Baptism
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• washing<br />
• dressing in proper attire<br />
• diadem on head<br />
• anointing with oil and blood<br />
• wave offering<br />
• ordination offering<br />
• sacrifice of a bull (in Jesus’ case no sin sacrifice was necessary)<br />
Matt. 3:16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that<br />
moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a<br />
dove and lighting on him.<br />
Acts 4:27 Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and<br />
the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,<br />
whom you anointed.<br />
Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and<br />
power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under<br />
the power of the devil, because God was with him.<br />
I will leave this dissertation for those who would pursue it.<br />
We can see that baptism was indeed a rite of initiation or rite of passage. This<br />
passage was not necessarily one of “sinner” to “saved”, as in the case of Jesus<br />
himself.<br />
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<strong>Baptism</strong> of Christ's Disciples<br />
REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE<br />
John 4:1-2 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more<br />
disciples than John, although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his<br />
disciples.<br />
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