This week’s readings explore how Ellen White communicated her messages. Like biblical prophets, her prophetic work was neither easy nor sought after. Yet God used her to deliver significant messages to His end-time people. In two chapters in Selected Messages, book 3, Ellen White describes how she received her visions and conveyed these divine messages to believers, including her understanding of the function of her writings.
Jiri Moskala’s chapter, “The Prophetic Voice in the Old Testament: An Overview,” provides a theological perspective on the gift of prophecy phenomenon that began after the Fall. He examines the role, messages, and function of Biblical prophets. Though imperfect, these divinely chosen ambassadors called people to repentance and faithfulness.
Alberto Timm’s chapter, “Humanity of the Prophets,” further explores the human nature of God’s chosen messengers and the “mysterious process” of divine-human interaction. God’s prophets were real human beings who lived in our sinful world, and they, too, grew in their knowledge and commitment to God and His saving grace.