GOD GOES PUBLIC

After 28 years – it’s time for God to go public...(Matt 3)

This momentous event deserves an introduction.... but what a strange one!  

Matthew introduces us to John... out in the boondocks... dressed in camel hair and eating bush food. (just like Elijah)
No worldly trappings for this guy!

Who is he? Again, never mind. It’s his message thru Isaiah that counts:

“Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight!”

...where Lord comes from the Hebrew: YHWH: Jehovah!

Make no mistake – ‘God with us’ is none other than Jehovah and here He is: Jesus the King of the Jews, come to identify with His people in baptism!                         

Notice how they were ALL baptised by this rough character, just like their fathers were ALL baptised to Moses in the sea.                                               

Why??...because the Jewish Messiah is expected very soon and it’s high time to repent!

The response??  Public honour from heaven of course! 

                                   

Accept this Man and you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit. Reject this Man now and you will experience the fire of wrath to come! (orge: violent passion)

Matthew is the only writer to give us ‘the kingdom of heaven’ ...32 times.          

Where did he get this from? Daniel’s prophecy - which even Nebuchadnezzar understood.

Notice how Jewish this is!...                                                                                            

A young Yochanan (John) identifies as ‘the Voice’ in the prophecy of Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) as he introduces Yeshua (Jesus) the King of the Jews - none other than Yehovah and His ‘kingdom of heaven’ in the prophecy of Dani’el.


Is this Man really qualified for ministry?...NEXT
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