The man the world needs now. Who is he? A wise man like Socrates? A military genius like Alexander? A brain like Einstein? A statesman like Lincoln? A theologian like Barth? Jesus? No, the man the world needs now is not Jesus. Are you shocked at this? Do you call it heresy? If the world does not need Jesus, then whom does it need? The man the world needs even more than Jesus is John the Baptist! If Jesus came without the work of John the Baptist, the world would not know, appreciate, or accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. It was necessary for someone to prepare the world that when Jesus came, he might be accepted. The season of Advent is a period of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas or at the end of time, and John the Baptist's ministry is the central theme of the season.

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