Being a forerunner is hard work.

 

And many times, for prophetic people,

they either miss the fulfillment of the word

because of their own interpretations,

or because they never live to see it come to pass.

 

John is in prison.

He is heading for his death.

And after years of living a hard life in the desert,

preaching a hard message,

and making a way for the coming of the Lord,

he is beginning to doubt

that Jesus is the one he was preparing for.

 

The Bible doesn't tell us what John really thought about the messiah,

but it is clear here,

that he needed some reassurance at a dark time in his life

that Jesus is the one.

One of the greatest dangers for evangelicals

is the need to interpret.

 

Interpretation without listening,

is jumping to conclusions.

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