John’s mission is not just to direct the people of his time, but the people of all times to Jesus.

John GrondelskiBlogsDecember 16, 2020

John the Baptist is the forerunner of Christ, the last and greatest of all the prophets that ever was or would be. There were many prophets in Israel and each gave us a further insight into the coming Messiah. Nathan promised that the Messiah would come from David’s line (2 Samuel 7:16). Micah situates his birth in Israel (5:2). The Book of Isaiah speaks of the virgin with child (7:14) as well as the Suffering Servant (53:1-12). Zechariah anticipates his humble arrival astride a donkey on a future Palm Sunday (9:9).

But the groundwork that the prophets had been laying through the previous millennium comes to…