{"id": "card_n_9a9d2ab718c0", "kind": "note", "title": "John the Baptist", "body": "The voice crying in the wilderness; calls the religious a generation of vipers; baptizes for repentance; recognizes Jesus and decreases that He may increase; rebukes Herod for taking his brothers wife; loses his head for the rebuke.\n\nFailure mode: None; near the end sends from prison asking if Jesus is the one — honest doubt without abandonment.\n\nRestoration path: Decrease that He may increase; rebuke the kings sin to his face; trust the One you announced even in the prison.\n\nMarkers: wilderness voice; calls religious leaders to repentance; decreases as the greater rises; rebukes power at personal cost; honest doubt from prison without abandonment", "source": {"label": "Archetype — Bible", "url": "", "ref": "", "authority_tier": "reference"}, "shelf": "reference", "box": "archetypes", "bands": ["archetype", "watchman", "bible"], "connections": [], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "secular", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "86302b6827ebf9ba4fa6aa346f9fd66730e4d77222a95e7fca0549ec4e784a90"}