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event is clearly the precursor to Jesus beginning his ministry\u2014 his identity is reconfirmed personally, and he is empowered by the Spirit to do various things. Note that he doesn\u2019t perform his miracles by his divine nature but by the Spirit of God as Jesus says about the exorcisms. So interestingly the very text that makes clear that Jesus is God\u2019s only, beloved Son, is also the text that makes clear he will operate as a Spirit-empowered human being, such that his disciples could also later perform the very same kinds of miracles and acts of compassion by God\u2019s Spirit. What should we take away from the baptismal scene about Christ\u2019s humanity? I assume he needed the empowerment and the revelation at the baptism in some sense.<\/p>\n

RICHARD: According to John it was also a revelation to John the Baptist, which made possible John\u2019s special vocation of revealing the Messiah to Israel. Maybe Matthew\u2019s \u201cThis is my Son, my Beloved\u201d is addressed to us readers, rather than the crowd?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"