"Why did Jesus insist on being baptized?"

Crisis Magazine ^ | January 12, 2013 | Carl E. Olson

[steve86]

I won’t touch ‘em. Counterfeit addition like gold plating on tungsten.

[Uri’el-2012]

There were jars of water for purification of the guests at the wedding at Cana, also. Jesus had these jars filled with water and then turned them into wine.

For all those who have wondered why Yah'shua changed water into wine
when He could have just gone poof; the answer lies in NUMBERS 19.

The water that Yah'shua changed was not the water we think of,
it was not drinking water.
It was the water of purification as detailed in NUMBERS 19.

The water of purification was used to remove sin under the old covenant.
By the act of changing the water of purification into wine, Yah'shua
ended the OT means of removing sin.
This is the beginning of the New covenant as outlined in JEREMIAH 31:31

Yah'shua by this miracle pointed to His power to remove sin.

Yah'shua demonstrated that He was greater than the ashes of the Red Heifer.

Later He would become the Pesach Lamb,
removing sin forever to all who would look to Him and call on His NAME:
Yah'shua (YHvH is my salvation) for salvation.

"And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even." Numbers 19:19 The clean person was to sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. The third day and the seventh day are the same day. The third day is measured from the time of Jesus; and the seventh day is measured from Adam. Jesus stated that He would be glorified on the Third Day, Luke 13:32. On the Seventh Day Christ will be glorified in the midst of His people, Matthew 17:1. If we are to walk into God's 3rd day, His 7th day of creation, we must allow God's water of separation to be Spiritually sprinkled upon every unclean area that still remains in our lives. If the "water of separation" is not Spiritually applied to the uncleanness in our lives, then Jesus will not be glorified in our lives. Those who are not cleansed of their uncleanness will not become part of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb when Jesus is glorified in the midst of His people.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[SuziQ]

Why do you consider them counterfeit? Do they take focus OFF Jesus? No, they kead us to meditate on the LIFE of Jesus, His public ministry, and the miracles He performed. I think they make a wonderful addition to the Rosary. The Joyful Mysteries cover Jesus’s Birth and early life, the Luminous Mysteries cover His life and ministry, the Sorrowful Mysteries detail his suffering and death, and the Glorious Mysteries have us meditate on his Resurrection and Ascension, and His honoring of His Blessed Mother.