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Is Jesus the last Prophet?
The idea of the last prophet or the last revelation is not a Christian concept.
Notice what a prophecy is
“knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own ...
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Why don’t Christians accept Muhammad as the true prophet?
I would like to take a more conciliatory approach to answer this question by starting with some common grounds that Islam has with Christianity about Jesus:
That Jesus historically existed
That Jesus ...
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Is Jesus the last Prophet?
If you take the book of Revelation in chronological order, Revelation 11 says there's at least two more prophets to come before Jesus makes his direct return in chapter 19
3And I will appoint my two ...
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Is Jesus the last Prophet?
It appears that many of the answers posted here interpret the word "prophet" in a literal sense, taking it to mean "a person who receives a divine revelation." However, it seems to me that you're ...
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What is the Biblical Basis for "Schools of Prophecy"?
1. Schools of the Prophets in the Old Testament
Many well known commentaries explain the "sons of the prophets" referred to on multiple occasions in the Old Testament [1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3,5,7,...
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Was casting out of demons done in the Old Testament by any Prophets or was it started in the New Testament?
There are no explicit references to exorcism in the OT. However, in a possible foreshadowing of Christ, David caused an evil spirit to depart from Saul multiple times by playing the harp (1 Sam 16, 18,...
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Did St. Paul ever claim prophethood?
Paul did not explicitly claim to be a Prophet although there were occasions where he acted as one (cf. Acts 13 & Acts 27), however he did claim to be personally called as an Apostle by the risen ...
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Which prophets died outside Jerusalem?
The problem to solve is related to quoting Scripture out of context
Purposely then He says nothing in answer to the idle question, but
turns His discourse to a more important subject. ~ St Cyril ...
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Do Latter-day Saints believe Muhammad is a prophet?
I know this is an old question, but I thought I'd provide some additional perspective.
First, though, we need to define what a prophet actually is (from an LDS perspective). In Preach My Gospel, the ...
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What are some biblical basis for judging between a true and false prophet?
Deut 18:20-22 is the classic example from the old testament
20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other ...
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Why don’t Christians accept Muhammad as the true prophet?
Protestants don't believe anything except what's in the Bible. One of the tenets most Protestants accept is Sola Scriptura, one point of which states that:
the Word God spoke through apostles and ...
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Can more recent revelation from LDS prophets nullify or change official Mormon scripture?
Are you referring to anything specifically? If you can provide a specific instance, that might be more informative.
In short: the answers are: Nullify, no. Takes precedence, yes.
For example, ...
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Who said "he would be called a Nazarene"?
And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene. (Matthew 2:23) [ESV]
In his book, Barney Kasdan states ...
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Was casting out of demons done in the Old Testament by any Prophets or was it started in the New Testament?
I don't think there is any other reference to casting out out of demons other than what's stated above about David. BUT Jesus said this in Matthew 12:27 NLT
And if I am empowered by Satan, what ...
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When is mormon.org going to be updated?
I don't believe we know (yet).
As soon as possible?
President Nelson says:
And some said it couldn’t be done, so why even try?
...
It was the Savior Himself who said, “For thus shall my ...
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Besides Jesus, is there any other figure in the Bible that would claim that some of the prophecies in the Scriptures were about him?
The below verses from the Gospel of John is where John the Baptist is quoting a prophecy about himself:
John 1:19-23 (NIV) Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent ...
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Who did God talk to in Scripture?
Adam and Eve (in Genesis)
Cain (in genesis)
Noah (in Genesis)
Abraham (in Genesis)
Satan (in Job)
Job, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, and possibly Elihu (in Job, from a whirlwind)
Moses (in Exodus, ...
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How did John the Baptist or Jesus fulfill Malachi 3:3?
Mark quotes this passage in the first two verses of his book and it is clear that the 'beginning of the gospel' is the ministry of John. Mark also quotes from Isaiah in confirmation of this.
Thus if ...
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When is mormon.org going to be updated?
March 5th, 2019, the church issued this:
Websites: The Church’s official website will become
ChurchofJesusChrist.org. This change is effective today, March 5,
2019, when the domain name ...
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What is the Bible's oldest Messianic prophecy?
The first Messianic prophecy occurs in the first book of the Bible, Genesis 3:15., probably written in the 15th century BC. We can't readily distinguish the chronology between the 5 books of the ...
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Is Jesus the last Prophet?
Catholicism for one (which is a big one) teaches that:
Jesus fulfills the 3-fold office of Priest, Prophet and King.
Jesus Christ is the one whom the Father anointed with the Holy Spirit and ...
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Is Jesus the last Prophet?
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many
times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us
by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and ...
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Who is the last prophet in Catholicism?
Depends on what you mean by prophet.
John the Baptist was the last prophet of the Old Covenant, as Elijah, Isaiah, Malachi and others were.
Then why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, ...
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Who is the prophet Moses mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:15?
The immediate context of Deuteronomy 18:15 refers back to verses 9-14. There Moses warns the people of the danger of false prophets. God’s people are to avoid any and all who presume to speak ...
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Who is the prophet Moses mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:15?
I. Deuteronomy.18:15
Muslims claim that the prophet like Moses mentioned in the above verse is the Islamic prophet Muhammad. This of course is a far cry as the reasons they cite in support of that ...
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Did St. Paul ever claim prophethood?
Paul was an apostle, but never claimed to be a prophet of the Old Testament variety. But he did claim to prophecy in the New Testament variety, which is the gift of prophecy. Two different offices/...
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Why did Jesus call Abel a prophet?
The broadest sense of an OT prophet was the Spirit of God coming up or moving a person to reveal something about God. The narrow sense is a prophet speaking "thus sayeth the LORD". It is in the ...
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Why did Jesus call Abel a prophet?
Why did Jesus call Abel a prophet?
Jesus did so because Abel was a prophet. Not all prophets have a recorded prophecy to pass on to future generations. Our Lord is simply identifying Abel as the ...
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