 All right. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our course, BC 106 on Interpreting Scripture. Welcome to everybody who's in the class. Let's pray and we'll get started. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this day. Thank you for this time to come and learn, study, and be equipped to write your Word, to rightly handle your Word. Father, we pray for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. We pray for the Holy Spirit to be our teacher, to illuminate our hearts and minds, to teach us, to help us understand and God to write these things upon the tables of our hearts, so that we might live by them. And even as we serve people, maybe do it well. Thank you, Father, in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. All right. Good morning, everyone. Welcome. We have been looking at various guidelines or instructions on how we must correctly interpret Scripture. Last week we spent time talking about grammar, about looking at the meaning of the word or the meanings of the words and then interpreting it in the correct context. So we went through some examples on correctly interpreting words, understanding the meaning, and then looking at how to correctly interpret them. And some of the things, just quickly to review, some of the things we said is that sometimes in the Hebrew or in the Greek a word could have multiple meanings. So you will have to choose the right meaning that's in that context. And also, sometimes the writer could have used it in more than one way. So you try to bring all the understanding of that word into the explanation of the text so that we can get a good understanding of the text. We looked at some examples. For instance, the word pneuma is in the Greek. It simply means wind, air. But that word pneuma is used to talk about the Holy Spirit, talk about the human spirit. It's also used to talk about evil spirit. Anything, spirit is the Greek word pneuma. So depending on the context, you know, okay, this is talking about the Holy Spirit. It's talking about the human spirit, or it's talking about evil spirit pneuma. And then there are times like we said from Galatians chapter 5 where it may be a little, it may not be very obvious, very clear, whether he's referring to the Holy Spirit or to the human spirit. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, goodness, temperance, faith. We said that. And we know in the context he's talking about flesh versus spirit, Holy Spirit. But we also know that it is we who bear the fruit. So when he says the fruit of the Spirit, which spirit is he specifically talking about? Is he talking about the Holy Spirit, or is he talking about the human spirit? And it is left open, meaning both ways it could be right. If you say it is the fruit of the Holy Spirit, yeah, it is what the Holy Spirit produces in us. If you say it is the fruit of the human spirit, it is true. That is also true, because it is we who bear the fruit. So in both ways it's fine. And so the way I would approach it is to embrace both explanations, because both are correct. So it's the Holy Spirit who produces that fruit through us, but we are the ones who will bear that fruit. So this we need to understand. Like that there are other words that we will need to study and correctly interpret. Today we're going to go forward. A few other things we'll see how much ground we cover. I'm going to go ahead and share the notes so that we can all see it. Today we'll go to lesson number seven, which is we're going to talk about figures of speech. Figures of speech. That means it's a phrase or it's a part of a sentence that is usually a comparison. We say in English a simile or a comparison, where the comparison is not literal, but it's expressing or conveying a meaning. So for instance, in English there are many, many figures of speech we use. We say, for example, it's raining cats and dogs. Somebody say, hey, it's raining hard, it's raining cats and dogs. That doesn't mean cats and dogs are literally falling from the sky. I start what we're literally meaning. What we're saying is very heavy. It's just a phrase we use in English. It's for whatever reason. I don't know when it started, but it's been something people use. It's raining cats and dogs. Or sometimes we say that person, oh man, he is such a pain in the neck. It doesn't mean you literally have pain in the neck. But what we are saying is that person is causing so much problem. So we say, oh, he's such a pain in the neck. It's a phrase. It's not literal. So like that, there are so many examples. Now in the Bible also there are such phrases because in every language, in every language, there are such phrases. And so if you know the language, you know that when the person is using a phrase like this, it's a figure of speech, then you know it's not literal. They're not meaning it literally. They're just using a figure of speech and you know what they actually mean. It's not the literal phrase, but you know what they actually are saying. So that again, we have to be very careful when we study the Word of God. And there are many such figures of speech and especially when it comes to prophetic scriptures, we will look at that separately where there are a lot of images, figures, and God uses that kind. He uses pictures. He uses figures to speak to us. So especially when it comes to prophetic text, you'll find a lot of figures. And then we have to interpret those correctly. We will come to that separately. But here I'm talking about general