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.
posted by Ken @ 11:41 PM
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Moses promised "a prophet like me" when the Israelites refused to hear from God without a mediator: they fell into musical idolatry and God turned them over to worship the starry host.
Paul told the Jews in Corinth that they would not be able to READ or HEAR the Old Testament until they turned to Christ. There is only ONE God in heaven and ONE LORD: as mediator He is still "the Man Christ Jesus." Jesus returned to the Father and took on the post resurrection body and is now Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
......that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified,
......both Lord and Christ.
As the Apostles left us their "memory" "The Holy Spirit" is replaced with the:
One God in Heaven
And One Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom. 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
......separated unto the gospel of God,
Rom. 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
Rom. 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord
I have collected some of the texts which prove the:
One God in Heaven
And One prophet, priest, king, Mediator still head of His Church.
http://www.piney.com/Father.Son.Holy.Spirit.Trinity.html
.....which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Rom. 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power,
.....according to the spirit of holiness,
.....by the resurrection from the dead:
If we deny that Jesus of Nazareth came fully in the flesh we are in trouble. He was made to be Lord and Christ to fulfill the Prophets made by the Spirit of Christ: Peter lists these two resources for building, edifying or educating the Church.
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