As we continue to study the Christmas story in the Gospel of John, the apostle introduces John the Baptist to us. John the Baptist was the promised forerunner of the Messiah, the one prophesied in the Old Testament who will come and prepare the way.
The CHRISTMAS STORY does not begin with Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem, nor does it begin with John the Baptist preparing a way as the promised forerunner, nor does it begin with all the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. St. John teaches us that the Christmas story begins with the very first verse of […]