heaven is at hand. This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah when he said, The voice of one crying in the wilderness (shouting in the desert), Prepare the road for the Lord, make His highways straight (level, direct).” We therefore see that John the Baptist was the voice prophesied of by prophet Isaiah, and therefore let us look unto the message of John the Baptist. In JOHN 1:6-16 the Bible says “There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came to witness, that he might testify of the Light, that all men might believe in it [adhere to it, trust it, and rely upon it] through him. He was not the Light himself, but came that he might 52
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