Jesus Christ the Prophet

From a Scriptural point of view, the idea the Jesus was a prophet is overwhelming. The apostles considered Him a prophet. The people considered him are prophet. Even his enemies recognized that he was a prophet (or at least that He was considered a prophet).

However, its not just that He was a prophet but THE Prophet. The one foretold by Moses that the Jews were to hear, a new lawgiver. This leads to Christ's kingly ministry which will be covered in another post.

The prophets were the medium by which God communcated His will to mankind. They spoke as "moved by the Holy Spirit", thus their message was not their own but God's. Even Jesus Himself claims that "my doctrine is not mine" but the Father's. Here we can see that Jesus was the Prophet towards which all the other prophets pointed . Thus the prophets' ministry foreshadowed that of Christ's and Christ's ministry fulfilled that of the prophets.