pattern, which was informed by a promise, as readers we begin to sense that we are dealing with a sequence of events (a type, pattern, or schema) that the biblical authors saw to be significant, even if they were puzzled by it (cf. 1 Pet. 1:10–12). The repetition of these patterns creates a kind of template that represents the type of thing God does or the type of thing that happens to God’s people. When we start thinking about what typically happens, we are dealing with typology, and since this