opinion with the following facts:

• the original Hebrew portion of the Holy Scriptures contained no vowels, spaces, punctuation, chapters or verses. All of these things were added at later dates by translators in an effort to render Holy Scripture a more readable document for the purpose of all inclusive lay-study.
• The Bible was written over a span of 1500 years by forty different human authors in three different languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek), on hundreds of subjects. And yet there is one consistent, noncontradictory theme that runs through it all: God's redemption of humankind. Clearly, Statistical probability is a powerful indicator of the trustworthiness of Scripture.
• John Charles Ryle, the Evangelical Bishop of Liverpool, argued in one of his many tracts,
  "one golden chain runs through" the entire Bible: no salvation excepting by Jesus Christ.
     The bruising of the serpent's head foretold in the day of the fall, -- the clothing of our first parents with skins, -- the sacrifices of Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, -- the passover, and all the particulars of the Jewish law, -- the high-priest, -- the altar, -- the daily offering of the lamb, -- the holy of holies entered only by blood, -- the scapegoat . . . all preach with one voice, salvation only by Jesus Christ.

Stan Telchin concludes his book, Betrayed, with a brief discussion of the number of prophesies fulfilled by Jesus the Christ—as Messiah. He tells the reader there are 456 prophesies that apply to the Messiah. Of these he cites eight, that lead to a calculation of the odds that any one person would fit all eight.
The chance that one person would fit all eight conditions is one in ten to the seventeenth power (10¹⁷).

To put this number into a visual analogy, one can think of putting 10¹⁷ silver dollars over the entire state of Texas, they will cover the state two feet deep. Mark one of these coins and randomly distribute the whole mass all over the state. Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he can pick up only one coin and say that this is the right one. What chance would he have of getting the right one?
Just the same chance the prophets would have had of writing these eight prophesies and having them all come true in any one man, from their day to the present time, providing they wrote them in their own wisdom.' (in other words, no help from G*d)

Telchin goes on and says: 'What then is the probability of one man fulfilling each and every one of the 41 prophecies listed below? [in his text] Astronomical!
And what chance would there be of fulfilling the 456 prophecies the Old Testament contains? Beyond comprehension!' The large number of examples are irrefutable proof that only one person, in all of history, can be accurately accused of being Messiah.

Below is a quick ref chart of some of the prophesies which point to one and only one man, throughout the Holy Scriptures.

Jesus the Christ as foretold by the Prophets

Messiah foretold as Redeemer/ seed of a woman	(Genesis 3:15; Galatians 4:4)
Seed of Abraham	(Gen. 22:18; Matt. 1:1)
Son of Isaac	(Gen. 21:12; Luke 3:23,24)
Son of Jacob	(Numbers 24:17; Luke 3:23,24)
He will be of the Tribe of Judah	(Gen. 49:10; Matt. 1)
Descendant of Jesse	(Isaiah 11:1; Luke 3:23,32)
Of the loins of David	(Psalm 132:11; Luke 1:32,68-70)
Prophet like unto Moses	(Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Acts 3:22,23)
He will perform miracles	(Isaiah 35:5,6a; Matt. 9:35)
He will teach parables	(Psalm 78:2; Matt. 13:34)
The son of God	(Psalm 2:7, Isaiah 9:6; Luke 1:32,35, Matt. 3:17)
The Birth, Bethlehem, foretold 700 years before the fact	(Micah 5:2; Luke 2:4-7)

Jesus the Christ as Messiah on Earth

Yeshua arrives by virgin birth	(Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:20-23, 2:1)
Escape to Egypt	(Hosea 11:1; Matt. 2:14)
Time of ministry	(Genesis 49:10; Luke 23:13-16)
Ministry in Galilee	(Isaiah 9:1,2; Matt. 4:12-16)
His triumphal entry	(Zechariah 9:9; Matt. 21:1-9)
He is sold for 30 pieces of silver	(Zech. 11:12; Matt. 26:47-50, 26:15)
Betrayed by a friend	(Psalm 41:9; John 13:18-19)
Forsaken by his disciples	(Zechariah 13:7; Matt. 26:31)
Dumb before his accusers	(Isaiah 53:7; Luke 23:9)
Spit upon and scourged	(Isaiah 53:5; Matt. 27:17-31)

Jesus the Christ as the perfect sacrifice for sin, Messiah's Crucifixion (30-34 CE)

His hands and feet pierced	(Psalm 22:16; Matt. 27:35)
His garments divided by lots	(Psalm 22:18; Matt. 27:35)
Mocked by his enemies	(Psalm 22:7,8; Matt. 27:41-42)
Gall and vinegar to drink	(Psalm 69:21; Matt. 27:34)
Prayed for his accusers and murderers	(Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:24)
Like a Passover lamb, not one bone was broken	(Psalm 34:20; John 19:36)
Crucified with thieves	(Isaiah 53:12; Mark 15:27)
Messiah as intercessor for human transgressors	(Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:34)
His forsaken cry	(Psalm 22:1; Matt. 27:46)
His side pierced	(Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34)
Buried with the rich	(Isaiah 53:9; Matt. 27:57-60, John 10:17-18)
Date of his death	(Daniel 9:24-26; Luke 18:31-34)
His resurrection	(Psalm 16:10; Matt. 28:9)
His Ascension (return to Heaven)	(Psalm 68:18; Luke 24:50,51)
The Messiah is the Lamb of God	(Isaiah 53:7; John 1:29)
He is High Priest	(Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 6:20)
He is a judge	(Isaiah 33:22; John 5:30)
He shall be King	(Psalm 2:6; Matt. 27:37)

The names and titles themselves attiributed to the Messiah as types, are mini-prophesies and that will most likely be our next project.