JOHN THE BAPTIST: BRIDGING TWO TESTAMENTS
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. John The Baptist
a) Now the Messiah comes and the new Israel is established. This leads us into the Times of Israel —The Coming of the Son of God — during which Old Testament times conclude, and New Testament times begin.
2. Bridging Two Testaments
a) John the Baptist is the bridge between the old and new testaments. He is usually called the "last of the Old Testament prophets". That's true, although he was also the first prophet among the Jews for 400 years! And we have to look in the New Testament to learn of John's adventures, because the Old Testament writings were completed 400 years before John appeared.
b) He does have a place in the Old Testament, however, and a very important place. He was the latter day "Elijah" whom Malachi predicted would come (Malachi 4:5; Matthew 11:12-15; Matthew 17:9-13; Luke 1:17; ). He was the voice of whom Isaiah spoke: "a voice of one crying out in the wilderness" (Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 40:3; Mark 1:1-8).
The End ...
1. John The Baptista) Now the Messiah comes and the new Israel is established. This leads us into the Times of Israel —The Coming of the Son of God — during which Old Testament times conclude, and New Testament times begin.
2. Bridging Two Testaments
a) John the Baptist is the bridge between the old and new testaments. He is usually called the "last of the Old Testament prophets". That's true, although he was also the first prophet among the Jews for 400 years! And we have to look in the New Testament to learn of John's adventures, because the Old Testament writings were completed 400 years before John appeared.
b) He does have a place in the Old Testament, however, and a very important place. He was the latter day "Elijah" whom Malachi predicted would come (Malachi 4:5; Matthew 11:12-15; Matthew 17:9-13; Luke 1:17; ). He was the voice of whom Isaiah spoke: "a voice of one crying out in the wilderness" (Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 40:3; Mark 1:1-8).
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