Christ as our Redeemer perfectly fills the offices of Prophet, Priest, and King.
In preaching through Luke’s passion account, I have been
struck how in his suffering he is mocked for each of these offices.
While in the high priest’s house, he is mocked as a Prophet:
Luke 22:64 And when they had
blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
While
on the cross, he is mocked as a Priest:
Luke 23:35 And the people
stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if
he be Christ, the chosen of God.
And
while before Herod, he is mocked as a
King:
Luke 23:11 And Herod with his
men of war set him at nought, and mocked
him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to
Pilate.
The
irony, of course, is that he is everything they mock and blaspheme him for not
being. As Prophet, he truly speaks the Word of God. As
Priest, he wholly offers himself to save his people from God’s righteous
wrath for their sin. As King, he rightly rules and reigns.
Christ as our Redeemer perfectly fills the offices of Prophet, Priest, and King.
Grace and
peace, Pastor Jeff Riddle
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