scripture. So how do we know if an expression is figurative or literal? How do we know it? Well, first you see if the literal makes sense. If the literal does not make sense, then you know it's a figure of speech. So for example, if somebody says it's raining cats and dogs, then what is a literal? Literal means cats and dogs are falling from the sky. Now that doesn't make sense. So then you know that is a figure of speech. It's not a literal. Because the literal is not, cannot be real, cannot be factual. So it's a figure of speech. So simple examples. Or secondly, the figurative is intended if the literal would involve an impossibility. It's impossible for it, the literal thing. So when John points to Jesus and says, behold, the Lamb of God, that doesn't mean Jesus was walking like a lamb. No, Jesus was a human, God who became man. But he was pointing to the man, the Lord Jesus Christ, and said, he is the Lamb of God. Now definitely that's figurative. He's saying this one is the Lamb of God. Doesn't mean he's a literal lamb. That's an impossibility. He's a man. He's human walking as a man. But he is going to do or he's going to fulfill what the Lamb of God would fulfill. So it's figurative. Or when God tells Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1.18 says, Jeremiah, I have made you an iron pillar and a brass wall. It's figure of speech. It doesn't mean Jeremiah is like a pillar. Suddenly he becomes like a pillar or he becomes like a wall. No, what God is saying is I have made you so strong. Nobody can push you down. I made you an iron pillar. I made you like a solid brass wall. Nobody can push you down. Or you might see in Isaiah 55 it says, the trees of the field will clap their hands. So God is telling his people, you will go out with joy. You will be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills will break forth into singing. And the trees of the field will clap their hands. That is not literal. It is figurative. Meaning God is going to bring you out with such great, there will be joy rejoicing everywhere. The mountains will clap their hands. The trees of the field will clap their hands. The mountains will sing for joy. It's figurative. So it's not literal. It's God is conveying a meaning. So the literal is not factual. It would be absurd. Or number four, we understand that a figurative sense, if the literal would demand some strange action. For example, Jesus said, unless you eat my flesh, and this is in John 6, unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no part in me. So you imagine a preacher preaching like a sermon like this. So he's got thousands of people listening to him and tells him, unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood. What is he saying? So obviously he's not meaning literal, that they will chop his body and everybody get a little piece. Or it won't be enough for the thousands of people anyway. And he's not talking about something literal. That would be terrible. But what he's talking about, he explains it later. It's like you being a part of me, coming into a spiritual union with Jesus Christ, abiding in him, living by his word. Those are the things he's actually meaning. You become so much a part of him. So the literal would be just, it's not normal. Or sometimes you'll find in Scripture, and also this is also true about prophetic scripture, that a figurative expression is used, but then the context will tell you what the literal meaning is. For example, in 1 Thessalonians 4, it talks about those who fall asleep, then in that same passage, it talks about those who have died in Christ. Those who fall asleep, God will bring with him. Now some people, they've taken that phrase, fallen asleep, and they've made a doctrine out of it. It's like, oh, when you die, it's like sleeping. Your body is there, your spirit is there, but that's wrong. Because you look in the rest of Scripture, when you die, if a believer dies, his spirit goes to be with Jesus. He doesn't sleep there. Paul said, to me to live as Christ, to die is gay. Why? Because I'm going to go be with Jesus. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. He's not sleeping somewhere here in the ground. Spirit is not sleeping. The spirit goes to be with Jesus. Very clear. But some people will take the figurative phrase used in 1 Thessalonians 4, and they come up with this doctrine of when a person dies, the spirit is sleeping somewhere in the ground. Crazy. Because they're not interpreting it correctly. That's a figurative phrase. In the context, it's very clear that their spirit has gone, a believer's spirit has gone up to be with the Lord, and the spirit is coming with the Lord. And they will receive glorified bodies, and you have to look at other passages of Scripture. You're understanding this? Figure of speech or simile or a comparison. That's also there in Scripture text. So how do we interpret these things? First of all, recognize that there is a figure of speech being used. So many New Testament examples, some more examples. 