OpenGL: set position instead of translation?

Question

Is it possible to set the current render position as an arbitrary value, and not just assign it an offset from the current location?

This is what I am doing now:

gl.glTranslatef(3.0f, 0.0f, 2.0f);

This allows me to say "I want to move left," but not "I want to go to point (2, 1, 2)." Is there any way to do the latter?

I am using OpenGL with JOGL.

Update

@Bahbar offers the following:

gl.glLoadIdentity();
gl.glTranslatef(...);

When I do this, everything but the six lines disappears. I do not know why. I have a problem with a flat clipping environment that is too close, so maybe they are too far away to be visible.

Answer 1

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gl.glLoadIdentity();
gl.glTranslatef(...);

Answer 2

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