• 374 - The Role of St. John the Baptist

  • Jan 6 2025
  • Length: 28 mins
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374 - The Role of St. John the Baptist

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  • In celebration of the Feast of Theophany I discuss the role of St. John the Baptist, or St. John the Forerunner, as he's known in the Orthodox tradition. Why does Christ need a forerunner? What is he actually doing, symbolically? And how does his appearance, behavior, and death participate in the pattern that's already being set up in the Old Testament?

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    ==========TIMESTAMPS==========
    00:00 - Introduction
    00:32 - Intro music
    00:57 - The role of St. John
    04:05 - Prefigurations of St. John
    04:21 - The flood of Noah
    05:15 - The Tower of Babel
    06:06 - The Exodus
    07:55 - Elijah
    09:37 - St. John in the wilderness
    12:36 - The voice in the desert
    13:51 - Wild
    15:58 - Stability in Logos
    17:55 - Elijah will return
    21:49 - Taken up before the end
    23:21 - Joseph in Egypt
    26:16 - Conclusion

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