#496: John the Baptist

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Ten years ago, I lived the life that I pleased (or rather the life my wife pleased), and although I believed in God, I ignored Him. Now, into my sixth read of the Bible, I get goosebumps when I start to read the gospels. If I make it to Heaven, the Apostle John is the first one I’m looking for, because I want to meet him and talk at length.

John 1:1…”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” The Word was Jesus. He has always been. He took part in creation, He took part in establishing the law, we were made in His image, and He loves us dearly. And as John says, Jesus was God, the Son and the Father are two thirds of the Trinity.

John 1:4-5…”In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” That “light” was His Glory, and not only did the darkness not comprehend it, we as humans cannot begin to comprehend it either.

I gave A.I. one simple instruction, no details, just eight words. “Create an image of the Glory of God”. And this is what A.I. produced.

And I bet you that the true Glory of God is trillions of time more Glorious.

John 1:6-8…”There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe. He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.”

John the Baptist was a prophet sent by God to prepare the people for the arrival of Jesus. As we read in Luke 1, John’s mother was barren, but it was God’s Will that she bear the son who would pave the way for Jesus. And John the Baptist was spirited, and faithful, and loyal.

Scripture says that at the moment Jesus died on the cross, the curtain in the temple was torn in half, the skies grew dark, the ground rumbled, and several graves opened up with the dead ascending to Heaven. If I were a betting man, I would put a month’s pay that John the Baptist was one of those that God resurrected.

Nothing in the Bible is coincidence. The fact that barren Elizabeth became pregnant with John the Baptist close to the same time as the Immaculate Conception with the Virgin Mary occurred is not coincidence. It’s not coincidence that Mary and Elizabeth were related. And it certainly isn’t coincidence the prenatal John jumped in the womb when the prenatal Jesus entered the room.

If you’ve followed my blog or my YouTube channel, you know I believe there are at least four reasons Jesus came to earth; to be our sacrificial lamb, to teach us, to defeat Satan, and to show us the true character of God the Father.

As the Apostle John said, Jesus has always been, from the beginning. But He had to take on human form to do those four tasks I mentioned. Once He was finished, He ascended back into Heaven.

And He is still will us today.

There is so much to learn from Jesus. Join me as we study his “Son of Man” life here on earth.

Blessings.