(January 26, 2023 at 4:47 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Some of the Gospels claim that Jesus was God and that John the Baptist was aware of that, so why didn't John the Baptist disband his cult and join Jesus's cult and become his apostle? I mean would you not rather be in the cult ran by an actual God than in someone's who is not a God?
The only Gospel that ascribes some form of divinity to Jesus is John.
But anyhow, if you want the question answered from a Christian perspective (instead of, say, from the perspective of a secular historian), then here's what the Gospel of John says was the purpose of John the Baptist:
Quote:John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'"
That was his purpose. His purpose was to prepare the way for Jesus, in fulfilment of a prophecy. He was not meant to be an Apostle of Jesus.
And John the Baptist did join his movement, actually, by believing.
