About the Cover: The heavens breaking open, the Spirit descending as a dove, and the voice sounding from heaven are all fixed in John’s memory of Jesus’ Baptism. He must point out the Christ to all. John, through the Word and is pointing finger, draws us to Christ just as all the Lord’s prophets do. Today, too, the Lord comes to us through the Word, calling our attention to Jesus, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”