Now this is interesting.
The reason "Mark" (judaizer) was not embarrassed by Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist:
3. Reason (Logos) indeed, O Tat, among all men hath He distributed, but Mind not yet; not that He grudgeth any, for grudging cometh not from Him, 3 but hath its place below, within the souls of men who have no Mind.
Tat. Why then did God, O father, not on all bestow a share of Mind?
Her. He willed, my son, to have it set up in the midst for souls, just as it were a prize.
4. Tat. And where hath He had it set up?
Her. 4 He tilled a mighty Cup 5 with it, and sent it down, joining a Herald [to it], to whom He gave command to make this proclamation to the hearts of men:
Baptize 1 thyself with this Cup’s baptism, what heart can do so, thou that hast faith thou canst ascend to Him that hath sent down the Cup, thou that dost know for what thou didst come into being!
As many then as understood the Herald’s tidings and doused themselves in Mind, became partakers in the Gnosis; and when they had “received the Mind” they were made “perfect men.”
But they who do not understand the tidings,these, since they possess the aid of Reason [only] and not Mind, are ignorant wherefor they have come into being and whereby.
http://gnosis.org/library/grs-mead/TGH-v2/th209.html
Note what is happening there. The author is
denying that the Mind (Nous) was not given because of
envy:
not that He grudgeth any, for grudging cometh not from Him
This is an evident
contrast with the envy of the demiurge (the god of the Jews), who had
hidden the gnosis to prevent Adam and Eve from having it, because of
"envy" sic et simpliciter.
Now, Hermes/"John" is not giving the Mind (Nous) because of "envy",
differently from the demiurge. The Nous can be gained only by receiving a "baptism".
The
presumed embarrassment for a Jesus baptized by John has been overcome by the same Jesus showing an example of the humility (=the absence of envy) of YHWH, the
now rehabilitated demiurge.
If Jesus receives humbly the baptism by John, then Jesus shows no envy for John.
If Jesus shows no envy for John, then his father YHWH was not envious about Adam and Eve.
If YHWH was not envious, then YHWH is the supreme god.
If YHWH is the supreme god, then the Serpent is
not the supreme god.