Jesus was the Son of God but he was also a human being living on this earth. As he grew up Jesus waited patiently until the right time to begin God’s special work. God sent Jesus to earth to do a very special work in his life. Of course, God had been pleased with Jesus before, but now He was especially pleased because Jesus wanted to do everything that was right. He declared not only that Jesus was His son but also that He was well pleased with his son ( Matthew 3:17).
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The coming of the Holy Spirit would have been enough to let John know that Jesus was really the Christ, the king, but God added His own statement too. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit were all revealed together on this occasion. When John saw Him, he knew that Jesus was the Christ, the king John had been telling the people about ( John 1:32-33). Did it look like a dove or just descend like one? Perhaps the Spirit took a body like a dove so that John and Jesus could see him. We do not know what the Spirit looked like or how the people actually knew it was the Spirit. John had baptised many people, but he had never seen anything like this before! There was an opening in the sky and the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, came down to rest on Jesus. Baptism after Jesus’ resurrection was – and is – an act that identifies us with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus ( Romans 6:1-14).
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John’s baptism was a baptism showing repentance. Remember that this was “John’s baptism” and not the same baptism introduced in Acts 2.
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Until this time he most probably lived in Nazareth working as a carpenter like Joseph. This is the time Jesus publicly showed his choice to follow God’s will. The baptism of Jesus marked the official beginning of his ministry.