Who is the greatest prophet of the Old Testament?
John the Baptist is mentioned and recorded in the pages of the book called the New Testament. But in terms of redemptive history, he belongs to the period of the Old Testament—that is, to that period in redemptive history when all of the procedures of the old covenant are still in place.” Jesus says that the law and the prophets ruled until John, and the little word there, “until,” means “up to and including” John. And Jesus also said of John the Baptist, “Of all of those who are born of woman, there is none greater than John the Baptist. Yet,” He said, “he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than John.” That’s an extremely enigmatic statement. Is Jesus saying, for example, that I’m greater than John the Baptist? I certainly qualify for being the least in the kingdom. So, if I’m least in the kingdom, that must make me greater than John the Baptist. What Jesus is obviously saying here is that John still belongs to that period of preparation for the breakthrough of the kingdom