Matthew 14: 1-12


The Old Testament era has passed, and the New Testament era has come.

 
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,  And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.  For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.  For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.  And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.  But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.  Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.  And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.  And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.  And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.  And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.  And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. (Matthew 14: 1-12)

The tetrarch is a king who is delegated to rule over a part of the territory ruled by a king of a country. In the Bible, the tetrarch includes Herod the King of Galilee, Herod Philip II of the Doo-Rae and Dragonith, and Lusania the King of Abilene.

 Herod Antiba (Antipas) was the king who executed John the Baptist. He was the second son of Herod the Great, and when Herod died, he became the tetrarch of Galilee and Berea. 4-A.D. He ruled parts of the country until 39 years. In the Bible, the tetrarch appears as Herod and King Herod. He divorced his first wife and married again to Herodias, the wife of his half brother Philip (Herod II) and his nephew.

Because of this, when he was rebuked by John the Baptist, he put John the Baptist in prison. Herod couldn't kill him because he was afraid of John the Baptist, but at the birthday party he heard the request of "The Daughter of Herodias" and cut John's neck. Herod was told to be a fox by Jesus, which was a direct demonstration of Herod's cunning and cunning for threats and deception.

Herodias is the granddaughter of Herod the Great and the daughter of Aristobulos, the son of Herod the Great. She married her uncle Herod Philip, and after the divorce she remarried her brother Herod Andiva. Angered by John the Baptist, who accused him of being wrong about this marriage, she persuaded Herod Andiba to put John in prison, and through her daughter Salome, Herod's promise to fulfill any wishes was received. Eventually Herodia cut Salome's wishes and cut John's neck, and his disciples took the body and buried it.

The people of the Herods were rulers of the land where Jesus lived, from "B.C. 48 to A.D. 100, the time of the father of Herod the Great." Many of the Herods were related to the people of the New Testament, and Herodias were from the evil family associated with many of the Herods.

John the Baptist became a sacrifice for martyrdom, but he was the one who prepared the way of Jesus, ended the Old Testament times, opened the door of the New Testament, left great achievements as a pioneer of Jesus, and even became a precursor of Jesus even to death. In this regard, Jesus said that there was no one greater than this that the woman had. John the Baptist ended his life in prison with a neck cut.

This was the end of the "God's purpose for John the Baptist" life. It appeared as the last prophet of the Old Testament. John's disciples took the body, buried it, and went and told Jesus. There were disciples who followed him until John the Baptist died. The Messiah has come, but they have not yet belonged to the Messiah. John's time and Jesus' time overlapped for some time. John himself or his disciples have not yet become Jesus' disciples. However, since John's death, they have also become disciples of Jesus. The Old Testament era has passed, and the New Testament era has come.

 

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