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The Gospel is the Narrative and Fulfillment of the Law

The gospel is the narrative and fulfillment of the law

and the Church is the repository of reality.

So the type was valuable in advance of the reality

and the illustration was wonderful before its elucidation.

So the people were valuable before the Church arose,

and the law was wonderful before the illumination of the gospel.

But when the Church arose and the gospel came to be,

the type, depleted, gave up meaning to the truth:

and the law, fulfilled, gave up meaning to the gospel.

In the same way that the type is depleted,

conceding the image to what is intrinsically real,

and the analogy is brought to completion through the elucidation of interpretation,

so the law is fulfilled by the elucidation of the gospel,

and the people is depleted by the arising of the Church,

and the model is dissolved by the appearance of the Lord.

And today those things of value are worthless,

since the things of true worth have been revealed.

For then the slaughter of the sheep was of value,

now it is worthless because of the Lord’s life.

The death of the sheep was of value,

now it is worthless because of the Lord’s salvation.

The blood of the sheep was of value

now it is worthless because of the Lord’s Spirit.

The dumb lamb was of value,

now it is worthless because of the son without spot.

The temple below was of value,

now it is worthless because of the heavenly Christ.