2 Timothy 2, 3 and 6. Paul talks about the Christian as being a soldier. So if you say, I am a soldier, I'm carrying a gun. Every believer must carry a gun. Keep on going and say it. Then that is applying a figure incorrectly. Paul never intended for believers to go around with arms, whatever the gun or knife or whatever. Somebody say, why are you carrying a gun? Paul said, I am a soldier. Finish. That's not what he meant. He's using a figure. He's using an example. You're like a soldier. You have to be disciplined and committed like that. Or athlete or farmer. So these are pictures, figures he's using for a Christian, for a believer. So it's not literal. So you recognize, hey, okay. And our example, Matthew 7, 6. Jesus said, do not give dogs. What a sacred. Don't throw pearls before pigs. Nobody's going to literally go here, take my chain pig. Let me put it around you. Nobody's going to do that in the right mind. Nobody will do it. So he's not talking about something literal. He's using that as a figure, example. Just like nobody will go and throw their necklace or give their costly pearl necklace to a pig. So don't give your spiritual things which are very precious. Don't throw it or don't put it in front of people who will have no value for it. Don't waste your time doing that. So understand that there is a figure of speech involved. And then try to, this is actually very simple. We do it automatically in our minds. Number two, the image and the non-image. That means the image, what is the picture? And who is it? Who is that being applied to? Example, Lamb is the image. Jesus is the non-image. The picture of the Lamb is being applied to Jesus. So image, non-image. So the believer, the soldier is the image. The believer is a non-image. So the picture of a soldier is applied to a believer. So image, non-image. So understand that and so on. So example in John 2.19, Jesus has destroyed this temple and I will raise it up in three days. So people didn't understand it. When Jesus said, destroy this temple and I will raise it up in three days. They said, what are you saying? This temple took more than 40 years to build. You are saying you destroyed some, three days you built it. But then he was talking about the temple of his body. He was not talking about the physical temple. So he is saying, you destroyed this temple, three days it will come back. So they didn't understand that. But here temple is the image. His body is the non-image. He is using that actually to refer to his body himself. So very important number three is understand what is the point of comparison. What is the comparison? So in Psalm 1, we are using that example here. God says, a person who meditates in his word, he will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water. His leaf will not wither. Whatever he does will prosper. So he will be like a tree, like a tree. Comparison, figure of speech. So what is God trying to convey through that picture? In this particular case, he's trying to say that a person who meditates in his word, he will be prosperous, he'll be flourishing, he'll be well watered, like that tree, fruitful, like that tree. So he's giving a picture of fruitfulness, of prosperity, of flourishing. He's saying that's the life of a person who meditates in his word. So that's the point that we must bring across from the image to the non-image. Sean? So can we take Revelation 3rd chapter verse 15 to 16 as an example where he talks about how you should not be either hot or cold. You should be the hot or cold and not look warm. I'll spit you out. Can you take that as an example for figure of speech? Yeah, that's it. So there are many, many such examples where you find many in the Bible. So many comparisons. So it's not literal. It's not like Jesus is vomiting all of us. It's a figure of speech. So I will vomit you out. Basically saying I just can't not tolerate such things. So that's the point of comparison. So many, many such comparisons. Number four, do not assume that a figure always means the same thing. Right? So the same figure can mean different things in different situations. Example, we know the lion. In one case, the lion talking about authority, boneless, dominion used for Jesus, the lion of the tribe of Judah. In another case, the lion talking about stealths, how he surprises his attacks is used for the devil. He's like a roaring lion. So the points of comparison are different. The same image is used. But the points are different. And I think he also told us that we should be cunning like a snake. In certain, when he talks about how we should be as believers, we should be gentle as a dove and we should be cunning as a snake. So yeah, in that context, it's telling that you should have that characteristic of a snake. Whereas in different contexts, you say that, you know, eat all Satan as you snake. Right. Yeah. So snake, right? It's used for different things, right? So a snake can be used for a believer in a good sense, be wise as servants. A snake can be used to talk about the devil. The snake in the Bible is also used to talk about evil men. You know, their tongue is like a snake and sounds it. So the context, the same image is used for three different things, right? Devils, believers being wise, evil men doing their cunning works, right? So different things like that. So yeah, so the same figure, point number four, the same figure could mean different things in different places. Number five, number five, very important. Place limits on the figure, on what points you transfer from the figure to from the image to the non-image. Example, Jesus lamb of God, oh lamb has four feet. So Jesus, something you said, lamb has wool. Jesus has wool or something. So then what happens is we are transferring points from the image to the non-image, which is not intended. Basically when John says he's a lamb of God, meaning he's going to be like the lamb in the Old Testament. We offer as a sin offering, as offering for sin, the spotless lamb of