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(Created page with "---- === '''1. John the Baptist → Forerunner of Jesus''' === 📖 '''Isaiah 40:3''' – ''"The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.'"'' 📖 '''Malachi 3:1''' – ''"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me."'' 📖 '''Luke 1:17''' – ''"And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the di...") |
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Each of these figures '''actively paved the way''' for something greater, preparing people to receive '''God’s kingdom'''. | Each of these figures '''actively paved the way''' for something greater, preparing people to receive '''God’s kingdom'''. | ||
== '''Why does Malachi say “before ''Me''” and the Gospels say “before ''You''”?''' == | |||
=== 📖 '''Malachi 3:1''' === | |||
<blockquote>''"Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before '''Me'''..."''</blockquote> | |||
=== 📖 '''Mark 1:2 (quoting loosely)''' === | |||
<blockquote>''"Behold, I send My messenger before '''Your''' face, who will prepare '''Your''' way..."''</blockquote> | |||
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=== 🔍 '''Explanation:''' === | |||
Malachi is '''God speaking''', so He says:<blockquote>''“He will prepare the way before '''Me'''.”'' | |||
→ The '''"Me"''' is '''Yahweh''' Himself.</blockquote>But in the Gospels, the words are '''applied to Jesus'''. So the pronoun changes:<blockquote>''“Prepare the way before '''You'''.”'' | |||
→ The “You” is '''Jesus'''—the one the messenger is preparing for.</blockquote> | |||
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=== ✨ '''Why This Matters Theologically:''' === | |||
This subtle shift teaches something '''profound''':<blockquote>🔔 '''Jesus is the “Me” of Malachi.''' | |||
The Lord Himself is coming—and the Gospels are saying, | |||
“That’s Jesus.”</blockquote>This supports the '''divinity of Christ'''. The way is being prepared not for a mere prophet or man—but for '''God Himself''', and Jesus '''is that God'''. | |||
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=== ✅ '''Summary:''' === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!'''Text''' | |||
!'''Pronoun''' | |||
!'''Who is Speaking''' | |||
!'''Who is Coming''' | |||
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|Malachi 3:1 | |||
|''Me'' | |||
|God the Father | |||
|God Himself | |||
|- | |||
|Gospel quotes | |||
|''You'' | |||
|Narrator or God | |||
|Jesus (God in the flesh) | |||
|} | |||
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