What made it amazing was the line up of biblical giants who came before him. Abraham was the Father of Israel and the model of faithfulness. Noah and his family alone were saved on the entire earth because he was zo righteous and through him the world was repopulated. King David slew the giant and became "a man after God's oh heart." The list goes on.
What was so great in the life of John The Baptist? He is the one who paved the way for the Messiah. Jihn actually point out the Lord and paved the way for Israel to receive him. The others could only look forward to the Messiah, John introduced him to the world.
However, as incredible as it might have sounded that a man with a ministry span of perhaps only six months could be greater than all the kings, priests, prophets and judges of old, what is said next really blows the mind: "yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he" (11b).
How could you and I possibly be greater than John The Baptist? What could we possibly possess to make us greater than he? Simple. While John could point to tha Messiah, the very Spirit of the Christ lives within us. We are as valued as Christ because he lives within us" ("You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ" (Rom 8:9).
If you are His disciple, you are filled with His Spirit and are, therefore, greater than John and all who came before him. Jus' Sayn.
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