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In Genesis 3:15 the Lord speaking to the serpent said; I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” The offspring of the woman is Christ, and the serpent striking his heel is the crucifixion of Christ. The crushing of the serpent's head is Christ crushing the kingdom of Satan by the cross. In Genesis 18:10 the Lord pays Abraham a visit and says; “....about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!” Biologically it is 100% impossible for a 90-year-old woman to fall pregnant. In Genesis 21:6 Sarah gave birth to a baby boy and named him Isaac, saying God has caused me to laugh so that all that hear may laugh with me. The birth of Isaac was a miracle symbolic of the birth of Christ, the Lord was saying, the birth of the Messiah will be by the Holy Spirit.
In Genesis 22:1-2, the Lord appeared to Abraham again and said; take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah, sacrifice him there as a burnt offering.” With this he was saying I will give Jesus my only Son as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. About 4000 years later Christ was crucified in mount Moriah, the same spot which God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.
In Exodus 16, the children of Israel were in the middle of a desert, desperate for food and water, and God rained manna from heaven symbolic of the body of Christ which would be broken for us. During the last supper with his disciples, he broke bread and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body broken for you;" (Luke 22:19). When they were thirsty in the desert, the Lord said to Moses; strike the rock, it will give you water, that rock was symbolic of Christ the rock of ages. Job saw his coming and shouted; I know my redeemer lives; David saw it too; and wrote the Lord is my Shepard. This Jesus ladies and gentleman is the only truth, the only way and the only life; him alone is the saviour of the world.