Because Jesus Christ came as the great prophet of God to undo the works of Satan, a special prophet was sent before him to prepare the hearts and minds of the people. This was the prophet John (Yahaya). He is sometimes called John the Baptizer because people came to him to be baptized to show their faith in God and change from their old way of life. The prophets of older times wrote about John’s life:
A voice of one calling: “In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” Prophet Isaiah, 40.3-5, written over700 years before John came
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” Matthew 3.1-3, the first book of the Gospel (Injil)
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. Matthew 3.4-6
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” Prophet John the Baptizer, recorded in Matthew 3.11
“A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.’ The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.” Prophet John, talking about Jesus, recorded in John 3.27-30, the fourth book of the Gospel