Mark 1:2

²“Orang itu akan mengajar dengan suara keras di padang belantara, ‘Siapkanlah jalan untuk kedatangan Tuhan! Marilah kita bersiap-siap untuk bertemu dengan-Nya!’”b

Mark 1 launches the Gospel with explosive urgency. John the Baptist prepares the way in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming one greater to come. Jesus appears, is baptized, and immediately driven into the wilderness for testing. He then bursts onto the scene in Galilee, callin