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April 18, 1999
After hundreds of years of prophetic silence, the appearance of John the Baptist brought great hope. Many who came to hear him preach speculated that John himself was the Messiah they had been waiting for. Alistair Begg explains what John did to address these false expectations and to prepare them for the coming of Christ. Through preaching, John proclaimed judgment and hope, and through baptizing, he pointed to the salvation Christ would bring for all who believe.
15As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, owhether he might be pthe Christ, 16qJohn answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but rhe who is mightier than I is coming, sthe strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you twith the Holy Spirit and ufire. 17His vwinnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to wgather the wheat into his barn, xbut the chaff he will burn with yunquenchable fire.”
18So zwith many other exhortations he preached good news to the people. 19But aHerod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done, 20added this to them all, that bhe locked up John in prison.
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