{"id":94,"date":"2008-11-23T22:10:16","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T03:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rickedwardsonline.com\/?p=14"},"modified":"2008-11-23T22:10:16","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T03:10:16","slug":"overview-of-the-introduction-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/overview-of-the-introduction-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction (From baptism to Galilean Ministry)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The next day John <\/em>(the Baptist) <em>saw Jesus coming toward him and said, &#8220;Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! . . . I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!&#8221;<\/em> \u2013 John 1:29 &amp; 34<\/p>\n<p>Following the few details we have regarding his birth and childhood, Jesus disappears from the pages of the Gospels. According to Luke 3:23, Jesus resurfaced when he \u201cwas about 30 years old\u201d, at which time he was baptized by John the Baptist. After\u00a0his baptism and temptation, Jesus spent several months <strong>INTRODUCING<\/strong> himself to the people he came <!--more-->to redeem by traveling, preaching, and gathering a group of followers. Beyond his baptism and temptation, all we know about these months (which isn\u2019t much) is found exclusively in the Gospel of John.<\/p>\n<p>Virtually all of the stories from this period contain an aspect of introduction. . .<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus\u2019 baptism \u2013 \u201cThis is My beloved Son. I take delight in Him!\u201d \u2013 Matthew 3:17<\/li>\n<li>John the Baptist\u2019s announcement \u2013 \u201cHere is the Lamb of God. . .\u201d \u2013 John 1:29<\/li>\n<li>The gathering of early followers \u2013 \u201cWe have found the Messiah!\u201d \u2013 John 1:41<\/li>\n<li>The wedding in Cana \u2013 \u201cJesus performed this first sign in Cana of Galilee. He displayed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.\u201d \u2013 John 2:11<\/li>\n<li>The first cleansing of the temple \u2013 \u201cSo the Jews replied to Him, \u2018What sign of authority will You show us for doing these things?\u2019 In other words, \u201cwho are you? What gives you the right to do this?\u201d \u2013 John 2:18<\/li>\n<li>Nicodemus \u2013 \u201cRabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher.\u201d \u2013 John 3:2<\/li>\n<li>John the Baptist\u2019s later testimony \u2013 \u201cI am not the Messiah, but I\u2019ve been sent ahead of Him. He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom\u2019s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom\u2019s voice.\u201d \u2013 John 3:28-29<\/li>\n<li>The woman at the well \u2013 \u201cI am He. . .\u201d \u2013 John 4:26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s for this reason we have chosen to refer to this period as <strong>The Introduction<\/strong> of Jesus\u2019 Ministry. It is during this time that Jesus began to make the people of Palestine and the religious leaders in Jerusalem aware of his presence, in some cases rather dramatically!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a listing of all of the events recorded for this period, see Introduction Events.<\/p>\n<p>For notes on Jesus\u2019 baptism, see ?????<\/p>\n<p>For notes on. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next day John (the Baptist) saw Jesus coming toward him and said, &#8220;Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! . . . I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!&#8221; \u2013 John 1:29 &amp; 34 Following the few details we have regarding his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interactivelifeofjesus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}