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==Hidden fulfillment==
There are details in the fulfillment text that are not immediately obvious to be part of the prophecy.
'''John was clothed with camel's hair''' is an indicator of more of the costume that John wore to suggest he was Elijah:
{{:Under construction}}[[2Ki 1:8]] And they answered him, [He was] an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It [is] Elijah the Tishbite.
==Linking prophecy to prophecy==
Because Elisha was greater than Elijah, it was also part of the prophecy that the second would have the prominent place, fulfilled with Jesus being greater than John. The prophecy of Elijah is linked to the prophecy of Esau who was the first born child to Isaac, but Jacob his brother got the inheritance. Esau was also a hairy man.
:[[Ge 27:11]] And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:
We are unaccustomed to this type of context overlap, but it is an essential part of Hebrew interpretation. The assumption is that God is the author, and he teaches us through repetition with variation. Comparing and contrasting verses that have similar references takes on a greater importance as a Christian hermeneutic since Jesus taught that all the scriptures spoke of him. The hairy man in one place is a type of Christ using the same reference as a hairy man in another place. Elijah and Esau together tell us about the 'hairiness' of Christ.
In one layer of interpretation long hair is a shame on man and represents Jesus bearing our shame on the cross.
:[[1Co 11:14]] Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
The other meaning is closely related. The camel represents the judge who reveals your shame. The hairiness links Esau and Elijah to the law of the Nazarite, the guy who doesn't cut his hair, and exposes that the Nazarite was a judge in Israel.
=Mystery of Christ=
You may not be familiar with these references. Don't worry about it now. But just be aware that the details that Mark gives us as part of the fulfillment text, fulfills hidden prophecies. These hidden prophecies make up the mystery of Christ.
:[[Eph 3:4]] Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the '''mystery of Christ''')
:[[Col 4:3]] Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the '''mystery of Christ''', for which I am also in bonds:
Mark introduces us to one of the main topics of the mystery when he records that John said Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit. This is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah:
:[[Isa 44:3]] For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
This prophecy might be considered 'Interpreted fulfillment' but it is included here because Mark has a hidden reference to it:
:[[Mr 1:5]] ... and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan
'Jordan' means 'descender' and is a reference to one come down from heaven. He is baptizing in the literal water of the Jordan, but Jesus will fulfill the hidden meaning of baptizing in the one who came from heaven.
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