God. Perfect lamb offered as a sin offering. But we should not transfer other points of comparison, like four legs, wool, tail, full confusion, any full confusion, right? And there are many examples here that I just mentioned a couple. But Jesus said, I will come like a thief. I will come like a thief. Now, of course, what's the point of comparison? He'll come unannounced. So thief never says, hey, tonight I'm coming to your house, 10 o'clock I'm coming to steal something. He never says that. He'll come unannounced when we least expect. That's the point of comparison. So when the Bible says the Lord will come like a thief in the nights, the point of comparison is he's coming unannounced. Now, if some people say, hey, Bible said Jesus is like a thief. He'll come to steal, kill and destroy from you. Wrong. That image is used for the devil. The devil is a thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy. But when the Bible says that the Lord will come like a thief in the night, the point is he's coming unannounced when we don't expect. But we should not extend that image for other things. Oh, he will come suddenly to scare you and he will steal from you. Don't do all that. So there's so many examples. In Job 9, for instance, the Bible talks about the pillars of the earth tremble. Of course, there are no pillars. The earth is round. It's floating in space. It's not resting on pillars. So there you have to say, okay, that's just a figure of speech. It's not meant literally. It just means the foundation, the very core of the earth and so on. Let me just see if there are any questions from students who are online. All right. Any questions? All right. Jack. Jack in. I pronounce the name correctly. As a question, as we're learning about figure of speech, so will it help when we refer our dictionary and check the true actual meaning? Well, fortified city iron pillar and bronze wall to a building or nation to correlate, bring to imagine to what depth the Jeremiah's call from God was. Okay. Interesting question. So what would help years to look at the figure of speech? First of all, you start with the original context. So I'll start with the Hebrew or the Greek and start with what would this mean in that given context, right? So if you look at that, so because remember it was written in that language and that culture and in that context. So when we want to look at the background, go back to the Hebrew or go back to the Greek and say, for example, when we say Jesus lamb of God, generally, if you go to the English dictionary, the English dictionary might say lamb or Mary had little lamb or it may talk about, you know, innocence and childishness or whatever. But the correct understanding of that figure comes only from the biblical context or lamb of God. What is the context for that? You go back into the Old Testament or the Old Testament, you know, they had to bring a sin offering, right? So that gives us a more accurate interpretation of that figure as opposed to going to an English dictionary. So that would be my answer. Stay, you know, there's nothing wrong in using an English dictionary, of course, use it for its purpose. But in interpreting biblical figures, it's always good to stay within the biblical context and the biblical context, the language and the culture in which it was written, which would be Hebrew, Greek and so on. Okay, but very good question. Any other questions from those online? Any questions from those in person? Let me see. What is it, Anand? Sorry. So, okay. So the question here is, do not give what is holy to dogs. Yeah. So don't throw, like, don't give, so the context here is talking about spiritual things. So don't give spiritual things to those who will not value it. Yeah. Yeah. So that's basically like, so if somebody's not interested in listening, don't go and force it on them, you know, they won't value it. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to reach them. You pray for them, you share, but then you understand. There's no point in, you know, example, let's practical example. Suppose there's somebody who's not interested. I'm not going to go buy, you know, huge Bible and say, hey, you have to read it. They won't value it. They might just throw it off. So we might feel, oh, I've done a big thing, but they may just discard it. They may not value it. Right. So that's, you can apply it practically like that. Yeah, so. So same about the same verse. And at which point of time do you think like it feels like you're throwing pearls in front of pigs? Like which point you feel that way? Yeah. So when do we judge it? So suppose you're reaching out to some somebody and they reject, they push back. Right. So then you know, they're not open yet. So what we have to do is to pray for their heart to be opened. So when they're pushing back, when they're saying, don't talk to me, that's not the time to go and give them 10 trucks. That's like you're throwing pearls before science. That's the time to just go and pray for them. And that's the time to show, demonstrate through your life. You know, they can never prevent your life from speaking. They may reject the trucks. They may reject the Bible, but they can never prevent your life from speaking to them. Right. So if somebody says, hey, don't talk to me about it. I'm not interested. That's the time to realize, you know, I can pray for them. I can live my life in front of them. They'll always see my life. You know, they may not read a track or a Bible or a book that I give, but