Re: John the baptist
Posted: Jan 1st, 2018, 6:57 pm
unclemarty wrote:Jflem1983 wrote:Anyone wanna talk about who this guy was. Why he baptized Jesus. How that must be difficult for the church leaders to deal with.Jflem1983 wrote:Doesnt it seem odd that someone would baptise the living son of godJflem1983 wrote:If Jesus was the Messiah. The son of God.
Who gave John the baptist power to baptise Jesus.
In church isnt a baptism done to bring someone into a church.
By being baptized by John the baptist would that suggest Jesus was part of Johns flock ?
It appears he has been nearly scrubbed from history.
That is part of why i feel the church is afraid of him possibly.
One might think a guy who apparently baptized Jesus. Would be more revered today ?Jflem1983 wrote:Except it was that Leonardo Davinci may have been a gnostic who believed and left hints in commissioned works . That it was John the baptist who was the teacher.
Just by going over what you've posted so far i'm going to assume you haven't read the bible's account? - this may have clarified a few things for you right from the start regarding
- who he was
- who HE thought the Messiah was
- and who he saw himself to be in relation to the one who came to him for immersion
Sounds a bit like you're reading material aimed at bringing a "fresh perspective" to who these characters "really" were. Why else would you think church people might be weirded-out by him. lol
Anyhoo''...just for fun try to find-out;
Who his father was
What "crew" his father belonged to
When that crew was "on duty" (what month? - it was always the same cycle)
What news did he get on that month
What significant event happened 6 months later... and then 9 months after that around the Feast of Sukkot
*surprise*
have fun
Ok i did a little reading. His father Zacharia was a high priest basically. A man of the faith. A jewish rabi i guess.
He was quite old when John was born. As was his wife Elizabith. The angel Gabriel foretold the birth of John and named him .