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1 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | Luke 1:5 | DocTrinsograce | 134054 | ||
Zacharias was not a high priest. He was, however, a priest of the lineage of Levi. David had divided the priests into twenty-four courses, of which only four returned from captivity. To my knowledge, Jewish baptisms were never carried out in the temple. Jewish baptism was one of the steps that a proselyte took when becoming a Jew. What John was stating to all of Israel was that they had abandoned the covenant. They needed to come to the Lord as proselyte did. This is why it was so offensive to the Pharisees, although they participated in order to keep up their appearance of piety. Jesus was the one who insisted on being baptized by a reluctant John. If this all suited Christ, I should think that we are hard pressed to denigrate it. |
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2 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | Luke 1:5 | Reighnskye | 134244 | ||
Doc, You stated: "Jewish baptism was one of the steps that a proselyte took when becoming a Jew." I find this rather fascinating. So John the Baptist was converting people to Judaism, as opposed to Christianity, when he baptized the masses? Thanks. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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3 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | Luke 1:5 | DocTrinsograce | 134260 | ||
The nomenclature you are using is out of place in this context. Did you suppose that John's baptism was Christian baptism? Jesus and John were very Jewish. By today's standards they would be considered orthodox Jews. John's message was a call for repentance because the Kingdom of God was coming (Matthew 3:3). Jesus' message was a call for repentance because the Kingdom of God was (is) here (Mark 1:15). Today the Mikveh and John's baptism would probably have some varying thoughts behind them if you looked at them on "equal" footing. After all, Jews have been thinking and changing over these 20 centuries. However, in the Mikveh the proselyte goes into the water with an old identity, and rises out of it with a new identity. He dies to the old life of a gentile and rises to a new life of a child of the covenant. Sound familiar? So, was John's baptism one of Judaism or one of Christianity? The answer is "Yes." :-) |
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4 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | Luke 1:5 | Reighnskye | 134654 | ||
Doc, Makes sense. Thanks much. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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