[John the Baptist's] mission was to be the living embodiment of the law of Moses which was part of the “preparatory gospel” functioning under the Aaronic Priesthood. (See D&C 84:26–27.) John was to do as a man what the law of Moses was to do as a statute—to prepare the way for the Lord by teaching the first principles of the gospel and performing baptisms as called for in the law of Moses. John was the finest example of the powers and purposes of the priesthood of Aaron and the law of Moses. He was the right person to be the final representative of the law of Moses in its capacity as a schoolmaster to bring men to Christ. He bridged two dispensations by being the last legal representative of the law of Moses and, at the same time, being the one preappointed to introduce and prepare the way for the coming of the Lord.
Robert J. Matthews
"“There Is Not a Greater Prophet”: The Ministry of John the Baptist", Ensign, Jan. 1991, 13
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