The people wondered who John the Baptist was. He appeared as a rather strange person who came from the wilderness, preaching repentance, dressed in camel's hair, surviving on a diet of locust and wild honey. John the Baptist was the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. Yet his message of good news seemed as strange as his attire. It was good news involving repentance, and repentance involved change. That is good news to some people but it is bad news to others. It was good news for the oppressed. It was bad news for the oppressors. It was good news for those who suffered pain. It was bad news for those who inflicted pain. It was good news for the masses in John's day who were waiting to hear that things can change. It was bad news for those who wanted to maintain life as …