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The phrase similar to “baptism for repentance for forgiveness of sin” is repeated several times in the Gospels and by Peter in the temple on Shavu’ot (Pentecost). This is not a “warm and fuzzy” message we receive from Yokhanan (John the Baptist). However this isn’t God’s way of finding people inconvenient but a call to true repentance and to become true sons of God.
Thought Questions
Parallel passages: Matt. 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-18
How do we see a transfer of the obligations of ritual cleanliness from the Temple to the Synagogue and the people?
How did baptism become a ritual to cleanse from sin?
How were the rules of the priests extrapolated to the people?
What is the sprinkling of blood v. sprinkling of water?
How did John tell the people to avoid the wrath of God?
Reader: Bill Kastrinos. Speaker: Jeff.
2 replies on “Luke 3:1-20 — The importance of ‘baptism for repentance for forgiveness of sin’”
hello, just wondering, do you understand that jesus christ was the holy, eternal spirit of god almighty manifest IN THE FLESH? 1 tim. 3:16, not a second person of a 3 person god? deuteronomy 6:4—hear, o israel THE LORD, OUR GOD, IS ONE LORD. ACTS 9:5—AND HE SAID,”WHO ART THOU LORD (GOD, ADONAI, ELOHIM, I AM…)? AND THE LORD (GOD, ADONAI, ELOHIM, I AM…) SAID UNTO HIM;”I AM JESUS…..”. OBEY ACTS 2:38
Yes, I do believe that Messiah Yeshua was Elohim — God — in flesh. Before we start crafting sophistries about what God is or isn’t, we should look at how God describes Himself: “one,” just as husband and wife become; “Us,” as the first man and woman were made is Their image; “Everlasting Father,” as Isaiah was told to describe the coming God-become-child, i.e. Messiah.
Should we be surprised that God — Creator of the universe — can be one and three when the elementary parts of matter They created can be particles (in one place) and in many places (a wave or energy field)?
One thing to keep in mind is that the Greek word translated “Lord” in the passages you mentioned is “Kurios.” That word is used in the Apostolic Scriptures to refer to “lord” or “master,” as well as for “YHWH” in quotations from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Nevertheless, prophecy proves that the LORD came as the Lord Messiah, Yeshua.