<p>John is in prison. Christ is healing the blind, the deaf, even the dead. But when John sends to ask, <em>“Are you the one who is to come?”</em> — Jesus does not answer. He says only: <em>“Tell him what you see. Blessed is he who is not offended in me.”</em> This is not doubt. It is Gethsemane.</p> <p>We are meant to see in John not only the forerunner of Christ’s ministry, but the forerunner in His suffering. He walks every step before the Lord — even into death, even into hell. His question is not confusion, but consummation. He is living the answer with his life.</p> <p>So we ask again: do we know what we already know? Can we trust Him, even when the heavens are silent? Even when the cup is not taken away?</p>