as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:“I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” - “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
Mark's opening sentence - The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God = packs a real punch. The startling truth is out: the purpose of the Gospel and its message are on the table from the outset.
Mark passes over Jesus' birth and John's early history. For him the good news begins with the adult John, the prophetic voice Isaiah had predicted, crying out from the desert, urging the nation to make ready for God's coming. The res of Mark's account will show that Jesus, the one whose coming John announced is the Messiah, the Son of God.
Why?
Jesus Chris is Messiah, who is written in book of Issiah. So as described in the book there is John who prepare the way for Jesus Christ.
John deliver the message of repentance, baptized by water, but Jesus come deliver the message of life and baptized by Holy Spirit.
How?
Yes I know and confess that Jesus Christ is Son of God!
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