by Debbie Morales
The priests and officials did their due diligence in investigating the "Thunder in the Desert". John the Baptist was getting a lot of attention as waves of people from Jerusalem were making the trek to the Jordan…not a quick hike. John B was son of Zechariah of the tribe of Levi, so he knew his Old Testament and was educated to be a rabbi. He was a smart man and he would have been good at marketing today because he dressed, and ate, and preached with bravado to catch the attention of the city folk. He also had some heavenly conversations that are not recorded in scripture (1:32-34) "The One who authorized me to baptize with water TOLD me, 'The One on whom you see the Spirit come down and stay, this One will baptize with the Holy Spirit' " John B had divine instructions. hmmm?
We're headed to Cana next week but before Alice gets us there, Jesus picks up 4 disciples while leaving the Jordan. Can you name them?
Bible Trivia for the week (and there IS a prize for the first to write in and answer correctly) Who was emperor at the start of John the Baptist's ministry?
The priests and officials did their due diligence in investigating the "Thunder in the Desert". John the Baptist was getting a lot of attention as waves of people from Jerusalem were making the trek to the Jordan…not a quick hike. John B was son of Zechariah of the tribe of Levi, so he knew his Old Testament and was educated to be a rabbi. He was a smart man and he would have been good at marketing today because he dressed, and ate, and preached with bravado to catch the attention of the city folk. He also had some heavenly conversations that are not recorded in scripture (1:32-34) "The One who authorized me to baptize with water TOLD me, 'The One on whom you see the Spirit come down and stay, this One will baptize with the Holy Spirit' " John B had divine instructions. hmmm?
We're headed to Cana next week but before Alice gets us there, Jesus picks up 4 disciples while leaving the Jordan. Can you name them?
Bible Trivia for the week (and there IS a prize for the first to write in and answer correctly) Who was emperor at the start of John the Baptist's ministry?