John the Baptist as Vegan and How It Plays a Role in His View of a New Epoch

Many scholars are of the opinion that John the Baptist (JB) was much more than just a forerunner, pointer and precursor to Jesus the Messiah as the Gospel writers portray him. The Gospels are very clear that John was the forerunner of Jesus and often explicitly stated by John himself, saying that he had a lower status than Jesus. The main purpose of the study is to argue that JB was the one that was the designer and introducer of the new dispensation based on moral and ethical righteousness, that he convinced Jesus to take up the course, and that Jesus hesitated but took up the course after JB was imprisoned (Matt 14:13; Mark 6:32). I also argue that JB was vegan and that his baptism, diet and lifestyle played a role in his presentation of absolute purity as preparation for the kingdom of God to break through.