On our pilgrimage to the Holy Land we visited this spot on the Jordan River near where John baptized Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17.) We know for sure that Christians celebrated this event as early as the second century, maybe even at the end of the first century. At the same time as Jesus identifies himself complete with our humanity, the voice from heaven reveals his divinity, God in flesh made manifest. The Baptism is so important because it helps us to see that Jesus saves us, not just by dying and rising, but by his Incarnation, his entire life from conception to his death and resurrection.
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