Mary Foreshadowed: Considerations on the Types and Figures of Our Blessed Lady in the Old Testament
Mariology at its finest, €œMary Foreshadowed€ is another €œCatholic Classic€ digitized by Keeping It Catholic (KIC). Just as Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, was foreshadowed in the Old Testament, so was Mary. Just as God prepared the way for His only begotten Son, so did He prepare the way for the Virgin who would be His Mother.
Marvel over God€s abiding Providence in the Old Testament€s central figure types (Eve, Paradise, Noah's Ark, the Rainbow, Sarah, Rebecca, Jacob's Ladder, Rachel, the Burning Bush, Miriam, the sister of Moses, the Ark of the Covenant, Gideon's Fleece, Abigail, the Tower of David, Solomon's Throne, Solomon's Mother, the House of Wisdom, the Spouse of the Canticles, the Lily, the Rose, the Dove, the Cloud, and the Aurora of the Canticles) €"all of them foreshadowing the Virgin Mary, Mother of God€"€œthe woman€ prophesied by God in Genesis 3:15 and Apocalypse 12:1.