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The very ministry of John the Baptist as forerunner affirmed the messiahship of Jesus. The fact that John the Baptist played this role means that he was a major pivot point in salvation history. No one of the prophets in the Old Testament attained the privilege of John the Baptist in announcing the Messiah. In that sense no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. However, John only announced the coming of Christ. When Jesus arrived, ushering in the Kingdom of God, a whole new era of salvation history began. In that sense the least important person in the Kingdom is greater than John. The dramatic turning point in salvation history that occurred because of John’s ministry forced people out of their established and comfortable religious ways to make a choice about their own response to the demands of the kingdom. The change in history was violent and violence is the way some responded to the kingdom. John the Baptist appears to have been the first one to have been on the receiving end of that violence.
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