Mark 1:9-11

clarkthompson · May 15, 2018

[h=1]Mark 1:9-11 King James Version (KJV)[/h][SUP]9 [/SUP]And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

[h=1]Mark 1:9-11 Expanded Bible (EXB)[/h][h=3]Jesus Is Baptized and Tested[/h]
[SUP]9 [/SUP]·At that time [In those days] Jesus came from the town of Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River. [SUP]10 [/SUP]Immediately, as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw ·heaven [the sky] ·open [split open]. The ·Holy Spirit [[SUP]L [/SUP]Spirit] ·came down [descended] on him like a dove [[SUP]C [/SUP]either in the form of a dove, or in bird-like descent], [SUP]11 [/SUP]and a voice came from heaven: “You are my ·Son, whom I love [dearly beloved Son; Ps. 2:7; Gen. 22:2], ·and I am very pleased with you [in whom I take great delight; Is. 42:1].”

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These are my thoughts, please share yours.

9 Jesus set the standard for us by being baptized and this also showed the start of His ministry. For us to baptized showed that we are starting to follow after Jesus.

10 We see thru the other gospel accounts that John would have saw it as well and either the crowd did or John would simply share with the crowd what he saw.

11 It is likely that the whole crowd may have heard this word from the Lord. We need to open to hear the voice of God and to listen to His word.

OneFaith · May 15, 2018

clarkthompson said:

My thoughts...

The Holy Spirit came down and hovered over Jesus like a dove hovers, I dont believe it was in the shape of a dove. Jesus might have been the only one to see it or to see heaven opened up. I know in the old testament God opened their eyes during war, and they were able to see angels in the sky. Jesus told His apostles to write down all that He commanded them to. So He could have told them- just like whoever wrote Genesis (probably Moses) had to be told of what occurred, because they weren't there to see it happen.

Jesus did not get baptized in order to wash away His sins- He had none. He did it because we must follow His lead (salvation depends on it, 1 Peter 3:21). This is why Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are called 'the gospels'- because the gospel is the death, burial, and ressurection of Jesus Christ- and they give the accounting of that. We must obey this gospel by dying to ourself, burying our sinful self in the watery grave of baptism, and being raised a new creature alive with the Holy Spirit. Romans 6 says if we join Him like this in His death then we will join Him in His resurrection. What happens if we don't? "With flames of fire (hell) He will take vengeance on those who know not God and who obey not the gospel of His Son."

Jesus said to Paul, on the road to Damascus, "Go into the city and you will be told what you must do. Why didn't Jesus tell him? Because that job is given to Christians. So what did Ananias tell Paul to do? "Arise, be baptised and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord."

The one and only gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news that if we mimic His death, burial, and resurrection by water baptism, then we will join Him in His death- where He shed His life saving blood, and that will cause us to pass from spiritual death to spiritual life- if we remain faithful in His church until physical death. Because getting baptized puts us in Christ and in contact with His spiritual blood, but we must continue contact with His blood by partaking the Lord's supper upon the first day of the week in the Assembly of the saints (Sunday church). Jesus says "I tell you the truth, unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of Man (spiritually) and drink His blood (spiritually) you will have no life in you" (spiritually).

Zmouth · May 24, 2018

clarkthompson said:

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Do you know who took Jesus into Jordan to be baptized by John?

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clarkthompson said:

So do you think it was John who was coming out of the water when he saw the heavens opened?

The reason I ask is because it is written of John in Acts 13:25
And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. When John Baptiste them, he didn't say unto them that these stones God is able to raise up because he was some ignorant sheepherder.

So if Jesus was descending from the Kingdom of God which is beyond the invisible light that appears in black at the outer edge of the universe, then how could it be referring unto Jesus, after all for John to get his shoes he would have to swim down to the bottom to get them.

clarkthompson said:

Since the thought, which is a electromagnetic wave produced by the light within the Spirit which is audible within in the expanse of the cloud which the LORD brought over the earth like a garment during the period referred unto as the second day in Genesis 1, then wouldn't that be Jesus talking to John and saying that he was his beloved Son, since if it was Jesus if before Abraham was I am, so then wouldn't it the same I am so it must be Jesus who was speaking to John?

My thoughts are not your thoughts obviously, since it is written;

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:3
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:
Rev 20:6

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