Who is the Highest that John the Baptist was to be the forerunner of?
John the Baptist served as forerunner of the Christ, the promised King. The context identifies this Highest as the one Isaiah 9 calls the mighty God, the everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace. John went before the Lord to prepare His way and announced the coming of the King.
Les explains that John the Baptist is the child spoken of as the prophet, or forerunner, of the highest. When asked who that is, the answer given is the Christ, the one just read about in Isaiah 9: the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. John would go before the face of the Lord to prepare His way, and he announced the coming of the King. This ties the physical, literal, political aspect of the kingdom with the spiritual side, because Jesus told Nicodemus that except a man be born again, he cannot enter the kingdom.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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What did John the Baptist do to prepare the way for the Lord?
John the Baptist fulfilled the prophecy by going before the Lord to prepare His way, and he did this by announcing the coming of the King.