While Mary and Joseph look to have been cool, calm and collected in the presence of God, John the Baptist went off the deep end. The dude ran off into the wilderness, yelling and preaching and baptizing. While I'm listening to his part in the Bible, all I can think of is Donald Pleasance's character, "Oracle Jones", in The Hallelujah Trail. The Oracle gets smashed on whiskey and then sees visions that everyone thinks are predictions of the future.
While the Oracle was a nut, it looks like John the Baptist knew who was on the way and couldn't contain himself. Who could? You're hanging out, doing your nine-to-five when you realize THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY IS COMING! If that doesn't make you rush down to the river and start yelling and spraying water on people, nothing will.
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