Matthew 3 is not just a chapter we read. It is a doorway we walk through. It is the sound of footsteps in the wilderness, the voice of a prophet who will not be ignored, the shockwave of Heaven announcing, “Everything changes now.” This chapter is raw. It’s urgent. It’s the turning point nobody saw coming. Before Jesus begins preaching, healing, restoring, calling disciples, or confronting systems, Matthew 3 shows us the moment when the stage is built, the road is prepared,