"...the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands" (Matthew 17:13).
Jesus tells his disciples that John the Baptist fulfilled the prophecy of Elijah's return as Jesus' forerunner (Mt 17:10-13; Mal 4:5-6). And as they did unjustly to John [beheading], they would do to him (Mt 17:12; 16:21). The reason John was executed was because he proclaimed repentance (Mt 3:1-2), the message of "turning your life over to a higher power."
Aleister Crowley, an English occultist, says, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." But John the Baptist and Christ call for repentance (Mt 3:2, 8; 4:17).
Lord, help me to surrender my life over to a higher power, to the rock that is higher than I (Ps 61:2).
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