THE GREATEST PROPHET OF THE KINGDOM, Chapter 16 of Kingdom of God Volume 2

THE GREATEST PROPHET OF THE KINGDOM, Chapter 16 of Kingdom of God Volume 2

 Pages 124-128

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For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. (Luke 7:28)

As we look at the life and character of John the Baptist, he seemed to be one of the minor or lesser prophets of the Bible. Yet we know that he was great in the eyes of the Lord. When the angel prophesied to Zacharias about the son he would bear, he said that “Many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord . . . and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God . . . to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Luke 1:14-17)

We will now refer to John the Baptist. He came as a forerunner of Christ. He was a lineal descendant of the house of Levi. His father was a priest. John the Baptist was a child born by miracle, God having revealed to his father that Elizabeth who had been many years barren should bear a son. John feared not the world, but went forth preaching in the wilderness of Judea, declaiming against wickedness and corruption. (George A. Smith, JD 13:41)