<font face="TimesNewRoman" size=3> [[Category: Mark]]  :[[Mr 1:2]] As it is written in Which will prepare the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. ==It The purpose of the forerunner is written in to prepare the 'way' of the prophets==Mark reference more than one prophet and merges their prophecies as though they were oneLord. This troubles some, but get used to it. Mark understands suggests that God the one following is the sole author and that all the prophecies speak of ChristLord. They can be merged like transparencies laid on top of each other, where each has only a part Isaiah speaks in 3rd person of the pictureLord coming. :[[Mal 3:1]] ¶ Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare But the way before me: and prophecy of Malachi above is spoken by the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he first person; "He shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. :[[Isa 40:3]] ¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our Godbefore ME."

::'''messenger''':==The way==:::[[Mal 4:5]] Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORDThere are two words closely related in Hebrew:

==Before your face=="In your presence". The messenger and the Lord will meet. Not only did they meetWay 02015 הפך haphak - turn back, but their ministries overlapped as did those of Elijah and Elisha. Jesus preached repentance just like John <ref>[[Mt 4:17]] From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</ref> until John was put into prison when he began to teach of the grace of the kingdom <ref>[[Mr 1:14]] ¶ Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,</ref>. overthrow