The Way, the Truth and the Life

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.-John 1:1-10***John the Baptist was an Israelite born into the tribe of Levi 

to his elderly parents Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Months after John the Baptist was born, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, the Word, was born into the tribe of Judah to Elizabeth's relative Mary and Mary's husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. John the Baptist was born after an angel spoke to Zechariah and told Zechariah that Elizabeth would give birth to the couple's son and they were to name the infant John. Before Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in Mary's womb, the Lord God sent his angel Gabriel to speak to Mary and explain the conception and birth of Jesus to Mary, a virgin. After Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in Mary's womb, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and told Joseph not to be afraid to receive Mary as his wife, and the angel told Joseph to name the child Jesus. John the Baptist was born to prepare the way for people to receive Jesus. John the Baptist was the burning, shining lamp and turned many of the Israelites to the Lord God. John's light, and the light from the lampstand in the tabernacle that was built by the Israelites over 1,400 years earlier, was for illuminating an area. The lampstand in the tabernacle and the 10 lampstands in the temple that was built by King Solomon provided light for the priests. John's witness, testimony and actions lit the path of the way towards Jesus, the Light who was in the world and gives light to all mankind.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus 24:1-4, Numbers 8:1-4, 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, Hebrews 9:1-28, 1 John 1:1-10

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