“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;”
Ephesians 4:11-13
As a committed theological continualist, I consider the above passage to be one of the clearest texts presenting the ongoing ministry of the prophet. It is not possible, nor is it the purpose of this post, to elaborate on the similarities and dissimilarities between the Old Testament prophets and the place of New Testament prophetic utterances. The truth is a number of OT activities transitioned at the Cross of Christ while a number of things remained the same. That is called a “continuity and discontinuity” discussion or debate amongst students of the Bible. There are plenty of books and online articles for the interested student to study ad infinitum.
