In the wilderness, John the Baptist was proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Not only that, he was the person who would perform the baptism of Jesus which would transfer to Jesus the sins of all the people in the world. Since John the Baptist was the last prophet in Old Testament times and a person born in the house of the High Priest, he was the servant of God who would transfer all mankind’s sins to Jesus through baptism according to the will of God.
At the time John the Baptist was born on this earth, the people of Israel were full of idol worship. After they were full of sin by the worship of idols, pain came, and they began waiting for the promised Savior to save them from their pain. As they hoped, God the Father sent John the Baptist and His Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth. God the Father sent John the Baptist six months before He sent Jesus Christ to this earth in order to rescue all sinners from their sins. John the Baptist was “the voice of one crying in the wilderness.” He was the “spiritual Elijah” who was promised in the Old Testament.

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