Lord God of the Holy Prophets

Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And
the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show
His servants the things which must shortly take place.
Revelation 22:6

Old Testament prophecy is hard to get a handle on. It is often disjointed, mixing the first and second comings of Christ in the same chapter, and sometimes even in the same verse. It often gives visions and allegories that aren’t literal, so the actual meaning is unclear. After the prophecy is fulfilled, though, it can finally be understood. These prophets got glimpses of things they didn’t understand, but preached it or wrote it down, even though they were clueless to its meaning. They were given the sacred responsibility of conveying God’s word to His people, so they blindly obeyed out of fear of the Awesome God they served.

Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the others saw images of God that the rest of humanity weren’t privileged enough to see. The experience was sometimes so terrifying that they’d fall to the ground like dead men. In many of these cases, they were seeing the pre-incarnate Christ. He is the Lord God of the Holy Prophets.

Now that much of the prophecy is fulfilled and the whole canon of scripture is given, believers today have a much better understanding of God, His Messiah, His will, and what is going on in Old Testament prophesy, than even the prophets who wrote it. Although those seers were very privileged in their day, above all their peers, the average, run-of-the-mill believer who came during or after the life of Jesus of Nazareth was blessed to a far greater degree. The Lord Himself told His disciples: “…Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it” (Luke 10:23,24).

In the last chapter of Revelation, the Apostle John is touring the New Jerusalem at the end of time. All the promises and prophesies that were ever written in God’s word are now fulfilled, and Christ stands before the holy men of God who were used to record scripture. He then reveals Himself to them as the Lord God of the Holy Prophets.

December 30