{"id":881,"date":"2021-07-04T14:37:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T14:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/?p=881"},"modified":"2021-07-04T14:37:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T14:37:56","slug":"june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/","title":{"rendered":"June 26, 2021 &#8212; The Importance of John the Baptist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the Feastday of John the Baptist, Roy discusses him as the prophesized return of Elijah to announce the coming of the Messiah, and as the bridge between the Old and New Covenants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3862\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-881-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siftj.org\/audio\/20210626jesusmessiah.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siftj.org\/audio\/20210626jesusmessiah.mp3\">https:\/\/www.siftj.org\/audio\/20210626jesusmessiah.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siftj.org\/audio\/20210626jesusmessiah.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/?powerpress_pinw=881-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siftj.org\/audio\/20210626jesusmessiah.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20210626jesusmessiah.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the Feastday of John the Baptist, Roy discusses him as the prophesized return of Elijah to announce the coming of the Messiah, and as the bridge between the Old and New Covenants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3,2],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-jesus-the-messiah-of-judaism","category-judaism","category-religion","tag-podcast"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>June 26, 2021 - The Importance of John the Baptist - Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"June 26, 2021 - The Importance of John the Baptist - Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For the Feastday of John the Baptist, Roy discusses him as the prophesized return of Elijah to announce the coming of the Messiah, and as the bridge between the Old and New Covenants.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-04T14:37:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"roy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"roy\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/\",\"name\":\"June 26, 2021 - The Importance of John the Baptist - Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-04T14:37:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#\/schema\/person\/c715e720a0f7757d955480fc8853dd4c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"June 26, 2021 &#8212; The Importance of John the Baptist\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/\",\"name\":\"Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog\",\"description\":\"(Roy&#039;s political shows are at blog.siftj.org)\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#\/schema\/person\/c715e720a0f7757d955480fc8853dd4c\",\"name\":\"roy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/435b1e2acfbe606b9b6f52184b402fc60d4513baaf2fb23a21218f0b1b0a4670?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/435b1e2acfbe606b9b6f52184b402fc60d4513baaf2fb23a21218f0b1b0a4670?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"roy\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/author\/roy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"June 26, 2021 - The Importance of John the Baptist - Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"June 26, 2021 - The Importance of John the Baptist - Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog","og_description":"For the Feastday of John the Baptist, Roy discusses him as the prophesized return of Elijah to announce the coming of the Messiah, and as the bridge between the Old and New Covenants.","og_url":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/","og_site_name":"Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog","article_published_time":"2021-07-04T14:37:56+00:00","author":"roy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"roy"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/","url":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/","name":"June 26, 2021 - The Importance of John the Baptist - Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-07-04T14:37:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#\/schema\/person\/c715e720a0f7757d955480fc8853dd4c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/2021\/07\/04\/june-26-2021-the-importance-of-john-the-baptist\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"June 26, 2021 &#8212; The Importance of John the Baptist"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#website","url":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/","name":"Welcome to Roy&#039;s Ministry Blog","description":"(Roy&#039;s political shows are at blog.siftj.org)","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#\/schema\/person\/c715e720a0f7757d955480fc8853dd4c","name":"roy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/435b1e2acfbe606b9b6f52184b402fc60d4513baaf2fb23a21218f0b1b0a4670?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/435b1e2acfbe606b9b6f52184b402fc60d4513baaf2fb23a21218f0b1b0a4670?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"roy"},"url":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/author\/roy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvationisfromthejews.com\/wp3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}