People have a tendency to build their expectations and hopes on their desires and feelings. The people, including the religious authorities, in John's day had a plan of their own for the appearance of the Messiah. They had a list of grievances with the world around them and they expected the Messiah to appear and right all the contemporary political and cultural problems. Their own pride and patriotism were the source of their man-made hopes. They only used and interpreted the Scriptures to support their hopes and expectations of their dreams and imaginations. These dreams and imaginations were about the return to their earthly glory and power as a nation, which was superior to all others because they had God's blessing and were called by his name. This is the common way of man, and it is exactly what is happening in our generation as we approach the coming of the Lord for his bride, the church.
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Born in 1957, saved in 1976 at Shady Nook Baptist Church in Piedmont, MO at the age of 19. In the ministry since age 24. Married my only wife Teresa in 1977 and have six children and 10 grandchildren – so far. On the mission field in Mexico from 1989-1991 and then 1996-1997....