An intermediary who intervenes betwen two separated or alienated parties, with the aim of achieving reconciliation and fellowship. Scripture declares that Jesus Christ is the only true mediator between God and humanity.
A person who brings together those who are separated from each other
For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
Mediators between God and humanity before the time of Jesus Christ
Abraham
Genesis 18:22–32 See also Genesis 20:7
Moses
Deuteronomy 5:5 See also Exodus 32:30–32; Deuteronomy 5:27, Deuteronomy 9:18
At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
Prophets
Deuteronomy 18:18 See also 2 Chronicles 36:15; Jeremiah 7:25; Amos 3:7; Matthew 23:34
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
Priests
Numbers 3:10 See also Exodus 19:6; Leviticus 9:7; Numbers 16:48, Numbers 18:7
So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
The suffering servant
Isaiah 49:6 See also Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 42:4, Isaiah 53:4–6, Isaiah 53:10–12
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Angels
Acts 7:53 See also Job 5:1, Job 16:19–21, Job 33:23; Daniel 4:13, Daniel 4:23
you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
Jesus Christ is the only true mediator
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Jesus Christ as greater than all OT mediators
John 1:17 See also Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 3:1–6, Hebrews 7:26–28, Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 9:23–24
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Mediators between people
2 Samuel 14:1–33 Joab; Matthew 5:9 Christians; Acts 9:26–27 Barnabas; 1 Corinthians 1:10–12; Philippians 4:2–3; Philemon 1:17–21
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.