![]() ![]() We cannot emphasize enough how important it is to know that types and shadows in the scriptures point to Christ and His doctrine. Alma wrote, “I would that ye should understand that these things are not without a shadow for as our fathers were slothful to give heed to this compass (now these things were temporal) they did not prosper even so it is with things which are spiritual” (Alma 37:43). The principles governing the operation of the Liahona are the same principles that allow the word of God to function in our lives (Alma 37:43–47). Alma spoke of how obeying the compass called Liahona was a shadow of giving heed to the word of Christ. Shadows, on the other hand, connect two or more persons or events through common themes.Īlma connected themes in speaking to his son Helaman. Recall that types link two or more historical persons or events through common characteristics. Types and shadows may thus be used interchangeably to some degree. While many specifics of the real object are missing from the shadow, there is enough similarity to see that the shadow is an extension of the form of the object. The characteristics of the projected shadow resemble the object itself. When light shines upon an object, that object casts a shadow, which reaches beyond the place of the object. In contrast, an example of a type is the literal figure of Melchizedek as a king and a priest pointing to Jesus Christ as our literal king and priest (see Hebrews 7 Alma 13). The allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5 is a classic example of the metaphorical concept of caring for an olive vineyard as it is compared to the literal scattering and gathering of the house of Israel. While comparisons and connections in allegories are more indirect and implicit, types are historical realities. ![]()
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