The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: - Vital Christianity

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Female Prophets: Miriam (Ex. 15:20) Noadiah (Neh. 6:14)
Deborah (Judges 4:4) Wife of Isaiah (Isa. 8:3)
Huldah (II Kings 22:14) Anna (Luke 2:36)
New Testament Prophets: John the Baptist is an Old Testament prophet who ushers in the
New Testaments. He is the bridge between the Old and New
Testaments.
Agabus (Acts 11:27-28; 21:10)
Prophets sent from Jerusalem (Acts 11:27)
Prophets and teachers at the church of Antioch (Acts 13:1)
Judas and Silas (Acts 15:32)
Prophets at Tyre (Acts 21:4)
Jesus (Mt. 21:11)
Old and New Testament Prophets: Similarities and Differences
Similarities
• Both delivered their messages as from God.
• Both proclaimed the Word of God that He had revealed to them.
• Both denounced sin and warned against future judgment (Acts 13:11; 28:25-28).
• Both discussed contemporary issues and predicted future events (Acts 11:28;
20:23,25; 27:22).
• Both employed symbolic actions (Acts 21:11).
Differences
• Some Old Testament prophets were national leaders or reformers whereas the New
Testament prophets were for the most part leaders withing the Christian movement.
• Some New Testament prophets were itinerant, but others ministered in a particular
church for an extended period of time as compared with Old Testament prophets.
• The prophets were associated with the apostles as the church’s foundation (Eph. 2:20)
as compared with Old Testament prophets.
Peter’s quotation from the Old Testament prophet Joel on the day of Pentecost indicates that
the early Christians viewed their prophets as following in the tradition of the Jewish prophets of
earlier days (Acts 2:17-18).