Subject: Did John really baptise Jesus?? |
Bible Note: Doc, Somewhere along the way we lost communication. I never said that mikveh and baptism are the same. I agree that baptism is symbolic of seeing ourselves in Messiah's death, burial, resurrection, and for that reason I believe that the "baptism" John was doing was a mikveh associated with teshuvah - changing one's direction, way of living, thinking. We're talking about a Jew doing a Jewish ritual to/with Jews. How could he have baptised into something that hadn't happened yet? I simply stated that the mikveh wasn't JUST for repentance of sins. It could have been done for Messiah as He was leaving one lifestyle behind (that of son, brother and carpenter) for another (His public ministry), Just because He was among a group of people who were turning back to God doens't mean that that has to be the reason He was there. |