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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
===Birth=== | ===Birth=== | ||
[[file:Bartolome murillo-san juan.jpg | | [[file:Bartolome murillo-san juan.jpg |thumb| 220px |''Saint John the Baptist as a Boy'' by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1670]] | ||
John the Baptist’s parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth, were righteous people who faithfully followed all of [[God]]’s commandments and laws.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A6&version=NIV |title=Luke 1:6 |quote= }}</ref> However, they remained childless into their old age. One day, the [[angel]] Gabriel appeared to Zechariah, sent by God, and announced that he and Elizabeth would have a son named John. Gabriel revealed that John would prepare the way for Christ, [[God in the Flesh (Incarnation)|God who comes in the flesh]], fulfilling the [[The Mission of Elijah|mission of Elijah]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A13-17&version=NIV |title=Luke 1:13–17 |quote= }}</ref> However, Zechariah doubted the angel’s words because he and his wife were advanced in age. As a result, he was struck mute and he could not speak until the child was born.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A20&version=NIV |title=Luke 1:20 |quote= }}</ref> | John the Baptist’s parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth, were righteous people who faithfully followed all of [[God]]’s commandments and laws.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A6&version=NIV |title=Luke 1:6 |quote= }}</ref> However, they remained childless into their old age. One day, the [[angel]] Gabriel appeared to Zechariah, sent by God, and announced that he and Elizabeth would have a son named John. Gabriel revealed that John would prepare the way for Christ, [[God in the Flesh (Incarnation)|God who comes in the flesh]], fulfilling the [[The Mission of Elijah|mission of Elijah]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A13-17&version=NIV |title=Luke 1:13–17 |quote= }}</ref> However, Zechariah doubted the angel’s words because he and his wife were advanced in age. As a result, he was struck mute and he could not speak until the child was born.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A20&version=NIV |title=Luke 1:20 |quote= }}</ref> | ||
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==The Mission of Elijah and John the Baptist== | ==The Mission of Elijah and John the Baptist== | ||
[[file:Cornelis van Haarlem - The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist, 1602.jpg | | [[file:Cornelis van Haarlem - The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist, 1602.jpg |thumb| 320px |''The Preaching of John the Baptist'' by Cornelis van Haarlem 1602: John the Baptist testified that Jesus Christ was the Savior.]] | ||
===Testify About the Messiah=== | ===Testify About the Messiah=== | ||
The [[The Old Testament|Old Testament]] foretold the coming of a prophet who would prepare the way for the [[Messiah]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi+3%3A1&version=NIV |title=Malachi 3:1 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+40%3A3-9&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 40:3–9 |quote= }}</ref> The [[The New Testament|New Testament]] identifies John the Baptist as the one who fulfilled this prophecy, preparing the way for Jesus, who came to earth as the Messiah. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi%203%3A1&version=NIV Malachi 3:1] states, “I will send My messenger [Elijah], who will prepare the way before Me.” This prophecy foreshadowed John the Baptist, who, before Jesus began preaching the gospel of the [[Kingdom of Heaven|kingdom]], called people to repentance and baptized them, preparing the way for Christ. | The [[The Old Testament|Old Testament]] foretold the coming of a prophet who would prepare the way for the [[Messiah]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi+3%3A1&version=NIV |title=Malachi 3:1 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+40%3A3-9&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 40:3–9 |quote= }}</ref> The [[The New Testament|New Testament]] identifies John the Baptist as the one who fulfilled this prophecy, preparing the way for Jesus, who came to earth as the Messiah. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi%203%3A1&version=NIV Malachi 3:1] states, “I will send My messenger [Elijah], who will prepare the way before Me.” This prophecy foreshadowed John the Baptist, who, before Jesus began preaching the gospel of the [[Kingdom of Heaven|kingdom]], called people to repentance and baptized them, preparing the way for Christ. | ||