Bible Discussion Thread

Part 2 of 2 The reason Jesus Christ was baptized was to fulfill prophesy and to be our example. That the actually submerging in water is right, not sprinkling. Matthew 3 13 thru 15. When he did this the heavens opened up and the Spirit of God descended. This was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah 11 1 thru 3. The Spirit of the Lord needs to come and rest on the Messiah to fulfill this prophecy. It had to be John the Baptist to do this because it was spoken of in Isaiah 40 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God . Jesus Christ was God manifested in the flesh 1 Timothy 3 16 and John 1 14. Verse 15 further validates that this same John that is spoken of here is the same one that was spoken of in Isaiah.