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« on: May 19, 2021, 06:28:26 PM »

Why does John get called John the Baptizer when he is referred to as John the Baptist?
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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2021, 07:07:19 PM »

John the Baptist is a more commoner phrase for John the Baptizer, the Forerunner of Christ and the Last and Greatest Prophet.
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2021, 06:20:18 PM »

John the Baptist preached a message of repentance expressed in water baptism and   
bearing active fruit in one's life in preparation for the appearing of the Messiah.
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2021, 07:15:28 PM »

John the Baptist's entrance into the world was marked by angelic proclamation and divine intervention. (Luke 1: 57-80)   
John's birth parallels that of his cousin Jesus.
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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2022, 04:27:15 PM »

While John was known as "the Baptist", he was the first prophet called by God since Malachi some 400 years earlier.
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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2022, 06:56:05 PM »

John was of priestly descent. His mother Elizabeth was a descendant of Israel's first high priest named Aaron.
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« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2022, 04:09:20 PM »

As recorded in Luke's Gospel, John the Baptist's message of preparation sounded like this:   
He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
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