Forerunner

John the Baptist went before our Lord in this character (Mark 1:2, 3). Christ so called (Heb. 6:20) as entering before his people into the holy place as their head and guide.

FORERUN'NER. Heb 6:20. The term, as used of the entrance of our Saviour within the veil, refers to one who not only goes before to a particular place to make arrangements for his successors, but who leads or prepares the way.

FORERUN'NER. Heb 6:20. The term, as used of the entrance of our Saviour within the veil, refers to one who not only goes before to a particular place to make arrangements for his successors, but who leads or prepares the way.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever. Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20. My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.

2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.

3. A piece of rag terminating the log line.