The prophetic office of Christ is that part of His mediatorial work whereby He reveals to His people, by His word and Spirit, the whole will of God for their salvation. It is the first of the three offices—Prophet, Priest, and King—to which He was anointed. A prophet is God’s authoritative spokesman, declaring “Thus saith the LORD”; and Christ is the great Prophet, foretold by Moses: “The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.” He surpasses all the prophets who went before, for they were servants who received and relayed the word, while He is the Son, the very Word of God, who is Himself the revelation and who speaks from His own fullness. He executed this office in the days of His flesh by preaching the gospel of the kingdom, expounding the law, declaring the Father (whom no man hath seen, but the only begotten Son hath declared Him), and foretelling things to come. He executes it still, from heaven, by His Spirit and His Word, through the ministry of His church. Christ is thus both the content and the herald of revelation—the one in whom God, having spoken in time past by the prophets, has in these last days spoken finally and fully by His Son. To know God savingly is to be taught by Christ the Prophet, who opens the understanding, writes the law on the heart, and leads His people into all truth. The right response to His prophetic office is to hear Him—“This is my beloved Son: hear him”—for there is no saving knowledge of God apart from the revelation He brings.