"But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."
Today's quote demonstrates the hatred that Herod had for John the baptist, a hatred that would eventually lead to John's being beheaded at the whim of Salome, the stepdaughter of Herod.
This quote also relates that John administered water baptism for Jesus pursuant to, and in accordance with, standing Jewish law. The law required that all Jews, before entering in to any type of religious service, were to be ceremonially cleansed by baptism (immersion) in flowing water. That law was in full effect at that time and required Jesus, also a Jew, to be ceremonially cleansed before He took upon Himself the burden of being the 'one time fits all' sacrifice for the sins of the world.
The law that required Jesus to be baptized in water would remain in effect until Jesus, a perfect sinless human being, "fulfilled" the law by taking the responsibility for every element of it upon Himself and burying it in the grave for all those who would have faith in Him.
Jesus was not baptized in water to become the Son of God, He was baptized in water because He was and is the Son of God, a human Jew that was subject to all their laws until those laws were fulfilled. Had Jesus not been baptized according to the law, He could not have been a perfect sacrifice.~
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