Lecrae gets baptized in the Jordan River, September 19, 2019 (Courtesy Photo.)
American hip-hop rapper Lecrae Devaughn Moore, mononymously known as Lecrae has been baptized at the Yardenit Baptismal Site in the Jordan River during a visit to Israel.
The river holds major significance in Christianity since the Bible says that the Israelites crossed it into the Promised Land and that Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John the Baptist in it.
Lecrae took to Instagram on Thursday saying getting baptized in the Jordan River was an “incredible experience” for him.
He shared photos and a video of the event, one of which captured a real dove hovering over the water.
The multi-award winning hip hop artist and record producer revealed that “walking in places God walked, hits different when you see it with your own eyes.”
He also visited the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and rode a camel through Jericho.
“Today we got baptized in the Jordan River. The one John baptized Jesus in. I was joking before I got dipped and I said if a bird lands out here like the dove on Jesus, bruh … I’m gonna have a heart attack. Just take me to heaven cause God is speakin too loud! Well look at the pics,”the 39-year-old posted on Instagram.
“I love the Jordan because of all the symbolism it holds. It was the border of the promised land. It was the picture of safety and security. Getting baptized in it was an incredible experience for me. Here’s an interesting fact. Baptism didn’t start with John the Baptist. The Jewish ritual immersion in water is called a mikvah, which is a Hebrew word meaning gathering of waters,” he wrote.
“Immersion in a mikvah also represents death and resurrection. When you come back out of the water, you come back to life as a new creation. When I was immersed into Christ (not just water) I also become a new creation: “Therefore, if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” The more you learn the Jewish roots the more truth comes alive,” he concluded.
