Where else does one begin than at the beginning. Mark draws from creation imagery to begin the narrative of Jesus' life - a good news story. And as in the original beginning, G-D continues to be the main character.
In verse 3 we have an interesting construction. Is the voice calling "in the desert" or is the way of the L-RD to be prepared "in the desert"? Verse three could read (1): "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the L-RD'. OR it could be read (2): "A voice of one calling, 'In the desert prepare the way for the L-RD'. Nearly all translators have gone with the first reading; John's voice cries out in the wilderness to prepare the way for Jesus. But if read the other way (2), we can see a call for all who are preparing a way for G-D must begin in the wilderness.
I wrote a previous blog about the wilderness, and one does not have to search the Bible and life to see that G-D prepares His people and His leaders by leading them into the wilderness. Where else could Jesus have gone, really?
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