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    I. Christ the Fountainhead of Inspired Prophecy

    Christ Himself was recognized by His contemporaries as a prophet, and so acknowledged Himself. He personally exercised the gift of prophecy in a remarkable way. (Luke 7:16; 13:33; 24:19; Matthew 13:57; 21:11; John 4:19; 6:14; 7:40; Ephesians 2:20.) But He was, of course, infinitely more than a prophet; He was at once the Son of God and the Son of man—the matchless Saviour of men. And His life on earth was bound up with the miracle of prophecy by a multiple cord of fulfillment. Indeed, Jesus Christ constitutes the greatest single witness of all time to the verity and precision of inspired prophecy. Not only was He the Interpreter of the Old Testament prophets—the Fulfillment of their predictions and the Embodiment of their spiritual message—but He was also the Reality to which the impressive Mosaic shadows and symbols pointed. 2Under this larger scope of prophecy, definite recognition must be given to the symbols of the sanctuary service which were prophetic of Christ. The various sacrifices pointed to “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29.) And it is well known that “Christ our passover” (1 Corinthians 5:7) was slain on the precise day of the Jewish month demanded by the Passover type; that His resurrection, as the first fruits from the dead, occurred on the day of the barley “wave sheaf”; and that the feast of weeks fifty days later was fulfilled in the experience of Pentecost (Acts 2). Further discussion of this will appear in Volume IV. The ministry of the Levitical priesthood in the Jewish sanctuary prophesied Christ’s ministry in the heavenly sanctuary (Hebrews 7 through 10), culminating in the great last-day judgment. The epistle to the Hebrews, comparing the earthly and heavenly sanctuaries, leads to this prophetic climax: “And unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:28. Further, He was both the divine Foreteller and the Forthteller for God; He was the revelation of the very thought of the Father, for He was the Word of God incarnate.PFF1 136.1

    Let us now examine some of the specific prophetic teachings of Christ that relate to our quest. Although eschatology was not His chief concern, it was nevertheless a vital part of His message. The multitudes among whom He lived and moved needed immediate healing from sickness and from sin more than they needed doctrinal discourses on the end of the world. But Jesus did not fail to blend, in parable, promise, and prophecy, the clear assurance of present redemption along with the glowing hope of Christ’s return and the coming kingdom of glory. His eschatological teachings are numerous and comprehensive and run like a golden thread through the fabric of His instruction.PFF1 136.2

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