No 13
(Jesus – prophet, priest & king)
In the Bible, there are 3 official positions that God created to
work out His divine plan for humanity.
These 3 offices are : prophet, priest and king. As we saw in another study (Vol 1 No 62),
some people in the Bible had more than one of these offices. Such as David –
king and prophet; Ezekiel – prophet and priest; Melchizedek –
king and priest (the only person in the Bible outside the Trinity to have these
2 titles). We also saw in that study
that we are as Melchizedek, kings and priests :“
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen” (Rev 1:6). But there is one person in the Bible who has
all three of these offices – need I say who?
Jesus Christ, of course.
As a prophet – Deuternomy 18 : 15, 18
“The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee,
of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; I will raise them up a Prophet from among
their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he
shall speak unto them all that I shall command him”.
As a priest – Hebrews 5 : 4, 5 “And
no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was
Aaron. So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an
high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten
thee. As he saith also in another place,
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek”.
As a king – 1 Timothy