they're always seeing my life. So then at some point later when their heart is open, when they are receptive, then that's the time you can, you know, talk to them or give them something that they're willing to receive. Okay. So we should be sensitive and be respectful of people. Fine. So that was on figures of speech. Okay. Let's, so that's one. Let me close this. Figure of speech. Yeah. Question. Okay. Sorry. Say that again. Proverbs. Proverbs 26 and verse number four. Point five. Proverbs 26, four and five. It says, do not answer a fool according to his folly. Let's, let's you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly. Let's he be wise in his own eyes. So here's, here's a place. Here's an example where it's basically like no matter what you tell a fool. It's not going to matter. Right. If you verse four, if you speak at his level, you're making a fool of yourself. You're coming down to his level. If you speak, you know, something that's really wise, then what's going to happen? He's going to think that, oh, he is so smart. In other words, a fool never understands. He never gets it. So don't waste your time. If you go down to his level, you're spoiling yourself. You speak like a wise man, you're elevating him. He feels great. In other words, don't waste your time. He's not going to get it. Just leave him alone. That's the point. Got it? Sir, like most, most of the, some new testament like parables and all that are easy to interpret, but when it comes to like Old Testament, when it comes to like Isaiah or Ecclesiastes, like for example, in Ecclesiastes 4th chapter verse 4 to 6, he says that, I've also learned why people work so hard to succeed is because they envy their neighbors, but it is useless is like chasing the wind. They say that a man would be a fool to fold his hands and let himself starve to death. Perhaps so, but it is better to have only a little with peace of mind than to be busy all the time with both hands trying to catch the wind. So how do you interpret something like this? Which verses are you looking at? At last, his 4th chapter was 4 to 6. Okay. So, well, first is we need to understand the book of Ecclesiastes, right? That means this was written by King Solomon when he was in his bad state. So King Solomon began when he was very wise. That was the book of Proverbs. So a lot of wisdom there. Then he went into a decline, spiritual, moral decline. He went into a very bad state. So this book of Ecclesiastes is written during that time. So that's why he makes certain statements, which are an expression of a person in a bad state. He says vanity, vanity, all is vanity. Now that is not a true statement, right? Meaning he's saying everything is vain. Now everything is not vain because what God created is goods. You understand that? So when we read the book of Ecclesiastes, we have to understand the context who is writing. Then he was writing it and then interpret that in the rest of the light of Scripture. So the basic rule which we learned in the very beginning, every passage of Scripture has to be interpreted in the light of the rest of Scripture. So whatever you read in Ecclesiastes has to be interpreted in the light of the rest of Scripture, not independently. Like you don't take four verses and say, hey, what is the meaning of it? But this meaning has to be interpreted in the rest of the verse. So that's how we would handle the book of Ecclesiastes. So not only these verses, but the whole book, understanding that Solomon was writing and it's really an expression of what had happened in his life. So there's a reason why books like the book of Ecclesiastes, the song of Solomon is there in Scripture, revealing certain things to us and how God works even in those situations. Okay. Yes. Sorry. Yeah. So the word of God in the Bible, right? The word is compared to many things, fire, hammer, honey, rock, bread, water. So there are all these images of the words. So you follow the rules we just learned. Right. So when it's like bread, what is the point of comparison? What would it be? Yeah, it satisfies our hunger. Milk. The word of God is like milk. What are the points? You know, come point, so we have to think logically. There's one point of comparison. Fire, it burns char. It ignites, depending on the context. In this particular case, Jeremiah, he's talking about God's prophetic word was burning inside him. He couldn't contain it. He had to speak it. In another place, fire would be, it burns up the chaff. In Jeremiah again, in Jeremiah 23, God says, my word is like fire. It burns up the chaff. My word is like hammer. It breaks what's hard. Right. So all these are figures, images. And we have to logically bring out the point of comparison. So Holy Spirit, so many symbols. He's like rain. He's like water. He's like fire. He's like a dove. All these are figures for the Holy Spirit. Now you have to bring out the point of comparison. Is it okay to use pictures? Yeah. So for example, in many logos, they'll see a picture of a dove. Then we all understand dove represents Holy Spirit. Or they'll see fire. Or you'll see, of course, you see a cross. You see a Bible. These are just a picture communicates something. So there's nothing wrong in using those symbols or those pictures. They're communicating something. It's perfectly fine. Yeah. But usually nobody uses hammer. But hammer means the word goes like a hammer or sword. Some people use sword. God's word is like a sword. Yeah. So it's perfectly fine to use those. Okay. Let's