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All of the prophets are agents, but not all agents are shaliahs. P.S. A personal example might help illustrate my comment. I worked for the government for decades. At all times, I was an agent of the state. On a few out of the ordinary occasions, I was a duly appointed and authorized shaliah.

“Inspired by God, he would bring in the golden age of peace (Isa. 11:1-9, when every member of society would be held at his true value (Isa. 32:1-8). So completely is the ideal Davidic king identified with the purposes of God that he can be designated with the titles of God himself. He shall be...

”In these ways the metaphor of kingship provided the imagery adequate to sustain an enlarging belief in divine sovereignty. … The Lord’s Anointed, the reigning monarch of the house of David, was God’s earthly representative, appointed to sonship and to world-wide suzerainty, with the authority...

“Sin always creeps into our lives when we are dissatisfied with what God is doing.” - James Montgomery Boice

* I think I’ve eaten there. *

I haven’t and I’m not the topic of the thread.