Building the Way to Heaven (Emmaus Road Publishing)

Biblical Typology is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament. Most of them relate to Jesus as Adam, Moses, and King David are all Old Testament prefigurements of Jesus, but we also see this with Eve and Mary, Joseph in the Old Testament and Joseph in the New Testament, and Elijah and John the Baptist. Emmaus Road Publishing has given us a series of children's books on this subjects with the following three titles currently in the series - The End of the Fiery Sword, Into the Sea, Out of the Tomb, and Building the Way to Heaven. They are all written by Maura Roan McKeegan and illustrated by T. Schluenderfritz. Today, I am going to tell you about the third book in the series.

Building the Way to Heaven begins by asking children if they have heard of the stories of The Tower of Babel and Pentecost. It explains that even though one is from the Old Testament and one is from the New Testament, when you put the stories next to each other, you can see a hidden mystery unfold. The two stories are then placed side-by-side on the pages throughout the book, so we see the Great Flood on one page and Jesus' Resurrection and Ascension on the other page. This leads us to the pages where all the people in the Old Testament speaking the same language and all the people in the New Testament speaking different languages. The Old Testament people were prideful wanting to build a tower to elevate themselves. The New Testament Apostles wanted to spread the Good News and elevate Jesus. Thus, the Old Testament people were scattered and given different languages to speak. However, the Apostles were given the ability to speak different languages so the whole world would know about Jesus. Thus, we learn that you cannot build your way to Heaven. The only way to Heaven is through Jesus. Like the other books in this series, the author and illustrator do a good job of educating your child on Biblical Typology without overwhelming them with information. These types of books, not only give your children more Biblical exposure, it also helps them look at old stories in new ways and see exactly how the Old Testament relates to the New Testament. Highly recommend this series!

This book was provided to me by Emmaus Road Publishing in exchange for an honest review.