Making Ready For The Lord A People Prepared

Luke 1:8-17 (ESV)
Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, [9] according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. [10] And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. [11] And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. [12] And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. [13] But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. [14] And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, [15] for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. [16] And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, [17] and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."

“And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."
This is what John the Baptist is coming to do. He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. This implies that many needed to be turned. Many do, nothing has changed from John the Baptist’s day from our own day. There is constant need for this among Jews and Greeks, across the board.
Of course, given the entire history of John the Baptist, this already here implies that Jesus is the Lord and God of the children of Israel, for it is to him that John the Baptist will point and turn people exclaiming “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the World!” And this means that today those who reject Jesus reject the Lord and God of Israel.