“And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: and there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.”
Mark 1:10-12 KJV
Mark a spiritual son of Peter the apostle, wrote this Gospel under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. “The moment Jesus rose up out of the water, John saw the heavenly realm split open, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him like a dove. At the same time, a voice spoke from heaven, saying: “You are My Son, My cherished One, and My greatest delight is in You!” Immediately after this He was compelled by the Holy Spirit to go into an uninhabited desert region.” The Lord Jesus was buried in baptism, symbolically into death (the Jordan) so that He might minister not in the natural way of men, but in the way of resurrection by the power of the Holy Spirit. The dove, an emblem of the Holy Spirit, pictures both meekness and purity. The implication is that the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus and never left Him. David had prophesied of the Messiah, ““I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.” God is affirming it now as the Lord Jesus came up out of the waters of Jordan. Then, the mighty Holy Spirit compelled the Lord Jesus to go into the desert wilderness for forty days, just as Moses, David, Elijah had done before - the great champions of Israel’s history. The Lord Jesus is our example to face the trials and testings of our life in the resurrection by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen!
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