In those days  John the Baptist came preaching in  the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for  the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”     For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord;      make his paths straight.’” Matthew 3:1-3 God sent John the Baptist to prepare Israel for his climactic revelation in history.  A voice of a crier in the wilderness. This is quoted from Isaiah 40:3, which clearly proves that John the Baptist was the person of whom the prophet spoke. (source) John declaired, "The Lord whom your have sought, the Messiah whom you have expected, is just coming, he will quickly appear; prepare to meet him by repentance, and receive him by faith, relinquish your former notions and principles, correct your errors, and amend your lives, remove all out of the way which may be offensive to him." (source) "John couldn't keep quite - he kept boomin