“A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.”
Isaiah 40:3
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Connection with Jacob’s ladder
Highway here is mesillah in Hebrew, from the same root as the word for Jacob's ladder. Isaiah uses it for the road God's coming needs, and in Isaiah 62:10 he uses the root again for the road home God's people need: "Build it up, build up the highway".
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A voice of one calling in the wilderness — John the Baptist
“This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’””
A voice of one calling in the wilderness
“as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.”
I am the voice crying in the wilderness — John's own claim
“John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’””
A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way
““A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’””
A voice of one calling in the wilderness
“as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.”
'A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord.' All four Gospels see John the Baptist in Isaiah's words — he's the voice before the Word.
““A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’””
'A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord.' John the Baptist is Isaiah's voice — 700 years of waiting, then suddenly, a man appears in the desert.
“This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’””
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