Cheryl Schatz

Mabel,
Although John was prophesied to come as a prophet to make the way straight for the Messiah he wasn’t mentioned in the NT first as a prophet. Anna was listed as the first named prophet in the NT although Simeon did give a prophecy about the baby Jesus, he was not said to be a prophet. It is certainly astonishing that God would use a woman in so many “first” ways. It proves that He values women enough to use them and in special ways He sets them up as “first”.

Mabel, that was a good challenge for us to think about!