Thanks, Bruce. I have looked those up. It seems like so many symbols converge in Baptism -- the flood, where there is not only washing but regeneration if I'm understanding Peter correctly; the ceremonial immersion washings of course; the passing through the Red Sea, Christ's death, burial and resurrection, and the sprinkling of blood under the old covenant.

I didn't see a reference to sprinkling/cleansing in the Dt. passage -- is that a mistype or am I missing something?

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Heidi
Indianapolis, Indiana

After two days, he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.