Fall-Winter 29 A.D.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

Jesus began His ministry in the later part of 29 A.D.. John the Baptist came to prepare the way for Christ, in fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy (Isaiah 40:3-5). In Judea he preached, admonishing his audiences to repent for the kingdom of heaven was at hand (Matthew 3:2), and he proclaimed to the people to prepare the way of the Lord (Mark 1:3).

Next we see Jesus being pointed out as the Messiah, the Lamb of God and King of Israel. Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River (Mark 1:9). This was the anointing of Jesus as prophet, priest, and king. Immediately after His baptism, He was led into the wilderness by the Spirit of God, where He was tempted by Satan (Mark 1:12-13). The devil offered Him all the kingdoms of this world (Luke 4:5-7), and this would have allowed Jesus to avoid the cross, but Jesus had come to be the king ofthe kingdom of God.If Jesus would have accepted the offer of Satan,the devil, Satanwould have defeated God's plan. Jesus refused this offer (Luke 4:8).

Then when Jesus returned from the temptation in the wilderness, John pointed Him out as the Lamb of God (John 1:29). John had a disciple by the name of Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, who went to his brother, Simon, and told him they had found the Messiah (John 1:41). Philip found Nathanael and told him they had found the one that Moses and the prophets had written about, Jesus of Nazareth, Son of Joseph (John 1:45). They did not yet realize the truth about Jesus' birth., that He was born through a supernatural action of God the Father, through the Virgin Mary, and thus did not have a human father. They did, however, realize that there was something very real about the things John had been teaching.


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