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 when we
first hear of the adult John the Baptist, is he out in the desert and 
not in the temple, where you would expect the son of a priest to be? 
Well, <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>in <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">John</span>’s time, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the temple </span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">was mired in very messy politics.</span></b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>What
 is drawing people into <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the desert</span> to see him? He is offering what the 
temple ought to be offering <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">but wasn’t: </span>the forgiveness of <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">sins.</span> This 
was the importance of John’s baptism.</b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>But
 </b></span>here’s the odd thing: <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>he did not <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">draw attention to himself.</span></b><b> Rather, he 
presented himself as a forerunner, preparing the way of the Lord:<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">“I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recognize.”<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> </span></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>He was pointing toward the one who would be the definitive Temple.</b></span><br><br></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><div><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">And
 therefore how powerful it was when, <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>upon spying <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Jesus </span>coming to be 
baptized, he said, <u>“Behold <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the Lamb of God</span>.” </u></b></span>No first-century Israelite 
would have missed the meaning of that:</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> <u><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>behold the one who has come to be
 sacrificed.</b></span></u> Behold </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">the</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> sacrifice, which will sum up, complete, and perfect the temple. <br></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Dicsőség az Atyának, a Fiúnak és a Szentléleknek most és mindörökkön örökké. Ámen.<br></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;p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