ENTERING MESSIAH'S KINGDOM and COVENANT Messiah came to the lost house of Israel, Descendants of Jacob, Not a government. So when you study, you have to know history, and how words were used in that time. They had baptism, it was called a mikvah. Born again was a word used for gentiles grafting into the God of Abraham, and His faith in God . Please note: That Abraham's children, looking for their Redeemer, Got it wrong and even said crucified Him. So as non children of Abraham, We have to search and see if we are getting it wrong also. Not knowing their man made rules , You even miss what the first miracle was about, the turning water into wine. The stone pots were for their hand washing, to show their Righteousness. Filling them just to the brim and not overflowing made it holy to them. But their rule says if anything from the grape gets in the pot, it has to be broken, it is no longer hol