John The Baptist Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

John preached at the river
Jordan inviting all to come.

Other prophets
lived and preached
among the people.

But John went to the river.
John wanted people
to walk through
the desert and cross it
in scorching heat.

He wanted them
to be lost
in the wilderness
to speak to their
own innerst core
in the silence
of the desert.

Their hearts spoke
to them insilence.

They knew their sins
beforethey reached Jordan.

Prophet John baptised them
in the baptism of the
forgiveness of sins.

Their inner being
were cleansed
in the waters of baptism.

Look deep into yourself.
Count the dark spots
in you and repent.

God calls you now.
(John the Baptist, (born 1st decade bce, Judaea, Palestine, near Jerusalem—died 28-36 ce. Jewish prophet of priestly origin who preached the imminence of God's Final Judgment and baptized those who repented in self-preparation for it; he is revered in the Christian church as the forerunner of Jesus)

(Apart from Jesus Christ, John the Baptist is probably the most theologically significant figure in the Gospels. As was the case with Jesus, his birth was meticulously recorded (Luke 1: 5-25) . His entrance into the world was marked by angelic proclamation and divine intervention (Luke 1: 57-80) . John's birth not only parallels that of Jesus, but echoes the momentous occasion of the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah (Gen 17: 15-22; 21: 1-7) . John is clearly a pivotal figure in the salvation history of God.)

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