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Originally Posted by a mere housewife  how can we make an assumption that baptism should be administered in the same way as circumcision when girls are now baptised? |
We must look at the history of Redemption, and how it becomes more expansive to answer your question.
The Covenant of Grace has gone through an ever-widening scope until the consummation in Christ when the whole world is in God's redemptive focus.
Abraham (man) --> Jacob (family) --> Moses (nation) --> David (kingdom) --> Christ (world)
So yes, under Christ even females are brought into the covenant sign because the scope was widened to include all types of people from every nation.
But to suggest that children would no longer be included would be to suggest that the covenant did not expand, but in fact the scope was restricted further in the NT than in the OT.
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