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Matthew 3:3 (parallel: Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, John 1:23)


Matthew 3:3: (he - John the Baptist)
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.'”

John the Baptist qouted Isaiah 40:3:

Isaiah 40:3:
The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God”.



Now we need to clarify, who John the Baptist was there.
Jesus Christ Himself told us in Luke 7:27 by qouting Malachi 3:1:


Luke 7:27 (he - John the Baptist):
This is he of whom it is written:
“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You
.”
Malachi 3:1:
“Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me
...”

So, John the Baptist was the messenger, who was sent to prepare the way before Yᵊhōvâ - to baptize with water.



John 1:26-34:
26 John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
27 It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.
33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.

Who promized to "baptize" with the Holy Spirit? - God.

Ezekiel 36:26–27:
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
Joel 2:28-29:
28 “And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

How do we know that this was about the Holy Spirit? - Saint Peter told us in Act 2:14-17:

Act 2:14-17:
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
...



LET'S BREAK DOWN:

Saint John the Baptist was the prophesied messenger sent to prepare the way before the Lord (YHWH).
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He declared that the One coming after him - the One for Whom he was preparing the way - wiill baptize with the Holy Spirit.
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But according to the Old Testament, only God can pour out or baptize with the Holy Spirit (His Spirit).
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Jesus Christ is the One, Who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
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Therefore, the Lord (YHWH), for Whom John prepared the way (Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1), and Who baptizes with the Holy Spirit (Ezekiel 36:26–27; Joel 2:28–29, etc), is Jesus Christ.

It couldn't be clearer. Jesus Christ is YHWH in the flesh.



最后由 Apitsolen † Jesus is Lord 编辑于; 5 月 18 日 上午 12:23
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