September 22, 2025 - Luke 24:19 - "Christ the Prophet"

Luke 24:19

"And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:"

When we open the Scriptures, we find Christ on every page, and here in Luke 24:19 He is revealed as the Prophet—mighty in word and deed before God and all the people. On the road to Emmaus, those disciples were walking in sadness because their eyes were held. They could not see the risen Christ walking beside them. Just like Hagar in Genesis 21, whose eyes were opened to see the water right before her, so too it is with us: until the LORD opens our eyes, we remain blind. We can read the Bible for years and yet miss Him, but when He is pleased to reveal Himself, suddenly all becomes clear—Christ the Prophet, the One Who speaks for God.

Deuteronomy 18:18–19 gives us God’s promise: “I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren… and will put my words in his mouth.” That Prophet is Christ. Moses was but a type; Christ is the Fulfillment. Every prophet of the Old Testament was a shadow; Christ is the substance. He is the Anointed One, the Christ—the Prophet, Priest, and King. When He came, He spoke faithfully on behalf of His Father, never compromising, never shrinking back. And as John the Baptist warned, so did He: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Repentance is not a human work or a mere outward show. It is a gift of God. Acts 20:21 speaks of “repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” The prophet’s role was to call sinners to turn, and Christ fulfilled that role perfectly. But His words went further than warning. He foretold His own death and resurrection. In Luke 18:31–33 He declared that He would be delivered, mocked, scourged, and killed—and on the third day rise again. The disciples did not understand, but His Word was sure. He prophesied, and it came to pass.

Everything He did was in perfect fulfillment of the Scriptures. Isaiah 9:6 calls Him “the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.” Micah 5:2 says His “goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” When He cried on the cross, “It is finished” (John 19:30), He was declaring that every prophecy, every jot and tittle, every word spoken by God’s prophets had been fulfilled in Him. His death was not a tragic accident, but the sovereign purpose of God, accomplished by Christ the Prophet.

And unlike all other prophets, Christ did not just speak the word—He is the Word. John 1:14 says, “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” He lived out the very message He proclaimed. The prophets could warn and foretell, but only Christ could accomplish redemption. The prophet Hosea, commanded to take an unfaithful wife, became a living picture of God’s love for a sinful people. Christ fulfilled that in reality—coming to dwell among sinners, bearing their sin, laying down His life to redeem them. He was without sin, yet counted among transgressors, that His people might be counted righteous before God.

As the Prophet, He not only declared salvation but also condemnation. In Luke 4:16–21, when He read Isaiah in the synagogue, He declared, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Yet the people rejected Him, filled with wrath when He spoke of God’s sovereign choice to save whom He would. And still, Christ went forward, unshaken, sovereign in His mission. Even when they tried to thrust Him out of the city, He passed through their midst—for His appointed death was at the cross, not on that hill.

This is Christ the Prophet—faithful, sovereign, and mighty. He spoke of judgment more than of heaven, for He came not to make sinners comfortable in condemnation but to save those that the Father gave Him. And having accomplished that work, He rose again in power. Now we do not look for another prophet, for God has spoken once and for all in His Son (Hebrews 1:1–2).

The whole Bible points us to Him. From Moses to Isaiah, from Micah to Hosea, all the prophets spoke of Christ. And when our eyes are opened, like those disciples on the road to Emmaus, our hearts burn within us as He opens to us the Scriptures. All glory belongs to Him—the Prophet Who declared the will of God, the Priest Who offered Himself as the sacrifice, and the King Who reigns forever.

So let us rest in His completed work, rejoice in His sovereign grace, and listen to His voice in the Scriptures. For this is Christ, God’s Prophet, mighty in word and deed, the One Who has spoken and fulfilled every promise at the cross and declared so openly in His resurrection from the dead.