That it was foretold in symbol, even in the time of Moses, that there would be two Comings of this Christ, I have already stated, by means of the symbol of the goats that are offered in the Fast. And again the same thing was proclaimed and stated beforehand in symbol in what Moses and Joshua did. For the former of them stretched out his hands as he sat on the hill, and so continued until evening, his hands being held up, a thing which is a type of nothing else but the cross. And the latter, who had his name changed to that of Joshua (Jesus), was the leader of the battle, and Israel prevailed.
And we may understand that this took place in the case of both those holy men and prophets of God, because one of them could not support both those mysteries, I mean the type of the cross and the type of the addition of the name. For this power is and was and shall be the prerogative of One alone, whose name every principality doth fear, being in an agony because it is to be destroyed by Him. Our Christ therefore who was liable to suffering and was crucified was not accursed by the Law, but showed that He alone would save them that do not depart from His faith.
And they also that were saved in Egypt, when the first-born of the Egyptians perished, were rescued by the blood of the passover, which was smeared on either side of the posts and the upper lintel. For Christ was the passover, who was sacrificed later, as also Isaiah said: He was led as a sheep to slaughter. And it stands written that on the day of the passover you took Him and likewise at the passover you crucified Him. But as the blood of the passover saved them that were in Egypt, so also will the blood of Christ rescue from death them that have believed.
Was then God to be deceived, if this sign had not been made over the doors? I say not so, but rather that by it He proclaimed the salvation that was to come to the race of men by means of the blood of Christ. Moreover, the symbol of the scarlet cord which the spies sent of Joshua (Jesus) the son of Nun gave to Rahab the harlot, bidding her bind it to the window by which she let them down, that they might escape their enemies, likewise showed the sign of the blood of Christ, by which they of all nations who were of old fornicators and unrighteous are saved, receiving remission of sins and sinning no more.