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NASB | Luke 3:4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 3:4 as it is written and forever remains written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "THE VOICE OF ONE SHOUTING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. |
Subject: John in the desert at the Jordan |
Bible Note: Why is John the Baptist preaching in the desert and why is Isaiah 40 so important in connection with John's mission? John is in the desert because that is where Israel still finds herself, in the desert of exile. The Babylonian exile is over only in the sense that many Jews have returned to live in the Promised Land. But they are still a subjugated people, ruled by foreign occupiers, the Romans, which Luke is at pains to point out with his intoduction to chapter 3. They are still in the desert and exile of sin and it's consequences which are addressed at length in Isaiah 1-39, which is known as the Book of Woes. They are living the Book of Woes. They looking for consolation. John stands on the eastern bank of the Jordan (John 1:28), where Joshua and the people of Israel were at the end of their 40 years of wandering in the desert due to sin. Isaiah 40-66 is known as the Book of Consolations and John is giving the introductory speech of the Good News. A new Exodus is about to begin and John is setting the stage for a new Joshua, a new Jehsua, Jesus to lead His people into the Promised Land. John also stands where Elijah was last seen, at the Jordan. John has comes "in the spirit and power of Elijah (Luke 1:17) fulfilling the the prophecy of Malachi, Israel's last prophet, that elijah would return at the time of the Messiah (Malachi 4:5) And as Elijah departed on the chariot of fire, his successor Elisha was given a double portion of his spirit (2 Kings 2:6-15). And so the stage is set for a greater one than John to appear. |
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