By Ronald R. Day, Sr. -- This study needs to be updated. Isaiah 40:3 - The voice of him who cries in the wilderness: [speaking to the people of Israel] Prepare the way of Jehovah; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. -- Green's Literal. Malachi 3:1 - Behold, I am sending My messenger, and He will clear the way before Me [[or, more literally, my face, presence]]. And the Lord whom you are seeking shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says Jehovah of Hosts. -- Green's Literal. The two prophecies above speak of John the Baptist and his work. There are aspects of each that help us to understand the other. In Isaiah 40:3, the message that was to be given was a directive to the people of Israel, that they should prepare the way of Jehovah. In Malachi, it is stated that the messenger was to prepare the way before Jehovah's face. Many, in seeing the application of John the Baptist as being the for...