The only conclusion I can come to is that John was a divine birth, as was Yahu’sha. Technically in the womb, he was already immersed in water as his mother was filled with the Holy Spirit at the arrival of Mary to their home.

It is a great question! John was raised in the Qumran community and would have regularly performed the priestly washing and mikvah. When visiting the place of Samuel the Prophet in 2000 I got to see his Mikvah.

Baptisms for priests are common if you will.

So when Messiah comes to John to be water baptized for the remission of sins, he is doing so symbolically for all who trust in HIM. Though HE had no sin, HE bore our sin.

When we are immersed in Yahusha, we are immersed not only in all that followed the baptism of John but also all that came before it ... for in Messiah's baptism the joining of all the saints of old going all the way back to the beginning are joined with all the saints of generations to come that would all unite in one ... Messiah Yahusha.

Those before were looking forward ... those to come would look back. At the center of all is Messiah Yahusha who humbled himself ... and so we join in this humility by faith ... and our sin is removed by the blood of the only acceptable ONE before Yahuah.

Yahuah provided HIMSELF a sacrifice as HE DID in the time of Isaac and Abraham ...

We all come together in the water of LIFE.