![]() ![]() From the heavens, the Spirit, like a dove, descended upon him. When Jesus came up out of the water he saw the heavens open up. One day, Jesus came to John at the Jordan River to be baptized. ![]() He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the straps on his sandals. And this is what he proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. John wore camels’ hair clothing with a leather belt around his waist. As the people acknowledged their sins, John baptized them in the river. The people of Judea and Jerusalem went out to the Jordan River to see him. John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you he will prepare your way.Ī voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.’” It begins in Syria, and flows through the Sea of Galilee to the north end of the Dead Sea. It flows from north to south through the center of Palestine. The Jordan, the chief river in Palestine, lies east of Jerusalem. John’s baptism was a sign that the people had repented and had chosen to prepare for the coming of God’s Promised One, the Messiah. John invited people to repent their sins and be baptized. ![]() John announced the coming of Jesus and encouraged people to prepare the way for the Lord. John the Baptist, the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah, was the last great prophet before Jesus. In the Old Testament, God spoke through the prophets. ![]()
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