John's view of prophecy is given in the words Ταῦτα … αὐτοῦ. “The Targum renders the original words of Isaiah ‘I saw the Lord' by ‘I saw the Lord's glory'. St. John states the truth to which this expression points, and identifies the Divine Person seen by Isaiah with Christ.” Westcott. This involves that the Theophanies of the O.T. were mediated by the pre-existent Logos.

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Old Testament