The Hope of Every Nation and Every Person is the Coming Prophet, Priest, King

More than A Prophet, He is THE Prophet

 

1. God’s Promise to Israel in Deuteronomy 18

• Warnings concerning the source of divine revelation
• Promises of someone from within the nation to be God’s prophet
• Warnings for failing to follow the words of God’s prophet

1. Understanding of the Deuteronomy 18 Promise in Israel at the Time of Christ

• Luke 7:16
• John 1:19-21
• John 6:1-15
• John 7:40-43

1. Christ as Fulfillment of this Promise

• Acts 3
• John 12:44-50

 

 

 

 

 

The Hope of Every Nation and Every Person is the Coming Prophet, Priest, King

More than A Prophet, He is THE Prophet

 

Scripture Reading and Prayer…Leslie Evans (Deuteronomy 18:9-22)

 

Sermon: More than a Prophet, He is THE Prophet (Header)

• Spend the next four weeks exploring some Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming Christ with the theme of each week connected to hope
• Four weeks to discuss Christ as Prophet, Priest and King and how the birth of Christ points to these three offices or roles that He came to fulfill
• A prophet – One who speaks for God to us (Slide 2)
• A Priest – One who speak to God for us (Slide 3)
• A King – One who rules over us (Slide 4)
• Where do we find hope?
• Hope functions in our lexicon today a little differently than the biblical usage of the word
• “I hope my team wins” or “I hope I get something good for Christmas”
• We use hope the way we use the term wish or want
• The Biblical use of the Word hope is linked to a promise from God and we are looking with faith for its fulfillment
• Hope in the promises of God to establish forever these three offices of Prophet, Priest and King
• I hope that God will speak and communicate to us and
• From the beginning, God’s communication with and to humans is the theme of the Bible
• God discloses His nature and plan and calls us to participate in what He is doing
• When the serpent tempts Eve in the Garden, one of the lines of deception include the question of God’s revelation
• Read Genesis 3:1 (Slide 5)
• Before we discuss the specifics of Christ as the Great Prophet sent by God the Father into the world, I want to do a brief rejoinder with last week and give you a simple
• Last week I gave you a 26 word outline of the chronology of the Old Testament
• Today, I want to give you a brief 6 bullet point outline of the chronology of the Old Testament
• Noah…3000 BC (Slide 6)
• Babel…2500 BC (Slide 7)
• Abraham…2000 BC (Slide 8)
• Moses…1500 BC (Slide 9)
• David….1000 BC (Slide 10)
• Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel…500 BC (Slide 11)
• Now to the specific discussion of Christ as the Great Prophet
• Read Deuteronomy 18 (Slide 12)
• Read Luke 7:15-16 (Slide 13)
• Read Matthew 16:13-16 (Slides 14-15)
• Read John 6:14-15 (Slide 16)
• Read John 7:40-42 (Slide 17)
• Read Acts 3:17-26 (Slides 18-22)
• Read John 12:47-48 (Slide 23)
• Held accountable to the words and life of Christ, the Great Prophet