Shadows of Good Things or, The Gospel in Type

Though many are inclined to look with disfavor on any attempt at setting forth the Scripture types and their meaning because of the extravagances of some interpreters of the past, yet the fact remains that these types occupy a considerable place in God's Word and certainly were placed there for our instruction. In these are foreshadowed the grandest truths that ever entered into man's mind. An endeavor is made in the following pages to describe the types sufficiently to give a proper basis for showing their antitypical meaning. The aim is to present these Biblical types and their meaning in a practical manner so that the average reader will be able to understand them. This work does not profess to be exhaustive. Its brevity excludes a detailed description of all the types with the various technical points related to them. Neither is it possible in the narrow limits of this volume to give a lengthy discussion of the various Christian truths typified. It is assumed that the reader is not entirely unacquainted with the Bible. But though the first aim is a popular treatment of typology, yet the subject is presented systematically and with a degree of fullness and reference that will, it is hoped, make it of value to the student of typology as a textbook.(From the Preface)This edition contains a new chapter entitled "About the Author." The new chapter contains 10 new photographs of the author. This book was published in 1922 by Gospel Trumpet Company. The author, Russell R. Byrum died in 1980.