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I cannot go on discussing this untenable claim of the
Churches concerning John being the Messenger "to prepare
the way." But I must add that this Baptist did not abrogate
one iota of the Law of Moses, nor add to it a tittle. And as
to baptism, it is the old Jewish ma'muditha or ablution.
Washing or ablution could not be considered a "religion" or
"way" whose place has been taken by the famous and my-
sterious Church institution of the sacrament of Baptism!
4. If I say that Jesus Christ is not intended in the
prophecy of Malakhi, it would seem that I was advancing an
argumentum in absurdum, because nobody will contradict or
make an objection to my statement. The Churches have al-
ways believed that the "Messenger of the way" is John the
Baptist, and not Jesus. The Jews, however, accept neither
of the two. But as the person foretold in the prophecy is
one and the same, and not two, I most conscientiously
Churches concerning John being the Messenger "to prepare
the way." But I must add that this Baptist did not abrogate
one iota of the Law of Moses, nor add to it a tittle. And as
to baptism, it is the old Jewish ma'muditha or ablution.
Washing or ablution could not be considered a "religion" or
"way" whose place has been taken by the famous and my-
sterious Church institution of the sacrament of Baptism!
4. If I say that Jesus Christ is not intended in the
prophecy of Malakhi, it would seem that I was advancing an
argumentum in absurdum, because nobody will contradict or
make an objection to my statement. The Churches have al-
ways believed that the "Messenger of the way" is John the
Baptist, and not Jesus. The Jews, however, accept neither
of the two. But as the person foretold in the prophecy is
one and the same, and not two, I most conscientiously