across time does not occur incrementally from the original type to each installment and then to Christ, as if there is a straight line of increase. Rather, escalation fully occurs with Christ’s coming. The previous typological patterns point forward to the greater one to come (Rom. 5:14), but the greater aspect is realized only in Christ and then extended to his people. For example, Adam is a type of Christ, and “other Adams” arise, yet these “Adams” (e.g., Noah, Abraham, Israel, David) fail in their