2006-09-18 17:04:08 · 7 answers · asked by Eddison T 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
(Self Knowledge) Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. - Malachi 3:1
**According to the Gospel of John, when John the Baptist had arrived at thirty years of age, God manifested him to the world, in the fifteenth year of Tiberius, A.D. 28. And the Gospel of John states that his ministry began with him publishing the approach of the Messiah, in the country along and beyond Jordan, preaching repentance and the turning away from selfish pursuits. The synoptic gospels make no such claim, but agree with the Gospel of John that John the Baptist gathered a large following, baptizing many people in the river Jordan after imploring them to confess their sins. John argues that his baptism is a prelude to the Messiah's baptism "with the Holy Spirit and with fire."
He denounced the Sadducees and Pharisees as a "generation of vipers," and warned them not to assume their heritage gave them special privilege (Luke 3:8). He warned tax collectors and soldiers against extortion and plunder. His doctrine and manner of life stirred interest, bringing people from all parts to see him on the banks of the Jordan River. There he baptized thousands unto repentance.**
2006-09-18 17:19:27 · answer #1 · answered by Apostolic Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our religion is vague on the old testament because our savior arrived and his life is in the new testament only, which is the book we believe in.
When a person asks when did it come to pass they usually are asking when did it happen. John the Baptist was Jesus' cousin...So they lived during the same time frame...so to find him I'd be checking the new testament, nor the old testament..
2006-09-19 00:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by sophieb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.I
Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
It took about 600 or 700 years to come to pass.
2006-09-19 00:12:56 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO..Malachi 4:5 talks about Elijah. Not John.
2006-09-19 00:14:00 · answer #4 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Malachi 3:1 speaks of him... 400 years passed between the closing of the Old and beginning of the New...
2006-09-19 00:09:24 · answer #5 · answered by KnowhereMan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Malachi 4:5, but you will find several others
2006-09-19 00:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by Sigmondo, The Other Green Meat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
several hundred years between Danial and Mattew alone. Those were the "silent" years.
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2006-09-19 00:06:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