Awesome Allegories

“On the third day… Abraham said unto his young men… I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you… And Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a Lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together… By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son… In thy Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed” (Genesis  22:4-18).  “The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed… When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman... by promise, which things are an allegory” (Galatians 3:8, 4:4-24). 

The allegories in God’s Word

Are rich with truth that they unfold. 
Events which truly had occurred
Were types of Jesus Christ foretold. 

We see our Savior’s resurrection,

Portrayed upon “the third day” then,
For Abraham gave clear direction: 
“I and the lad… will come again.”

As Isaac speaks to Abraham,

We see our Savior sacrificed,
As God provides “Himself a Lamb,”
An allegory clear of Christ.

Read carefully each allegory

Embedded in these sacred pages,
For therein is our Savior’s glory
Portrayed for us throughout the ages!

The Scripture thus foresaw it all

As God displayed His great salvation. 
When Abraham obeyed His call,
God used him as an illustration.

These allegories have an end

As shadows of reality,
For in due time our God would send
His Son to die at Calvary. 

In Christ we see the promised Seed

By whom the nations would be blest,
The Word made flesh has come indeed,
And all who trust Him shall find rest. 

O Lord, we thank You for the treasure

In allegories here displayed
As we behold with joyful pleasure
The things concerning Christ portrayed.

We praise Your name, our Lord and Savior,

For awesome portraits found so true
In allegories of Your favor
Foretelling types fulfilled in You.