1
Yochanan the Immerser appears among the dead as a herald, declaring that the one he announced beside the Yarden has now come to the realm below.
2
Shet recounts how Adam once sent him toward Gan-Eden seeking oil of mercy for his father's sickness.
3
The guardian of the garden told him the oil would not yet be given, but that in the fullness of time the Anointed would come and bring mercy beyond Adam's wound.
4
The ancient promise is now understood by the waiting righteous as reaching fulfillment in the approaching deliverer.