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I think I understand you , Dan. You seem to be speaking more toward the typololgy of the Old Testament rather than prophecy, strictly speaking. In that there was a recognition of a "typological" fulfillment of even more of the OT by the apostolic writers, we would certainly agree.
When, for example, Hosea writes (11:1), in the midst of a judgment denunciation of Ephraim, "Out of Egypt I called my son," Matthew (2:15) understands Hosea to be prophesying of Christ.
But in this way: even Hosea is reflecting on Israel's past, and God is saying something about his calling Israel, his son, (Ex. 4:23) out of Egypt. Christ is the embodiment of all that prefigurement; he is ISRAEL.
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