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Originally Posted by a mere housewife  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? |
I'm not sure all ceremonial washings in the OT can be assumed to be immersions. Passing through the Red Sea was certainly no immersion (though it was for some - but they got quite a different end than did the Israelites who were said to be baptized therein).
In their consecration, the Levites were sprinkled with water in Numbers 8:7, and tents, clothing etc., were sprinkled for purification in Numbers 19. The list goes on beyond these, though.
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