This is in the Old Testament – not merely according to the dozen or so types and shadows people generally put out on parade when the topic comes up, but all the Old Testament – like how Hebrews 10:7 and Psalms 40:7 describes it, or like how Peter 1:10-11 says it, or like how...
If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended, that you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear. This narrative device of speaking directly to the audience or the reader is called breaking the fourth wall (the other three walls being the setting of the story...