Is He Is

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.-Matthew 11:1-6***John the Baptist was born to elderly Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his elderly wife  Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Months earlier, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that when John the Baptist was in Elizabeth's womb and Jesus the Christ was in Mary's womb, Mary went to visit Elizabeth. After Elizabeth heard Mary's voice, John the Baptist leaped in Elizabeth's womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost). John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Levi to Zechariah and Elizabeth. Jesus the Christ was born into the  tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. John the Baptist saw the dove. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist. While John the Baptist was with his disciple Andrew and another disciple, John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men, including  Andrew, to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God, the descendants of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). Meanwhile, Herod Antipas the tetrarch, ruler of Galilee for the Roman Empire, put John the Baptist in prison for speaking against Herod's marriage to sister-in-law Herodias, and for other reasons. While imprisoned, John the Baptist heard about the miracles Jesus was performing and sent disciples to speak to Jesus. Sometime thereafter, John the Baptist was beheaded. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was baptized, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot the disciple and apostle, and Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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