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Originally Posted by Kevin #2.
Christ is "annointed' as a high priest. This is the begining of his ministry & is what sets him apart for this task.
BTW high priests were also baptised with oil on the head and with blood on the head/ear, thumb, and toe. The fulfillment of all of these is obvious in the life of Christ, but unless we recognise St Johns baptism of Christ as his annointing with water then the NT is silent about it. | So, Christ's baptism was different than the other people coming to be baptized by John--He was being set apart for the beginning of His ministry? Does His age have anything to do with this? |
I believe yes to all three questions.
Remember John objected to baptising Christ with the "baptism of (for) repentance" because Christ, as John noted had no need of that baptism. Christs response to John is not a rebutal of Johns refusal, rater it is an appeal to an alternative reason to baptise. "For Righteousness" is a request by Christ that John give Him a different baptism. This was a "legal requirement" baptism.
It is my belief that the "legal requirement" in view is the water baptism of the priesthood.
