[John 1:29 KJV] 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
This is the verse that we will further examine. I think it is a significant verse, and it eluded me. Others say this verse proves John the Baptist knew the gospel. John knew all would be justified by the death and resurrection of Christ.
Let us examine the surrounding verses.
First look at this verse to examine what is meant by the world...........[John 1:10 KJV] 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not..........Jesus came into the world of his creation, but the world knew him not............Jesus came specifically to his own, which was Israel, but they didn't receive him.............[John 1:11 KJV] 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John was baptizing with water...........[John 1:26 KJV] 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;.............John the Baptist would make him known to Israel.............[John 1:31 KJV] 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
John exhorted Israel to confess their sins and be water baptized for remission of sins..........[Mark 1:4 KJV] 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
[Luke 3:3 KJV] 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;............Israel had to be water baptized to have their sins forgiven.
[Matthew 3:13-14 KJV] 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?...........John knew in saying that Jesus was the lamb of God, that Jesus was sinless and had no need to be water baptized for remission of sin..............[Exodus 12:5 KJV] 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:............Jesus was baptized to be numbered with the sinners of Israel, to take away, and bear their sin. His water baptism was to take away the sin of the nation Israel...........[Isiah 53:12 KJV] 12 Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
On a final note, if as some say, John knew Jesus would die to forgive sin for all, then why did he not proclaim it. Why would he continue to command Israel to be water baptized to receive remission of sins?
This is the verse that we will further examine. I think it is a significant verse, and it eluded me. Others say this verse proves John the Baptist knew the gospel. John knew all would be justified by the death and resurrection of Christ.
Let us examine the surrounding verses.
First look at this verse to examine what is meant by the world...........[John 1:10 KJV] 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not..........Jesus came into the world of his creation, but the world knew him not............Jesus came specifically to his own, which was Israel, but they didn't receive him.............[John 1:11 KJV] 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John was baptizing with water...........[John 1:26 KJV] 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;.............John the Baptist would make him known to Israel.............[John 1:31 KJV] 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
John exhorted Israel to confess their sins and be water baptized for remission of sins..........[Mark 1:4 KJV] 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
[Luke 3:3 KJV] 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;............Israel had to be water baptized to have their sins forgiven.
[Matthew 3:13-14 KJV] 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?...........John knew in saying that Jesus was the lamb of God, that Jesus was sinless and had no need to be water baptized for remission of sin..............[Exodus 12:5 KJV] 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:............Jesus was baptized to be numbered with the sinners of Israel, to take away, and bear their sin. His water baptism was to take away the sin of the nation Israel...........[Isiah 53:12 KJV] 12 Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
On a final note, if as some say, John knew Jesus would die to forgive sin for all, then why did he not proclaim it. Why would he continue to command Israel to be water baptized to receive remission of sins?
