JOHN THE BAPTIST IN QUMRAN?

“You may eat [the following] flying [insects]: every kind of great locust, every kind of longheaded locust, every kind of green locust, and every kind of desert locust.” (Yes, the insect!)

John’s Rare Diet found there

“And as for locusts, according to their various kinds they shall plunge them alive into fire or water, for this is what their nature requires.”

–The Temple Scroll, P. 207 [22]

Prophecy of John Blessing Messiah

The Blessing of the Prince of the Congregation (100 B.C.) [22]

“The Master (John the Baptist) shall bless the Prince of the Congregation (Yahusha) . . . and shall renew for him the Covenant of the Community that he may establish the kingdom of His people for ever, [that he may with righteousness and] dispense justice with {equity to the oppressed} of the land, and that he may walk perfectly before Him in all the ways [of truth], and that he may establish His holy Covenant at the time of the affliction of those who seek Elohim. May the Lord raise you up to everlasting heights, and as a fortified tower upon a high wall! [May you smite the peoples] with the might of your hand and ravage the earth with ; may you bring death to the ungodly with the breath of your lips! ...The rulers ... [and all the kings of the] nations shall serve you. He shall strengthen you with His holy Name and you shall be as a [lion; and you shall not lie

–The Damascus Document, P. 143 [22] down until you have devoured the] prey which naught shall deliver”

–Calendars, Liturgies and Prayers, p. 389-390.

Prepare the Way in the Wilderness...

Zacharias’ prophecy at John’s birth: Luke 1:79

“To Give Light...”

Qumran Identification:

“Sons of Light”

John baptized Yahusha in Qumran/ Bethabara fulfilling these 2 Qumran prophesies and Isaiah. These exiled Temple Priests knew their community would play such a role. This is the link between the Old and New Testaments.

And when these become members of the Community in Israel according to all these rules, they shall separate from the habitation of unjust men and shall go into the wilderness to prepare there the way of Him; as it is written, Prepare in the wilderness the way of..., make straight in the desert a path for our God (Isa. xl, 3). This (path) is the study of the Law which He commanded by the hand of Moses, that they may do according to all that has been revealed from age to age, and as the Prophets have revealed by His Holy Spirit.

–The Community Rule, P. 109. [22]