Jesus' Immersion: a pattern, by David Harwood

After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (Matthew 3:16-17)

At the Messiah's Immersion we find:

a. Transformative and Empowering experience

b. Intimate self disclosure of Father's heart

c. Theological content concerning God and His Son's identity and relationship

d. Revelatory experience in the heavens opening and the Spirit appearing like a dove

 
What a pattern.