With Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes all building special baptismals (mikvoth) to monopolize this ancient practice, John hit upon the opportune time (the 70th week beginning after the sabbatical of 27 AD) and the opportune populace (a prosperous but oppressed nation) to teach that no patriarchy can force the definition of baptism but that anyone can wash in the water freely. He went to Aenon near Salim in the wilderness to demonstrate this independence. In the same way, residents of witchery capital Salem, Massachusetts, declared independence and founded a nearby city, called Wenham (after Aenon), now the site of Gordon College. Recently Gordon was slapped down by Obama and Salem government for upholding marriage and the religious right to regard homosexuality as sinful. So the Establishment continues.
With Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes all building special baptismals (mikvoth) to monopolize this ancient practice, John hit upon the opportune time (the 70th week beginning after the sabbatical of 27 AD) and the opportune populace (a prosperous but oppressed nation) to teach that no patriarchy can force the definition of baptism but that anyone can wash in the water freely. He went to Aenon near Salim in the wilderness to demonstrate this independence. In the same way, residents of witchery capital Salem, Massachusetts, declared independence and founded a nearby city, called Wenham (after Aenon), now the site of Gordon College. Recently Gordon was slapped down by Obama and Salem government for upholding marriage and the religious right to regard homosexuality as sinful. So the Establishment continues.