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The Role of the Prophet
The first ones to raid the temple in Jerusalem was not Babylon, it was Israelites in the northern tribes. After this, there is a flurry of writing prophets.
In the Bible the title prophet is not used in a “biblical” sense, it is the general sense where a prophet is anyone who has a reputation for speaking for a divine being. Paul told Titus that a prophet of their own said the Cretians are always liars.
Someone who speaks on God’s behalf
- Genesis 20:7
- There is an underlying reality that is explained in Christianity.
- Sin perverts that good way that is the underlying reality of all creation.
- Periodically, the Creator intervenes in His creation with a plan of reconciliation
- Exodus 7:1
- Exodus 15:20 (the wife of a prophet)
- Deuteronomy 13:1-5
- 2 Kings 21:10
- James 5:10
The heart of God is that all his people are prophets
- Numbers 11:29
- The prophet is more powerful than the king.
- The role of the prophet preceded a throne and the kings in Israel.
- The prophet annointed the king in Israel.
- Acts 2:17-18
The Messiah is the Prophet
- Deuteronomy 18:15-22
- Jesus Christ is the final word to mankind. See Hebrews 1.
- This is part of what it means that Jesus Christ is the Word in John 1. The words of God have always been a reconciling influence on man. And now the embodiment of those words is here.
