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Saturday, May 05, 2007
John the Baptist
Posted by Kristi at 5:50 AM
Was John the Baptist considered a prophet? He only identified himself as “the voice of one crying in the wilderness…”
If he was a prophet, why did he deny being “the Prophet” in John 1:21? My Bible has a cross reference for Deut. 18:15,18 for “the Prophet.” Who is “the Prophet” referring to? (In Deut. and in John?) Jesus?
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  Comment by Blogger Dwight at 9:07 AM, May 05, 2007
if you look in-between 15 and 18, this prophet was instituted by God when the people said that they could not hear or see God or they would die.

I think in Deut. God is talking about how he will speak to Israel, i.e. through prophets. They get their authority from God.

Jesus was "the prophet" along with being a priest (according the the order of Melchizedek) and a King.
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