"No one greater than John the Baptizer has ever lived," Matthew 11:11.
Oh, yeah? Says who? Jesus. Oh. ok. So, what made him so great? All the Prophets and the Law prophesied to this point, that Elijah would come. (Elijah?? apparently, Yes.) The prophet Elijah would come just before the great and awesome Day of the Lord came. Elijah would heal broken relationships in preparation for the Lord's coming. Now, when that Day came all the bad guys would be burned away. All the good guys who feared the Lord would run free and happy. Then, Jesus said: John is the Elijah of those prophecies. (So that's why John's so great.) And then, Jesus said: Yet the smallest person in the sky kingdom is greater than John.
When we see a brother or sister today, we see a commoner made great by Jesus' sacrifice. And, together, we give joyful thanks for our secured inheritance in the kingdom of our Lord, of our Savior.
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