Isaiah 40:3
King James Version
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
John the Baptist was cousin to JESUS.
His mother, Elizabeth, and the LORD's mother, Mary, were cousins.
You saw on the previous post the connections both families had.
On this post, you'll witness how John the Baptist is a true prophet, and messenger, who had no time for trivialities.
For he had a mission to accomplish for the LORD.
Mark 1:2-12
King James Version
2 As it is written in the prophets,
Behold,
I send my messenger before thy face,
which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness,
and preach the baptism of repentance
for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea,
and they of Jerusalem,
and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan,
confessing their sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel's hair,
and with a girdle of a skin about his loins;
and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7 And preached,
saying,
There cometh one mightier than I after me,
the latchet of whose shoes
I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8 I indeed have baptized you with water:
but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
9 And it came to pass in those days,
that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee,
and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up out of the water,
he saw the heavens opened,
and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
11 And there came a voice from heaven,
saying,
Thou art my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
12 And immediately the spirit driveth him
into the wilderness.
The next post will tell us of John's record of JESUS.
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