Bible Question: does anything happen either physically or spiritually when one is baptized in water? |
Bible Answer: Brad is correct, the search for baptism will help you a lot. In short, however; baptisms were practiced in Israel for centuries before Jesus day and are described in Exodus and Leviticus. A Mikvah (or baptism) was done when a change of status had occurred. For example: from unclean to clean, or from a life apart from the Law to a life within the Law (as John the Baptizer was doing with his "repentance" baptism.) When a person is "baptized" as we understand it, it also is a symbol of a change of status (that has already occurred) from being without the Messiah, to being with (in) Messiah. MJH |
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