Christian rapper Lecrae and other artists are on a life-changing tour of the Holy Land, and he's been sharing his experience.

Lecrae has visited Jerusalem, the Mount of Beatitudes, and Capernaum on his trip. While at the Yardenit Baptismal Site he took the opportunity to be baptized in the Jordan River.

"Today we got baptized in the Jordan River. The one John baptized Jesus in," he writes in a social media post on Thursday. "Just take me to heaven cause God is speakin too loud!"

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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. 🤯. 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. 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.

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Lecrae says that the experience was full of deep meaning for him. "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."

He shares some of the cultural background of baptism in the post: "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. 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."

The rapper says that his newest album will be one heavily influenced by his experiences. On Twitter he writes "Can’t be baptized in the Jordan River and make the same old music. This new album is gonna be special."

Over 500,000 tourists travel each year to the site where Jesus is thought to have been baptized. Many Christians who have already been baptized get baptized again at the sight as a symbolic act and to have the experience of being baptized where Jesus was baptized.