* Luís Alberto Alves
According to Joel 2:28, the prophet was seen as one who was at the ends of time, or past or future, representing an eschatological figure. In Luke 7:16, when Jesus resurrected the son of the widow of Nain, the people recognized that Jesus was a great prophet who had risen in Israel. And when the fame of his prophetic ministry spreads.
In the New Testament, Jesus' disciples take on the ministry of preaching the Good News, healing the sick, freeing the possessed. But they were not prophets, because the Son of God Himself was at their side, all they needed to know about the Heavens, Jesus Christ enlightened them, though some of them had difficulty understanding that Jesus Christ was God Himself, but living here on earth, as a human being, who was thirsty, hungry, sleepy, sad and even weeping, as he had when he brought word of the death of his friend Lazarus.
But what is the New Testament difference from the Old Testament in the role of the prophets? In the Old Testament, no one could enter into contact with God were it not for some prophet. This was the rule from the time Moses received the tablets of the 10 Commandments. Sometimes the phenomenon of theophany occurred when the Angel of the Lord materialized as a human being, as is reported in Genesis, chapter 18, 10/13, when the Angel of the Lord communicates that Sarah will become pregnant even in old age.
At that time Jesus Christ was not yet present on Earth as a human being. The perfect sacrifice would still happen in the future. When Jesus Christ dies, the veil of the temple breaks, where the sacrifice of animals was offered by the priest for the atonement of sins, this picture undergoes profound changes. Access to God is facilitated by the prophet of the prophets, Jesus Christ!
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
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