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80 The child grew and became strong in spirit,
and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
by the forgiveness of their sins.
You have to feel for John the Baptist. He burst upon the scene with such promise and excitement.
Yeshua says: From Adam to John the Baptist,
no one born of a woman surpasses John the Baptist
so that John need not lower his eyes.
So what makes it so difficult for us to see clearly? Why couldn’t the “priests and Levites” see that which was right before them?
Twelve years ago, back in the day when I preached from a written manuscript, I preached on the Gospel text appointed for this coming Sunday.
18 So, with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people.
15 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16John answered all of them by saying, Read the rest of this entry »
10 And the crowds asked John the Baptist, ‘What then should we do?’
7 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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