Jesus was baptized at the age of 30. But it was only because the priests were to begin serving in the temple when they were 30 years old (1 Ch 23:2-5; Nu 4:1-3, 21-23, 29-30)-wmscog

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Jesus was baptized at the age of 30...

Those who slander the truth about the “throne of David” that the Second Coming Christ fulfilled, say, “Jesus was baptized at the age of 30. But it was only because the priests were to begin serving in the temple when they were 30 years old (1 Ch 23:2-5; Nu 4:1-3, 21-23, 29-30).” Let’s find out why their insistence is contrary to the teachings of the Bible.

Num 4:2~3 “Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families. Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work in the Tent of Meeting.

1. The record is not for the priests, but for the “Levites”
Where in the Bible is there a record that the priests began to serve in the temple at the age of 30? There is no verse that says that.
The verses they provided are not about the priests, but about the “Levites” who helped the priests and served in the temple.Not all the descendants of the tribe of Levi became priests. Among the tribe of Levi, only the descendants of Aaron became the priests. The Kohathites, the Gershonites, the Merarites and others from the tribe of Levi helped the priests from the descendants of Aaron and served in the temple; they are the “Levites.”
When Jesus gave the parable of the Good Samaritan, He said that a priest passed by the man who had fallen into the hands of robbers, and so did a Levite, but a Samaritan took care of him (Lk 10:30-37). Thus, a priest and a Levite are definitely different.
The age “30,” which they insisted on, was not the age when the priests began to serve in the temple, but it is the age when the Levites began to serve in the temple. In addition, the age when the Levites began to serve was not only 30. Once, God ordered the Levites to begin to serve at the age of 25 (Nu 8:23-26), and later He ordered them to begin to serve at the age of 20 (1 Ch 23:24-32; Ezr 3:8).


2. Jesus was a high priest in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron
Did Jesus follow the order of Aaron? No.It is clear that the age “30” mentioned in the verses they used was not the age when the priests began to serve in the temple. But even if it were, they cannot use those verses for Jesus because Jesus was not a priest in the order of Aaron.

Heb 7:11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood, why was there still need for another priest to come-one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?

Jesus was a high priest in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron (Heb 6:20). So, there is no prophetical reason that Jesus had to begin His ministry at the same age as that of the priests who began their priesthood in the order of Aaron. (In fact, the age was not of the priests, but of the Levites.)
According to the prophecy that Christ would reign on the throne of David, Jesus came as the prophetical David and was baptized at the age of 30 and began His ministry just as David became king at the age of 30.
Therefore, it is a non-biblical insistence that Jesus was baptized at the age of 30 because the priests began to serve in the temple at the age of 30 in the Old Testament.

Baptism (Christ Ahnsahnghong&Jerusalem Mother)

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Baptism

World Mission Society Church of God

Baptism is the first step toward God’s favor, by which we receive the forgiveness of sins.

So it is compared to the birth  of a baby coming out of the womb. As our body is born out of the
womb and then learn the things of the world one by one, so our spirit takes off sins and transgressions through baptism to be born again as the children of God, and then learn God’s providence and the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

Ephesians1:7-9 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness  of sins, in accordance of the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding…”

Without receiving the forgiveness of sins, we can’t have the wisdom to recognize God. Therefore it is against God’s will to insist that baptism should be practiced six or twelve months later. If we want to believe in God, we ought to be baptized first, and then we are to participate in the divine nature through our life of faith. Baptism is a starting point in believing God, and it means the rebirth of our spirits. Therefore it is not biblical that everyone should be baptized after having a strong and deep faith.

 Through baptism, we have the forgiveness of sins and are born again as a new life, just as
Jesus was raised from dead, and our names are written in the book of life in heaven. That is why
we are baptized. If we are  not baptized, we can’t keep the Passover. And unless we keep the
Passover, our names can’t be written in the book of life. We must be baptized and keep the
Passover to escape the plagues and to enter the eternal kingdom of heaven.As Jesus
commanded us 2,000 years ago (Matt.28:18-20) we should be baptized in the name of the
Father (Jehovah), the name of the Son (Jesus Christ) and in the name of the Holy Spirit (Christ
Ahn Sahng Hong).