The last prophet , or final prophet , is a term used in religious contexts, especially in the Abrahamic religions , to refer to the last person through whom God or several gods speak, after which there is to be no other. The appellation also refers to the prophet who will induce mankind to turn back to God.
4-674: Abrahamic religions all believe in the same god , but disagree on who is considered God's final prophet. Judaism considers Malachi to be the last of the biblical prophets. In Christianity, the last prophet of the Old Covenant before the arrival of Jesus is John the Baptist (cf. Luke 16:16 ). The Eastern Orthodox Church holds that Malachi was the "Seal of Prophets" in the Old Testament . Christian denominations who hold that spiritual gifts (including prophecy) continue to be bestowed by
8-511: The Islamic prophet Muhammad . It is generally regarded to mean that Muhammad is the last of the prophets sent by God. In Hinduism , the history of mankind is described in four religious ( dharmic ) ages ( yugas ) , which depict a gradual decline in religious activities, only to be renewed at the end to start a new cycle of the four ages. At the end of the Kali Yuga , the current and last age in
12-516: The Holy Spirit on Christians are known as " continuationists " (including Catholics, Methodists, and Pentecostals), while the cessationist perspective, which teaches that charismata ended in the Apostolic era, is held by much of Reformed Christianity and Baptists . In Mandaeism , John the Baptist is the greatest and final prophet. In Manichaeism , the founder Mani is believed by adherents of
16-777: The faith to be the last and final prophet after a long succession of religious figures, including Zoroaster , the Gautama Buddha and the Jesus Christ . According to Al-Biruni , a 10th-century Iranian scholar, Mani claimed to be the Paraclete promised in the New Testament and the Last Prophet. The phrase Khatamu ’n-Nabiyyīn ("Seal of the Prophets") is a title used in the Quran to designate
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