"The law and the prophets were until John, any other prophets after are false." This was a quote I have taken from another thread. I think it deserves its own thread, for us to mull further.
If it is true, then what are the two witnesses of Revelation? If it is true, the what about all the other "prophets" that have come forward with their prophetic word?
If it is not true, then how should we read and understand this verse to mean? Your thoughts and comments appreciated.
נביאי ותורת Prophets OF the Toruth v.s. נביאי ותורת Prophets AND the Toruth.
Carefully note how the word Toruth Law(s) is used in the following contexts, and how a clear distinction is made between the Toruth of the Prophets, and the Toruth of Môsʰé.
• Neither have we obeyed the Voice of Yᵊhûʷəh our Alôhâ, to walk in his Toruth, which he set before us by his Servants the Prophets.
Yea, all Îsʰrəél have transgressed your Toruth, even by departing, that they might not obey your Voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the Toruth of Môsʰé the servant of Alôʰhéyîm, because we have sinned against him. [ref., Daniel 9:10-11]
In the following passage Yᵊsʰûʷəʰ quotes Psalms 82:6 saying, is it not written in your Toruth....
• Yᵊsʰûʷəʰ answered them, Is it not written in your Toruth, I said, You are Alôʰhéyîm? [ref., John 10:34]
Establishing all things by two or three, we can conclude that the term Torah-Toruth does not pertain exclusively to the writings of Môsʰé.
And we should also recognize the example and clarification provided by Daniel, where an ascription accompanies the term Toruth, to let one know whether a text pertains unto the entire Toruth, or a particular segment of the Toruth.
Because the name, Môsʰé, is not mentioned in the following passage, whereas the title, 'Prophets', is clearly specified, the passage should read, '...all of the Prophets of the Toruth Prophesied until John.', and not, '...all of the Prophets, and the Toruth Prophesied until John. [Matthew 11:13]
Thus (with this clarification) one can see that Yᵊsʰûʷəʰ was not declaring John to be the last prophet, he was declaring John to be Malachi [the Angel-Messenger of Yah], who indeed was the Last Prophet of the Toruth.
• For all of the Prophets of the Toruth Prophesied until John. [Matthew 11:13]
This was stated to recognize the extent of the written Toruth being from the First Prophet unto John, and thereby signify the Last of Toruth writings;
This was also stated to reiterate what Yᵊsʰûʷəʰ had already declared, that John was Malachi, and thirdly this was stated to reveal unto those who have an ear to hear that, John was Father Abvrᵊhəm, for the First person Called to work in the Vineyard, is also the Last person Called to work in the Vineyard.