The divine order of Gods kingdom

God is very detail oriented and very specific especially when something very important . He is a God that makes it clear that we should have right priority . He doesn't like kaoss and the opposite of that would be order and structure . With in his kingdom you see ranks , laws boundaries , so you see that its very organized . When God gave his word as instructions he included a lot of numbers and that wasn't just about the hidden messages when we take time to learn that those numbers also have letters and relate to words from the Hebrew language and a few others that the bible was constructed of but it implies that order should be given to the way each story should be read . The Bible reads as you open it , in the beginning and that supports the idea , so when I read the word and notice certain scripture like that written by John the baptist about the baptism , I see oder and steps for salvation . Lets look at the word and we can break it down together and ill explain what I mean .

Read Mark 1: 4-5 It says And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness , preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins . The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him . Confessing their sins , they were baptized by him in the river Jordan .

look to Mark 1: 4;8 I baptize you with water but he will baptize you with the holy spirit .

the word baptized in the dictionary says that it means to administer someone , christen someone . It also means to give a name to or nickname to someone . The greek dictionary means to dip , immerse or submerge into some liquid . The Hebrew meaning of this word is the same as the greek translation . The Aramaic word for that is very similar but adds that is a ritual or ceremonial cleansing . This is why the Jews believed that the baptism was means to was away sins . It is about purifying more than cleansing but this was a ceremonial not literal , so it was a representation of the cleansing and purifying which is more about our spiritual rebirth .

The word for ceremony is defined as a public occasion , event or anniversary , so a celebration and is about a public observation related to a ritual or celebration .

Take this all into consideration as we walk through this small passage .

The first thing that happens here was that the word was introduced to the people and John preached the word . ( Romans 10 : 17 says , so , faith comes from hearing , that is the word of God. ) So before you are able to receive they have to hear . Before a relationship you have to know the person and this is the only way we can developed that relationship . Through introduction and then by hearing - relating conversation . This means coming to know the word and we can also include prayer . This doesn't say then baptism then repentance it says that's what he taught them about , for the forgiveness of sins . So what do we see after that ? We see the people heard and believed and then chose to fallow . That without word is agreeing and agreeing gives licence to God to come into the situation . There may be prayer as a verbal request but not necessarily . Then it says they confessed their sin ,so here is their acknowledgment and their repentance , also their first act of turning away from their sin because they took their sin before God to deal with and also received forgiveness in the moment . ( Romans 10: 9-10 If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead , you will be saved , so it is with your heart that you believe and received justification * forgiveness and with your mouth profess you are saved . 1 cor. 6; 19 do you not know that now your bodies are temples for the holy spirit , who is in you , whom you received from God ? You are not your own )

Now finally after they have confessed they were baptized . This was the final step of salvation . If This step was required before salvation 1. God would have organized it so that this would fall in that prioritized order . This isn't the case . People see the part of the verse where it says for the forgiveness of sins but ignore the key that tells us this was the message John was teaching on . He was teaching on salvation and what was necessary for it .

Psalms 37:23-24 The steps of a good man are ordered by the lord and he delights in his way .

This is just one important example of God on the subject of his divine order for things .

We also see that in creation and the order of which everything was made . There is a reason why behind it all .