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 by the prophecy in connection with the coming of John the Baptist:

"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of, make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD." (Isa. 40: 3.)

This forerunner is predicted as one who shall precede the coming of Jehovah Himself, who a little later says: "Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him." And there follow these words:

"And the glory of shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." (Isa. 40:5.)

In the parallel passage in Malachi concerning this forerunner of Jehovah we read:

"Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me." (Mal. 3:1.)

Now Jesus tells us in Matthew that John the Baptist was he of whom the prophecies in Isaiah and in Malachi were written. This one of whom John was to be the herald was Jehovah, for we read in Malachi: "And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple." This identiﬁes Jesus with Jehovah, who promised to come suddenly to his temple.

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