Into The Wilderness

Mark 1:9-12 (ESV)

The Baptism of Jesus

9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

The Temptation of Jesus

12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

The man Jesus was the first to receive the abiding Spirit that would later come to fill the body of Christ. When we have gone through the waters of our repentance and have our sins washed away, the Holy Spirit descends upon each one of us and we become a beloved son of God. We join Him in the newness of eternal life. 

Immediately the world that was once our home becomes a wilderness as we journey to our new home in the kingdom of heaven.