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The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.-Mark 1:1-8***Before John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and Elizabeth (Elisabeth), John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost). Over 1,800 years before Zechariah, Elizabeth and John the Baptist were born, Levi was born to Jacob (Israel) and Leah. Jacob was the youngest fraternal twin son born to Isaac and Rebekah. Isaac was the only child born to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai). Abraham and Sarah were born to Terah. Terah was the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Arphaxad. Arphaxad was born to Shem. Shem was born to Noah the ark builder. Noah was the great-grandson of Enoch. Enoch was the great-great-great-grandson of Seth. Seth was born to Adam, the 1st man, and Eve, the mother of all living. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that before the Lord God created Adam, forming Adam from the dust of the ground and making Adam's wife Eve after take a part out of Adam, Jesus, the Word, was with his Father the Lord God in the beginning. When Zechariah and Elizabeth were elderly and childless, an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah and told Zechariah that Elizabeth would give birth to a son, and Zechariah must name the child John. The angel spoke of John's future accomplishments. During the 6th month that Elizabeth was carrying John the Baptist in her womb, Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin. When Mary visited Elizabeth, and Elizabeth heard Mary greet her, John the Baptist leaped in Elizabeth's womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Moreover, after John the Baptist was born, Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke of the purpose and life of John the Baptist. On the 8th day after John the Baptist was born, John the Baptist was circumcised. Months thereafter, Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. On the 8th day after Jesus the Christ was born, Jesus was circumcised. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Sometime before John the Baptist baptized Jesus, Israelites, including priests from the tribe of Levi, questioned  John the Baptist about his identity. When John the Baptist baptized Jesus, John the Baptist saw the Holy Spirit descend as a dove and alight upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. In Judea, the disciples of Jesus baptized the people who came to them. Sometime before Jesus was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven less than 3 1/2 years after he was baptized, John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 30:1-20, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah 1:1-31, 40:1-31, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

Reference Scriptures:

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.-Isaiah 40:3

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.-Malachi 3:1

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priest, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -Luke 3:2-4...John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:-Luke 3:16 

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