Most types are just like seeing a horse in a cloud.
It looks like a horse, but it isn't a horse.
Nor does God identify much of anything in Scripture as a type.
The ones he doesn't identify as a type are an opinion
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I think it takes an attitudinal shift, in that we have to 1 (Corinthians 2:16) "Have the mind of Christ. Having the mind of Christ means sharing the plan, purpose, and perspective of Christ, who fulfilled the commandments and always honored His Father and His mother.