Dear Editor,
The key to understanding why Yahshua Messiah (God manifested in flesh) prayed, can be found in these four scriptures: Matthew 3:15, Hebrews 2:17, Philippians 2:7 and Psalm 65:2.
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.
And John tried to prevent Him, saying,
“I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”
But Jesus answered and said to him,
“Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us
tofulfillallrighteousness.” Matthew 3:13-15
“Therefore He (Yahshua Messiah) had to be made
likeHisbrothersineveryrespect.” Hebrews 2:17
Questions:
Why would the Almighty Father manifested in flesh need to be baptized?
Why would the Almighty Father manifested in flesh need to pray?
The Answer:
Yahshua Messiah prayed for the same reason that He was baptized; to fulfill allrighteousness.
The Almighty Father came to us manifested in flesh (Yahshua Messiah) in order to fulfill every ‘jot and tittle’ of the Law on our behalf.
If He failed to fulfill allrighteousness, His entire mission to save us would fail!
Yahshua had to fulfill allrighteousness as a man of flesh, as our ‘kinsman redeemer’ and as a perfect sacrifice for our sin in order to be our Savior!
We read in Psalms 65:2
“O You who hear prayer,
To You all flesh will come.
Notice, scripture does not say that some flesh will come, or most flesh will come, but it declares, “To You all flesh will come.”
“O You who hear prayer,
To You all flesh will come.”
The answer to why Yahshua prayed is quite simple. Yahshua was made “like his brothers ineveryrespect”. Yahshua was genuinely human; He was made of flesh (Romans 9:5). And being made in flesh, He prayed.
Therefore, to fulfill allrighteousness, Yahshua Messiah Himself prayed as scripture states all flesh will do.
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