Nathaniel Buzolic Instagram – It’s a privilege and an honor to baptize people in the Jordan River. John son of Zechariah the priest began immersing first centuries Jews in the Jordan River, claiming He was preparing people for a coming messiah. The people who saw John were convinced He was sent by God. The religious leaders were torn. Not because of John’s obedience but by the message His baptism delivered- repentance in preparation for God’s anointed. God’s anointed would come when religious leaders were corrupt. Jeremiah and Ezekiel both prophets of God elude to this reality. In Luke’s gospel we see the dilemma of the religious who opposed Yeshua On one of the days while Yeshua was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the ruling kohanim and the Torah scholars, together with the elders, confronted Him. And they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is the one who gave You this authority? But answering, Yeshua said to them, “I also will ask you a question, and you tell Me: the immersion of John—was it from heaven or from men?” They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ then all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John is a prophet.” So they answered that they didn’t know where it came from. And Yeshua said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭20:3-8‬ ‭TLV‬‬ These men lost an opportunity to know the truth. Because they were blinded by their own ideas of God, their own ideas of righteousness and their own ideas of messiah. Many still make this mistake today. Those who know what authority Yeshua comes in the name of will seek this baptism accordingly Amen.