Pictures of Christ - 15 Elijah the prophet - I kings 17 We have been looking at Christ as He is pictured for us in the lives of David and Solomon, the greatest kings Israel ever had. But the Saviour held 3 offices. SC. Q23:What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer? A: Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation. I want to consider Christ as a Prophet and that by looking at the life of the prophet Elijah. 1. Elijah was one of the greatest of the prophets. That may be seen in that he stood with Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration. "And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him," Matthew 17:2-3. The word 'talking' means 'conferring'. They were holding a conference about "His decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem," Luke 9:31. 2. Like the Saviour, his name declared his witness. "My God is Jehovah." Jesus = "Saviour."