We see Jesus,

who was made a little lower than the angels

for the suffering of death,

crowned with glory and honour.

Hebrews 2:9

We have been enjoying a time, on Tuesday and Friday evenings, looking into the word together via ZOOM. It has given an opportunity that some isolated ones would not have had otherwise.

On both Tuesday and Friday evening the time is 6PM Pacific time. For those joining in on their phones, call 877-853-5247, when you are asked for a meeting ID enter 960 5944 1385. For those joining in via ZOOM, all you need is the meeting ID. The session will be open about 5:30 PM Pacific time for those who might want to chat before the meeting.

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The Function of the Prophets

A prophet is one who speaks in the name and by the authority of another; thus Aaron, the spokesman of Moses to Pharaoh, is termed a prophet (Exodus 7:1) ; so also is Abraham, as in measure possessing the mind of God (Genesis 20:7). Both the terms – prophet and prophecy – are used in the Scriptures with a breadth and largeness of thought just like God, while as unlike the contracted theology of man.

Thus the 288 sacred musicians of the temple (1 Chronacles 25:1-7), and the heathen poet of Crete (Titus 1:12), as well as Miriam (Exodus 15:20,21), and the four daughters of Philip the evangelist (Acts 21:9) – all prophesied. Prophecy in its large and extended meaning is the unfolding of God’s mind, and in this respect it differs from the teacher, that while teaching is the unfolding of the written word, prophesying is the means by which God speaks to the conscience of man (1 Corinthians 14). The woman of Samaria termed Jesus a prophet, because He had unfolded her life’s history and dealt with her conscience (John 4:19). The High Priest stood as the head and representative of the nation before God, thus, Aaron in his robes of glory and beauty (Exodus 28) and Joshua clad on filthy garments (Zechariah 3) respectively represented the people before Jehovah – the former as to the acceptance of the people, and the latter as to the guilt and consequent justification of the nation before God. The prophet on the other hand was the bearer of a Divine message – “God spake – by the prophets” (Hebrews 1:1). As representing Jehovah and speaking in the power and majesty of His name, they uttered their standing formula “Thus saith the Lord,” at once the expression of their holy mission and secret of the power and veneration with which the men and their utterances were regarded in Israel.

Walter Scott

From his Bible handbook on the Old Testament.

Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

(1 Corinthians 14:29)

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Don Lewis