Commentary on "Confidence in the Prophetic Gift"

MARK MARTIN

 

Day 1: Sabbath afternoon, March 21, 2009

The lesson’s memory text:

“Jehoshaphat stood and said, ‘Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper’’’ (2 Chronicles 20:20 NKJV).

This verse is prefaced as a call to consider or trust Ellen G. White as a ‘prophet’…the context of this verse is of course the Old Covenant.

The Law and the Prophets [were proclaimed] until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. Luke 16:16 (NASB)

In the Gospel of Luke we are told by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself that the context of the Old Covenant prophets ended with John’s proclamation of the Messiah and the New Covenant; His Gospel of Grace. In Hebrews 1:1-2 we hear again that the prophets of the Old Covenant context ended with Christ.

God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. Hebrews 1:1-2 (NASB)

 

Summary

1. This week’s memory text was written in the context of the Old Testament and cannot be used to endorse a latter-day prophet in the context of the New Testament church.
2. Luke records Jesus stating that the context of old covenant prophets ended with John the Baptist.
3. Hebrews 1:1-2 states that God spoke through prophets long ago, but in these last days He has spoken to us through His Son.

 

 

 

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