Who is the messenger promised in Scripture to announce the King?
The promised messenger is John the Baptist. He was promised to come on the scene and announce the King. His message was “Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” The King is the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant.
Les teaches that the promised messenger is John the Baptist, who would come on the scene and be the messenger to announce the King. He explains that the King is the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant, which included a nation of people, a geographical area of land, and God coming at some future time to be their King and Redeemer. After that covenant came the law, the covenant with David concerning the royal family, and the covenant with Moses concerning the land of Palestine. Then John the Baptist appears in those days, preaching in the wilderness of Judea: “Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”