The Sword of the LORD

“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God .” (Isaiah 40:3). “Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people .” (Isaiah 62:10).   John the Baptist was that voice crying in the wilderness which the Prophet Isaiah was speaking of.   When John came of age, he literally went into the wilderness to preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.   John’s message was so compelling that multitudes came to hear him from Jerusalem and all of Judea.   This was because it was not his own words that he spoke, but those of God, for the scripture says, “The Word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.” (Luke 3:2).   John challenged those who came to hear him with the words of God.   He confronted the hypocritical religious leaders of his time, saying, “O generation

“Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they [some of the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee] , and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.  But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.  Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.  Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, " Why do you seek the living among the dead?  He is not here, but is risen! ” (Luke 24:1-6a NKJV). After Jesus’ crucifixion, His disciples were at a loss to know what to do next.   Prior to His betrayal He had tried to tell them about the necessity of His death at the hands of the Jews and Romans, but they could not comprehend it.   The angels at the tomb even reminded the women about Jesus’ words saying, “…remember how He spake unto you when He w