Theological Term of the Week
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 6:17PM
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prophet (as an office of Christ)
The office by which Christ “reveals God to us and speaks to us the words of God.”1

Learn more:

  1. Matthew Henry: A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly’s, Question 24.
  2. J. C. Philpot: Jesus the Great Prophet to His People
  3. Thomas Watson: Body of Divinity Contained in Sermons upon the Assembly’s Catechism
  4. Wayne Grudem: Chapter 29: The Offices of Christ: Prophet, Priest, and King, part 1 (mp3)

1From Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem, page 624.

2See threefold office(s) of Christ for a text that shows that Christ is the fulfillment of this promise to raise up a prophet like Moses.

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