Matthew 3:13&14
"13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14 But John forbad Him, saying, I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me?"
This week we are studying the DOVE in Holy Scriptures. Yesterday we read in the Gospel of Luke, Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem to make this sin offering required by the Jewish tradition. Wealthy families would bring a lamb, but Mary and Joseph brought a pair of TURTLEDOVES. The Holy Family wanted to fulfil all requirements of righteousness, and to show obedience to the law. They are an example for us to follow.
Some thirty years later the other Father shall bestow His DOVE upon His Son. We turn to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter three, verses thirteen and fourteen; "Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him." Jesus is stepping out of the wilderness and into His public ministry. There is a large crowd of witnesses here. Many have come to hear John the Baptizer speak and maybe even get baptized by him. John is Jesus's cousin and he is a prophet who know who Jesus really is!
"But John forbad Him, saying, I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me?"John was a prophet filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother’s womb. Christ does not deny that John had need to be baptized of Him, yet declares He will now be baptized of John. Up until now it had seemed like another day on the banks of the Jordan River. This is the border between the wilderness and civilization.
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