READ Matthew 3 COMMENTARY: : 2        And saying, Repent you: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (3340 “Repent” [matanoeo] means change one’s mind, to have a change of self, abandon former dispositions, new behavior, or to reconsider.) DEVOTION:  Good Biblical preaching is necessary today. John started preaching six months before Jesus came to him to be baptized. Remember that John the Baptist was a cousin to Jesus. He was from a family who were from the tribe of Levi. His father was a High Priest. So he was brought up to understand the message of the Old Testament with the promises of a coming Messiah. His mother was visited by Mary the mother of Jesus while he was still in the womb. When Mary entered the house, he jumped in the womb because he realized who was in the…