Approach: This lesson introduces the last Old Testament prophet in the Bible John the Baptist.

Hermeneutic objective: Learning how to read the Bible to discover details that explain Jesus' many statements about comments.

Theological objective: No one knew that Jesus was the Son of God and Messiah until John the Baptist publicly announced His arrival.

John the Baptist's identification of the Messiah led to Jesus' first disciples and testified to Jews that Jesus was the prophesied Savior.