John, The Baptist

According to the Gospel of Luke, in the days of the birth of Jesus’ (Luke 1:5), Judaea was described as being subjected to the rule of a foreign power, under the reign of Herod. Although Jesus’ birth was by far the most significant of all time, his was not the only of note to take place during that same period in history. On one June 24th (year uncertain), another child, who was Jesus’ cousin was born …

…His identification of Jesus as the Messiah, like all of the inter-linking prophesies, is one of the keys that helps to substantiate Christ’s divine mission here on earth. Interestingly and ironically, most people know very little about John the Baptist, but many have heard the unusual remark associated directly with the story of John, when someone’s anger at another causes them to say, “I’ll have his head presented on a silver platter”.