The Law: Type and Antitype

Meredith Kline's Kingdom Prologue has prompted me to think about the Old Covenant as Type in continuity and contrast with the New Covenant as Antitype particularly in reference to the Decalogue itself.  

The classic distinction of the Law as Moral, Civil and Ceremonial does have it's positive use; yet, the type/antitype (referenced as T/A) reality of the Law and the New Covenant has frequently been limited to the Civil and Ceremonial aspects.   I believe that the T/A reference can also apply to the "moral" aspect as traditionally confined to the Decalogue itself.   The normative aspect of the Decalogue under the Old Covenant was absolute, and it was presented within the broader scope of a works covenant.   The works element was typological of both the Creation Covenant and the Covenant of Redemption between the Father and the Son with the following distinction:   For Adam, it was entirely probational; while for Christ, it was the fullfilment of all that he was.    For Israel, the Old Covenant was of works and the possession of God's blessing in the Land was dependant upon her obedience to it.    She could lapse in obedience to the "Do This" as did Adam; whereas Christ could do no such thing.   His blessing from the Father enabled him to do nothing else but obey through the abiding traid of Faith, Hope and Love.

For us, living in the overlap of the Already/Not-Yet, we are called to obey God in a new and living way.   While we indeed have the typology of the Old Covenant that reveals the New Covenant in shadowy form; we are called to renew our minds daily in the Spirit and to walk in the Spirit thereby fulfilling the Law of Christ.   This living the law of faith, hope and love is the means for conformity to the ethics of the Kingdom in it's already sense.    When we fail to do so, we experience the call to ask forgivenenss for our sins and trespasses of our Father in Heaven and of our fellow man through Christ.