By
The
Twelve Apostles
The Baptism
The news reached
Galilee, and Jesus with the multitude went down to where the harbinger was
preaching at the ford. When Jesus saw the harbinger He said,
“Behold the man of
God!
Behold the greatest
of the seers!
Behold, Elijah has
returned!
Behold the messenger
whom God has sent to
open up the way!
The kingdom is at
hand.”
And When John saw Jesus
standing with the multitude he said,
“Behold the
king who comes in the name of God!
Behold, the
Lamb of God,
who takes away the
sins of the world!
This is He
of whom I said,
‘After me
comes a man who ranks before me,
for He was before
me.’
I myself
did not know him.
But for
this I came baptizing with water,
that he might be
revealed to Israel.”
And Jesus said to John, “I would be washed in water as a symbol of the
cleansing of the soul.”
And John replied, “You do not need to wash, for you are pure in thought, word
and deed. And if you need to wash, I am not worthy to perform the rite.”
But Jesus answered him, saying, “I come to be a pattern for the sons of men,
and what I bid them do, that I must do; and all men must be washed, symbolic of
the cleansing of the soul. This washing we establish as a rite – the rite of
immersion baptism we call it now, and so it shall be called.
“Your work, prophetic harbinger,
is to prepare the way, and to reveal the hidden things.
The multitudes are ready for the words of life, and I have come to be made
known to all the world, through you as a prophet of the Triune God, and as the
one chosen to manifest the Christ to men.”
Then John led Jesus down into the river at the ford and he baptized Him in the
sacred name of Yahweh, the Lord of the Hosts, who sent John forth to manifest
the Christ to men.
It Is Fitting To Fulfil All Righteousness
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the
Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I
need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to
me?"
But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit
it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all
righteousness." Then John allowed and baptized Him. Matthew 3:13-15
Explanations:
1.
To fulfill all righteousness means to do exactly what God
said, and to do all that G said.
2.
Half measures are not sufficient and are not acceptable.
3.
Whoever that wants to worship God must be ready to do the
will of God, and not to do things the way he likes, because only God is the God
of Perfection. And only God can give the Holy Spirit, which is the spirit of
righteousness.
4.
God follows due process. He does not jump queue and does
not want unnecessary short cuts.
5.
Perfection is attained by keeping all the laws and
commandments of God. Half measures, or half-heartedness, do not suffice.
6.
People reincarnate in the world. After they are born,
they first have to grow and re-learn necessary activities until they are
spiritually mature and fit to do God’s work.
7.
Where necessary, people should humble themselves to do
what is needful.
8.
By immersion baptism, we are made perfect and acceptable
to God the Father.
9.
In entering the water, we die with Jesus; and in coming
out of the water, we resurrect with Him, as the children of God born anew,
sinless and perfect.
Confirmation From
Heaven
Immediately
Jesus was
baptized, as He came up out of the water, the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit
descended upon Jesus as a dove. And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Holy
Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on Him, and a voice came
from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son; with whom I am well pleased.”. I
myself did not know Him; but Yahweh who sent me to baptize with water said to
me, ‘He on whom you see the Holy Spirit descends and remains, this is He who
baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and have borne witness that
this Jesus is the FirstSon of God.” By
this incident, the Christ, the manifest love of God, was made known to
humanity.
By Immersion Baptism
John
baptized Jesus by immersion, by completely deeping all His body inside the water, in the name of
God, Yahweh, the Lord of the Hosts.
And Jesus went His
way, and John preached to the multitude. As many as confessed their sins, and
turned from evil ways to ways of right, the harbinger baptized. The immersion
baptism is symbolic of the blotting out of sins by the Blood of Jesus.
In The Name Of God
Usually,
people understand the person who comes in
the name of God to mean a person who represents God. In spirit, Jesus comes
in the name of God means that He comes as God Almighty, in human form.