John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
John is not interested in the trappings of success. In his crazy get-up, far from the halls of power and influence, he is declaring the advent of a new day. His goal was not personal advancement or position. He was not a name to be reckoned with but a voice to be heard. He was not building a kingdom for himself, but preparing the way for another, for Christ.