Niḥum, Hebrew Masculine noun meaning, comfort or compassion.
Nāḥam, Hebrew verb, meaning to be sorry, suffer grief and console.
Nōḥam, Hebrew masculine noun meaning sorrow and repentance.
Ametamelētos, this is a Greek adjective meaning the opposite of repentance. This is unregretted sin.
Metamelomai, this is a Greek verb meaning to care to one afterwards.
Metanoeō, another Greek verb meaning "to change one's mind for better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins"
Metanoia, a Greek feminine noun. To change your mind. To repent of the purpose they have formed and/or repenting of something they have done.
From these words we see a pattern forming. People move from 1. unregretted sin, 2. Suffering of grief and abhorring one's past, 3. sorrow and repentance, 4. changing your mind, 5. taking care of one afterwards with comfort and compassion. The focus of this study is Matthew 3 and John the Baptist.
1-2 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
The Greek verb metanoeō. John was telling everyone that their society, their faith was messed up. He had called out the King's unholy marriage. He was letting people repent of sin without money going into the Temple's Treasury.
3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Yahuah, make His paths straight.
Isaiah 40:3 - The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Yahuah, make straight in the desert a highway for our Elohiym.
4-6 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then went out of Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
People from Jerusalem traveled down to the Jordan River to be Baptized by John. He was ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood when he was eight days old, but became the last Prophet of the Old Testament.
Joseph ben Caiaphas was the attending high priest in Jerusalem. He was the Son-in-law of the high priest Ananas or Annas. He named his son Yahusha BenCaiaphas. A person can only wonder if he was trying to set up his son as Antichrist, the False Hamashia.
7-12 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that Elohiym is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but He that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: whose fan is in His hand, and He will throughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
John the Baptist talking to the priests who come to report back to Joseph BenCaiaphas high priest in Jerusalem.
13-14 Then came Yahusha from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized of you, and you come to me?"
The reason why Yahusha got baptized by John is in the next verse. But there was no self-righteousness in John the Baptist. He knew that Yahusha had the power to make John more than what he was, by obeyed Yahusha knowing Yahusha was Elohiym.
15 And Yahusha answering said unto him, "permit it to be so now: for in this manner, becomes us to fulfil all righteousness." Then he permitted him.
Yahusha born of the Virgin Mary was without sin because he did not have a human father, son of Adam. Mary's 23 chromosomes provided the flesh for Yahuah of Hosts to become the son of man. By Yahusha getting Baptized, He sets the standard. He completed the link between John the Baptist who should have been High Priest to that of Yahusha Hamashia who is High Priest today in Heaven preparing the way. The day of atonement is today.
16-17 And Yahusha, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of Elohiym descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him: and lo a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
To say the heavens opened up can be one of two things. It rained or you could see angels ascending or descending as in from another dimension. This time it was the Spirit of Elohiym descending and the Holy Spirit was upon Yahusha fulfilling Isaiah 11.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the Spirit of Yahuah shall rest upon him, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Might, the Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of Yahuah; and shall make Him of quick understanding in the Fear of Yahuah: and He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of His ears: but with righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and He shall smite the earth: with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His reins.
It's interesting how the priests' was there at this baptism and yet. They remained unrepentant. Certainly they seen the Dove and heard the voice coming from this interdimensional phenomenon.
As for us, the steps of repentance is listed above. Ask to know Yahusha Hamashia and you will receive.