Bible Question (short): Jesus' baptism; the Prophet to come |
Question (full): Ray! Thank you for your response. For most people, John baptizing Jesus and then later [in despair] he sends others to Jesus questioning Him is a troubling incident in Scripture, and I am not sure I can give a satisfactory answer to other questioners. You do not understand Jesus as the Prophet to come and it may be stretching it to consider the terms to be interchangeable if not synominous (sp). Particularly if we look John 6:14; 11:17; Rom 5:14; Heb 7:11; and Rev 1:4,8; and 4:8. And these terms in and of themselves are often "loaded." If we go to Acts 8:34, the eunuch, upon reading at least a portion of Isaiah 53, asks who is the prophet speaking of? himself or S/someone else? Beginning from the Scripture, how do you answer this seeker's question? I assure you, I am challenged by this question. Lowry |