Back in the day, John the Baptist, was preaching the in the Judean wilderness, all repent for the kingdom of heaven is here. I swear that John the Baptist hangs out downtown still saying the same thing!. The Prophet Esaias told us we would hear someone in the wilderness to pave the way for the lord.
Enter John, in his weird camel hair cloths and leather girdle, eating those honey locusts. He comes to Jerusalem, and Judea and Jordan where he baptizes, just about everyone and they confessed their sins. He insults the Pharisees and Saducess calling them snakes, and asking them how they knew to run from the big wrath that’s coming.
So John tells them the fruit needs to repent. Is that a metaphor? I don’t know. And don’t think that Abraham is your father, know that God can make rocks into Abraham’s kids. So cut down the trees that don’t have good fruit and throw it in the fire. Because that wasn’t a metaphor! Or was it? John tells them I’ll baptize you, sure but wait until the next guy doing baptisms comes. He’s awesome! I’m not fit to touch his shoes! He totally baptizes with the Holy Ghost and fire! He burn the chaff from the wheat. He’s so great!
So Jesus, now in lower case letters, comes to Jordan to be baptized by John. But John won’t have it, he’s all, I need to be baptized by you Jesus!
Jesus, is like we all have to suffer, and I think his suffering was baptizing John in his crazy clothes.
So when John baptizes Jesus, the heavens open up and God shines a light on him, and tells everyone that Jesus is his son and the best son of all!
What the what? John didn't argue with Jesus about baptism according to Mark? WTF? He was all like, sure whateves. Gospels,huh? No consistency.
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