If “a picture is worth a thousand words” then an acted out or spoken visual is all the more effective. Jesus Himself communicated often using parables. The study of how God used pictures to teach His people is usually called typology; which means expressing concepts or messages through the use of types or word pictures. It is a kind of visual theology. A type is a real person, place, object, or event: it is true, real, and factual—not a made-up allegory. The Old Testament features numerous foreshadows of Jesus’ person and work through the use of typology. The Passover lamb, Jonah and David, as well as other types act as a predictive pattern or resemblance. The same truth is found in the Old Testament picture and the New Testament fulfillment.