Originally posted by Dualhunter:
Care to comment on who was in attendance at Jesus' baptism?
Im on break guys so dont put me in purgotory.
Concerning the Baptisim of Jesus Christ...
The Man, The voice and the Dove.
How people see this as three persons I do not know. Its just something that I cannot understand. I am in no way trying to belittle you dualhunter. So here goes.
The Dove, The man Jesus, and The voice were all the same person. Its just another beautiful example of gods omnipresence (sp?)
We know that Jesus as a man could not be in every place at one time. But the Spirit inside of that man could. He could be inside of Jesus, A voice from heaven, and a Spirit in the shape of a dove all at the same time.
If God is speaking to a person in China, a Person in America, and A person in Europe, and A person in Russia all at the same time, Does this mean there are four gods? Not at all.
We have to understand what the baptisim was for. Jesus was being baptized to fullfill all rightousness (Matt 3:15). He was not baptized for the same reason you and I are baptized.
He was simply baptized to show the world that he was the Christ. It was to make himself known or to manifest himself as who he was to John and to the witnesses there watching and to those who were getting baptized.
All the things that happened that day were signs for the people and for John the Baptist.
The Dove was for John the Baptist. It was a sign for him to confirm that he was the one who would baptize with the holy ghost. (John:1:32-34)
What about the voice, was it a sperarte person speaking? No it is still the one true God. What was the voice for? It was also for a sign. It was a sign for the People. It was not for the benifit of The Son, but it was for the benifit of the people.
If you look at John 12:28-30 it is another example of Gods voice being heard. And Jesus told them that the voice did not come b/c of me but for your sakes.
There were a few other examples of A voice being heard, and all along it was for the peoples sake.
Matt 3:17, Matt 17:5, John 12:30. It was God letting them Know that Jesus is God.
So it is very easy to understand that the baptisim of Jesus does not add up to three seperate persons, But it does add up that God is omnipresent and that he can be a voice, A dove, and a man all at the same time.
God is so awesome.
God bless
[ September 27, 2002, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: ONENESS ]