Biographical Reflection of John the Baptist

Biographical Reflection of a Saint- lav the Baptist Though such an cultivated man, non much is known of John the Baptists childhood. John, what a basic name right? Wrong, even the name of John was holy, for his name in Hebraic means, Jehovah is gracious. But moving on to his adult life, he pursued the life of a priest without ever being officially recognized as such. The greatest social occasion that occurred in his adult life was the Baptism of delivery boy Jesus, our Lord. However, very few people know that Jesus and John were relatives, cousins in fact. John did not know that Christ was the Messiah until the miracle at the Jordan River.When Jesus approached John and asked that he may be baptized in the way of the Lord, John said, Should it not be you master, who cleanses me. And Jesus replied, I am but a servant to you, not master. And with that, John agreed to baptize Christ, but as the water was poured out upon Christs head, the Holy Spirit was revealed. Known as the fir st disciple of the completed Christ, now unified with the Holy Spirit, John continued the mission of baptism. As for when he earned the nickname Son of Thunder, Christ gave the name to him, under rather adverse conditions.They were traveling together through Judea, and Christ was under ridicule. John felt they were being so unjust, so far from the best humanity could be, he asked the lord to wipe them out. At this point Christ prayed that God would pardon them, while telling John, no matter how unjust the Judeans were the Lord will never take life for his name. He was in some senses so closing curtain to divinity others asked whether he was the Messiah, however, he always replied, Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.He that hath the bride is the bridegroom but the friends of the bridegroom, which stand and hear him, rejoice greatly because of the bridegrooms voice thus my joy therefore is fulfilled. He moldiness increase, but I must decrease. This showed his humble appreciation of Christ, by saying he must be known less, and Christ more. However shortly after the Miracle at the Jordan, king Herod for the spreadhead of as he put it, an unorthodox faith, arrested John. He spent two years in prison until he was released because of the new, changing Roman Empire.John ultimately went back to baptizing at the Jordan. This career was once again short lived however, for Salome, child of Herodias, demanded his death. And thus his fate was set in stone he was to be beheaded in A. D. 31. Once beheaded, his head was to be given to Salome on a silver platter, as a sign of disrespect. As for what I think, I whole tone the act of baptizing Jesus was the highest honor humanly possible. For this he was very lucky to be the one to perform so noble an act. As the first apotheosis I had ever known, John had a substantial impact on my life.As soon as I knew what Confirmation was, I knew I had to crash the first I had known, he with the greatest impact on me, John. I remember always feeling a sense of divinity whenever I cut an illustration of him baptizing Christ. As a child, I always wanted to obtain knowledge because of this I became increasingly familiar with him, even at an early age. The thing I liked about him the most as a child was how I shared his name. And so, this biographical reflection begins and ends with a name, John.