 And his personal tragedy didn't seem consistent with the Messiah's power. Couldn't the Messiah do something about it? In fact, Jesus had never even been to visit him. And it didn't seem consistent with the purpose of God. Messiah is going to come, and this is going to happen to the bad people, not the prophet. The bad people are going to receive the fire, not saints. I mean, it was bad enough that John was a man of the desert.