Knowing One Self – JOHN 1:21
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Finally, we see the Jews’ motives when they sought to find out who The Baptist was. They wanted to know if this was the unfolding of Old Testament prophecies. Why is this important? It sets the stage and the objective motives of the Jewish leaders as time progressed in Jesus’s ministry.
They were already misguided in their questions as they sought something that they had assumed as a legitimate prophecy. They were seeking for the Baptist to openly admit that he was the reincarnate Elijah, in Malachi 4:5
5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.”
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://morallife.foundation/2021/12/10/knowing-self-john-121/
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