A Prophet is… Who determines who a prophet is and who isn’t? God alone determines who a prophet is. He called Jeremiah to be one (Jer 1:4-5) as well as Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel, and every other prophet of God.
We see who calls a man to be a prophet in Exodus 7:1 where it says “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.” God made Aaron a prophet, Aaron didn’t make himself one. When Miriam and Aaron opposed Moses they asked “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also” (Num 12:2) and then “the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.
And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed” (Num 12:5-9).
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