Sure, I see what your saying, great passages you brought out.
]Me too, Im glad to see someone making that connection. The Old and New covenants really have a beautiful harmony with each other. But still the Bible clearly shows that baptism is essential to salvation, of course not baptism alone.
]Me too, Im glad to see someone making that connection. The Old and New covenants really have a beautiful harmony with each other. But still the Bible clearly shows that baptism is essential to salvation, of course not baptism alone.
but, lets say if the thief were not baptized with water prior his crucifixion with Jesus but indeed acknowledge Christ would God denied him access to His kingdom (paradise)??
thus, baptism is essential for the walking in newness of life.
In the Old Testament period, baptism was a ritual of conversion to Judaism. Pagans would become proselytes through this ritual by self-baptizing themselves to become part of the Jewish people. So it was an Identification with the people of God.
"In the name of Jesus" distinguishes the Christian baptism from all others at that time. This is not referring to the formula said over a person, but indicated a confession in Christ which was made publicly. To be baptized in Jesus' name was the command to the hearers of the Gospel. Does this contradict Matt. 28:19 of being baptized in the Trinitarian formula? No, Jesus is the sole representative of the triune God in bodily form. We are told there is no other name by which one is to be saved. He alone is the fullness of the Godhead (bodily.)