Let's talk about John the Baptist
Matthew 11:11
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
This puts John in some pretty exalted company. Greater than Moses? Greater than David? Greater than Solomon? The only exception that I can think of is Adam.
Isaiah 40:3
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.
Matthew 3:3
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
I view the New Testament as an expanded form of the Day of Atonement best described in Leviticus 16 and John as the bullock sacrificed before the Lamb to prepare the priest for the sacrifice of The Lamb.
Anyone have another explanation as to why Jesus named John as greater than any man born of woman?
Matthew 11:11
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
This puts John in some pretty exalted company. Greater than Moses? Greater than David? Greater than Solomon? The only exception that I can think of is Adam.
Isaiah 40:3
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.
Matthew 3:3
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
I view the New Testament as an expanded form of the Day of Atonement best described in Leviticus 16 and John as the bullock sacrificed before the Lamb to prepare the priest for the sacrifice of The Lamb.
Anyone have another explanation as to why Jesus named John as greater than any man born of woman?