Part 1

ST. JOHN 1, VERSES 20 & 21
“20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.”

ST. JOHN 1, VERSE 25
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?”

From the above verses, we learn that John was not the Christ, nor was he Elias, neither was he that prophet. Who is that prophet that was yet to be sent?

ST. JOHN 7, VERSES 40 & 41
“40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?”

Jesus was the Christ as we know and as he announced – then who is that prophet they were also expecting and waiting for?

Since John said he was not that prophet, and Jesus said he is the Christ; then that prophet must be yet to come after Jesus Christ. Jesus was not the last to be sent from God.

The Bible refers to that prophet, which John was asked if he was he, and the people thought Jesus was he – the Bible refers to him as the prophet who is talked about in the DEUTERONOMY 18 VERSES 15 & 18.

DEUTERONOMY 18, VERSES 15 & 18
“15 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;”
“18 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.”

Moses said, God will raise a prophet from their brothers, God will put his words in that prophet’s mouth, and he shall speak these words to us.

ISAIAH 59, VERSE 21
“As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.”

As we learned, that prophet is not John and is not Jesus, but he was yet to be sent from God after Jesus Christ, from the brothers of the children of Israel. The words that God was yet to put in his mouth were not to be and never will be perverted. These words were never to be inauthentic but were to be and will be protected forever. They were not to be written down by the followers of the followers of his disciples, starting 40 years after the end of his message, as it is the case for the Gospels. But God will protect them forever. They were to be from his mouth to the mouth of his seed to the mouth of his seed’s seed and forever.

This prophet that God was yet to send from the brothers of the children of Israel was the last prophet to be sent, and his words were to be the last message God was and will be sending to us. Therefore, God’s words that were yet to be put in this prophet’s mouth will be protected, and will stay with us forever.

With such a protected source our great merciful God was to end his messages to us, so these words will stay with us forever, to be our authentic, trusted, genuine and clear source of our knowledge of God, and our true faith.

The Gospel and the New Testament is not God’s own words letter by letter that was put in Jesus’ mouth, nor is the Torah and the Old Testament, these books tell the stories of these prophets and their teachings, but aren’t God’s words letter by letter from cover to cover. They were not protected but perverted. Jesus Christ had no seed and his people did not believe in him. And the Jews did not carry and protect his Gospel generation after generation from his time and forever, they did not even protect the book in which they believe (the Torah and the Old Testament), which was also perverted as we learned in the previous section.

Then that prophet must be the one was yet to be sent after Jesus. He is the one who will tell the authentic, trusted, protected forever truth.

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Part 2

ST. MATHEW 21, VERSES 42 – 44
“42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”

Jesus told the Jews, the kingdom of God will be taken from them and will be given to another nation, which will bring forth its fruits.

God was to leave the nation of the children of Israel. God will turn his sight onto the nation He will issue ‘that prophet’ from. It is the nation of the brothers of the children of Israel; where from, the prophet of God will be issued. That prophet will speak the words of God that He will put in his mouth and give testimony of Jesus.

ST. JOHN 14, VERSES 15 & 16
“15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;”

Jesus taught the disciples about that prophet, telling them he will pray to God and that God will send another prophet who will be the last prophet to ever be sent, and so his teachings will stay forever.

ST. JOHN 15, VERSES 25 – 27
“25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.”

Jesus taught the disciples about that prophet whom God, the Father would be sending after Jesus Christ; that spirit of truth, that prophet who would testify for Jesus.

ST. JOHN 16, VERSES 12 – 14
“12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.”

Jesus taught the disciples that when that truthful prophet is sent, he would be the guide to all truths, as he would not be speaking of himself, but, as Jesus, of what he hears from God. That prophet would show the world things to come and would glorify Jesus, as he would testify for Jesus.

I. JOHN 4, VERSES 1 – 3
“1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”

As John told us, that prophet would be sent after Jesus and would testify that Jesus was the Christ who came in the flesh, so that we should know him.

Note: The same as all of the verses in this section, the above verses are very clear that a true prophet of God was to be sent after Jesus Christ, that’s why John taught us to test the prophets before we believe in them, and taught us the sign of the true prophet of God. If a true prophet of God was not to be sent after Jesus, then obviously John would not of taught us the sign of that true prophet, but instead he would have taught us to disbelieve everyone after Jesus that would come and would say he was a prophet.

REVELATION 19, VERSES 9 & 10
“9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The testimony of Jesus is a sign of that prophet who was yet to be sent from the brothers of the children of Israel, teaching us the truth that was perverted and hidden, and to stay with us forever.

Did God send that promised prophet from the brothers of the children of Israel and put His (God’s) words in his (the prophet) mouth to stay protected and with us forever?

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