“And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.” (Luke 3:3) The third chapter of Luke introduces us to the work of John the Baptist. John was a cousin to Jesus, born in the hill country of Judea about six months before his more famous […]

When the Old Testament prophecy was closed in the day of Malachi some four hundred years before Christ, the prophet had foretold to the people of Israel the coming of two persons. One was the Lord—His name would be Jesus, the promised Messiah. The other was the messenger who would prepare the way of the […]