James M. Renihan

“The triplex office of Mediator is necessarily prophet, priest, and king. We might ask the question, Why these three? An answer is given to us, and that response is given in terms of our need. Christ is the Prophet because of our ignorance; Christ is the Priest because of our alienation; Christ is the King because of our inability to return to God. We are ignorant, we are alienated, and we are utterly unable. God, in sending Christ as the promised covenant Mediator, fully accomplishes our salvation. He meets our ignorance and sends a Prophet to teach us. He sees us in our alienation when we are enemies and reaches out to restore us, to reconcile us. Thirdly, He knows we are dead in our trespasses and sins, and so Christ is the King- the King who has power and expresses His power by calling us out of death and into new life and keeping us in this life until the coming of His heavenly kingdom.”
― James Renihan, For The Vindication of The Truth: a Brief Exposition of the First London Baptist Confession of Faith