based on the success or failure (I know not
which) of the ministry of the prophets. They
have no Divine significance whatever. But with
the intelligent Christian these types are "the
word of the beginning of Christ." He turns to
the New Testament to find the doctrine relating
to each one of them, and he turns back to the
Pentateuch, as to a key-picture, to make sure that
he has overlooked nothing in the doctrinal teach-
ing of Christianity. If, for example, as we have
seen, he reads of Christ as a Sin-bearer, he
studies the Sin-offering; if he reads of the
"lamb" of our redemption, the Passover; if of
the blood of the New Covenant by which
we are sanctified, and of which the cup of the
Lord's Supper is the sign and emblem, then the
twenty-fourth chapter of Exodus unfolds its depth
of meaning. ¹

These paragraphs are humbly offered as
instances of true criticism in contrast with the
criticisms of the critics. Such instances might
be multiplied indefinitely. And in such proofs
of the absolute accuracy and hidden unity of
Scripture, the Christian finds overwhelming
cumulative evidence of its Divine origin and
authority.

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