divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong.” (Isa. 53:12.) Reason also compels us to conclude, since these offices are in nature what they are that Christ in order to function in the first two, must function also in the third. If he is now the prophet and priest of his people he is now also their king. In fact, in Hebrews often Christ’s priesthood involves his kingship and the thought of the one glides naturally into the thought of the other. (Cf. Heb. 1:3;