John the Baptist

John the Baptist was Jesus’ cousin; he also set the example for Jesus’ teachings. He taught the people not to be greedy with what they had, and learn how to only take what were rightfully theirs, and no more. He also preached about unity and caring. He knew that caring was essential for any kind of relationship, and in order for a society to be successful, relationships needed to be established. His teachings about greed and caring, and working together helps emphasize the message that in order for a society to succeed, everyone needs to work as a team and care about each other.
John’s teachings also foreshadowed what Jesus did, because Jesus helped the poor out and taught people that we are all brothers and sisters, like John he taught the meaning of unity. He emphasized the fact that we need to help each other out at our times of need. Jesus looked out for the poor, them being the ones that got oppressed the most and had no saying or power against the Elite, Jesus just wanted them to get all that was necessary and no more, just like what John had said to the tax collectors in Luke 3. John and Jesus also told the people to repent for their sins, because that’s what God had said for the children of Abraham to be raised with. John gave some type of introduction to the people about Jesus as well as to the teaching of Jesus about repentance, the sins, and about we are all brothers and sisters. It all tied back into how Jesus was raised in a poor and unknown environment, where people had no respect for the poor and just abused of them because they had no power to go against it.