Matthew 3: 6 - John the Baptist Ate Bugs
August 25th, 2010
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| A Bus Rider was admiring John the Baptist and how he introduced Jesus to a needy world. Then someone disturbed our reverie by asking about John’s lifestyle. Read the two links below. |
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Matthew 3:1 - 3
Matthew 3:4 - 6
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Honey-Dipped Bugs |
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Down the road he came, peripatetic. John, God’s ultimate prophet, ascetic. He wore camel hair rugs and ate honey-dipped bugs, which some folks might regard as emetic.
Matthew 3:3
Matthew 3:4
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Means itinerant, Matthew 3: 3 below. Final OT prophet, walking into the NT. Matthew 3: 4 below. ditto Leviticus 11: 22 below, clean animals
Leviticus 11:22
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 | Locusts are quite edible and very nutritious but that’s not the point. Read the two links below to gain perspective.
Matthew 6:25
Acts 10:15
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