Patterns, Shadows, Figures & Examples
Learn how Scripture establishes comparisons and how to distinguish explicit text from an observed parallel.
Start Foundation StudyTest what you have learned, one question at a time, and anchor every answer in Scripture.
Learn how Scripture establishes comparisons and how to distinguish explicit text from an observed parallel.
Start Foundation StudySin → repentance & faith → born again → newness of life → works and fruit.
Start QuizConviction → godly sorrow → turning → obedience → fruit.
Start QuizThe need for new birth, water, Spirit, burial and resurrection, and newness of life.
Start QuizHearing → believing → obedience → living faith → good works.
Start QuizRaised → dead to sin → alive unto God → renewed → fruit.
Start QuizGod is holy → separation → sanctification → holy conduct → fruit unto God.
Start QuizHear → understand → test → obey → interpret carefully. Jesus' own explanations remain stronger than inferred symbolism.
Start StudyWheat and tares, mustard seed, leaven, hidden treasure, pearl of great price, and the net — with Jesus' explanations kept primary.
Start StudyWatch, be ready, remain faithful through delay, and be found doing when the Master returns.
Start StudyAdam and Christ through disobedience/obedience, condemnation/righteousness, death/life, and earthy/heavenly.
Start StudyBondage → lamb → blood → judgment passes over → deliverance → Christ our Passover.
Start StudySea, manna, Rock, testing, disobedience, judgment, and Paul's explicit statement that these events were examples written for our admonition.
Start StudyPattern shown to Moses, earthly sanctuary, priestly approach, veil, restricted access, and Hebrews' explicit figure/shadow interpretation.
Start StudyPriests, offerings, blood, repeated service, limited access, and Hebrews' contrast with a better priesthood and one sacrifice.
Start StudyDistinguish personal names, titles, offices, roles, authority, and operation.
Start StudyTrace the word as spoken, written, heard, received, obeyed, abiding, fruitful, and — where John explicitly says it — made flesh.
Start StudyRenewal, teaching, guidance, revelation, power, gifts, leading, helping, sanctification, and fruit.
Start StudyTrace commandments from their original setting into later Scripture without automatically abolishing or automatically transferring them unchanged.
Start StudyA focused study of the covenant words at Sinai and how Jesus and the apostles cite, deepen, and apply them.
Start StudyJeremiah's new-covenant promise traced through Hebrews, heart-writing, knowledge of God, forgiveness, and obedience.
Start StudyThe blessings Jesus taught and the character, hope, and endurance of the kingdom.
Start StudyEndurance, spiritual warfare, God's armour, prayer, watchfulness, and the good fight of faith.
Start StudyMinistering spirits, named messengers, limits, service, and the command to worship God rather than the messenger.
Start StudyGod's strength, the whole armour, non-carnal weapons, prayer, watchfulness, and resistance.
Start StudyThe image of Daniel 2, Daniel's inspired kingdom interpretation, the divided stage, and God's everlasting kingdom.
Start StudyWoman, child, dragon, Michael, heavenly war, persecution, preservation, and the faithful remnant.
Start StudyRise, authority, worship, image, coercion, mark, economic restriction, and Scripture-first prophetic guardrails.
Start StudyWHAT DOES IT SAY? → WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN CONTEXT? → WHERE DOES SCRIPTURE COMPARE IT? → WHAT CAN WE SAFELY CONCLUDE?
Newer studies use three difficulty levels: Foundation, Discernment, and Mastery. In Mastery, one incorrect answer ends the attempt after showing the Scripture correction.