move forward. Now we're going to talk about types and shadows. So chapter eight. Let me just, sorry, share my, share my. So type and shadow. Let me just introduce this. We'll go for a break and come back. Now imagine you're seeing the shadow of a tree. Okay. Of course you can see some shadows here. You can see the shadow of a desk and a chair. But imagine you're seeing the shadow of a tree. Now, when you see the shadow of a tree, often you recognize what that shadow represents. That means there is a tree. There is a little tree and you can see the shadow and say, oh, this shadow looks like a tree. You can recognize what the literal is through this by looking at the shadow. But there are limitations in the shadow by looking at the shadow. Can you tell what color leaves are on the tree? No. By looking at the shadow, we may not be all, we may not always be able to tell details. How many branches? How many leaves? What color? What color the flowers are? What color the fruit is? Maybe you can say if there was fruit hanging and you see round things or whatever you can, maybe you can say a little bit about what fruit, what kind of fruit is on the tree. But otherwise you won't know. So there are limitations with the shadow. The shadow has resemblance but it doesn't give all the details. And the shadow is pointing to the literal. And then when you come to the tree, then you can see so much more. Oh, the tree is actually so big. The tree has green leaves, so many branches, fruit, flowers, this, that. All the literal things you can, the details you see when you actually come in front of the tree. Got it. So in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, there are many what we refer to as type or shadow or prefigures. So when somebody says type, shadow or prefigure, it's pointing to something, it's pointing to the literal. So when you come into the New Testament, that's where you see the reality, you see the fulfillment, you see the literal. Type and shadow. Example. So let's go into the details. Type, or if you say the shadow or the prefigure, the prefiguring. It has some resemblance like we saw. It has some similarity. It's pointing to something. It has historical reality. That means those things actually happens or were there, that person was there or that thing happened, that event happened. It's a prefiguring. It is showing ahead of time something. It uses that to show point to something else of the literal that was to come. There is also a heightening, meaning like we said, heightening means details. Details come in the literal, in the actual person or the literal, but the literal has much more details than the shadow. OK. Types have divine design. That means God said. It's not something you and I pick up. So I can't go and say David is a type of Christ. If I say that, it's wrong because it's not mentioned. But when God says something, when God said, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the will, when Jesus himself said, as Moses lives up the serpent in the wilderness, so will the Son of man. The Lord is pointing to something in Scripture. That's a true type. So for a type, it has to be divine. This means it has to be mentioned in the Bible. You and I cannot go and simply say this is a type. You understand it? So the New Testament must say that represents this. Example, Passover lamb. Why do we say the Passover lamb represents Jesus? Because the New Testament explicitly says, 1 Corinthians 5, Christ of a Passover is sacrificed for us. So that is a divine design. The Scripture is pointing to it. So some people say David represents Jesus. Goliath represents Satan. Now that is wrong. That's not the way to preach and teach the Word of God. Because that is not mentioned in the Bible. Now nobody is going to stone you for saying that. People would clap and say, Hallelujah. But that is not the correct way to preach and teach the Word of God. Because that is not given in Scripture. There's coming up another lesson. It's coming up on allegorizing. That means we are assigning things, meaning to things that God never intended. That's allegorizing and we shouldn't do it. We'll come to that chapter later. But the point I want to point out is a type and a shadow is stated in Scripture. Because it's stated in Scripture, we say it. Example, we can say Melchizedek is a type of Christ. Why? Because the writer of Hebrews states it. So we're not simply making it up. If the writer of Hebrews never said that, and if it was not stated, we simply came and said, Melchizedek is a type of Christ, then that would be wrong. Because it's not stated. If it was not stated, but because it is stated, we can say Melchizedek is a type of Christ. You're getting it? Or we can say the rock that Moses struck is a type of Christ. Why? Because it's stated in 1 Corinthians 10. That rock is Christ. It's stated. So that the rock now becomes a type, a type of Christ. You're understanding? So we see many like this. I'm just giving you a few. But point number five, divine design, meaning it has been explicitly stated in Design number six, combine the two. It's designated by God. We will look at some examples. So there are three things I want us to keep in mind. I'll mention this. We'll go for a break. There are types, illustrations, and there is allegorizing. Allegorizing is something you should not do. But we're mentioning it here as an example of what we should not do. Let's go for a break. We'll come back and I'll explain this further. Let's go for a break. Thank you.