Baptism
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This painting by Leonardo De Vinci represents the <strong>Baptism</strong> as performed by<br />
John correctly and therefore is probably the early Christian form of baptism.<br />
Old Testament method of Ritual <strong>Baptism</strong><br />
We have talked about the various baptisms, which the author of the Hebrews<br />
refers to. The mode of those baptisms is essentially one – dip and sprinkle.<br />
The medium was water, oil or blood. The water is indicative of washing and<br />
regeneration, oil that of anointing with Holy Spirit and Blood of covering and<br />
protection. All these are the essentials of New Testament <strong>Baptism</strong> too.<br />
Rev. Robert C. Harbach in his study on “The Biblical Mode of <strong>Baptism</strong>”<br />
gives the following arguments for “dipping and sprinkling” as the true mode<br />
of baptism.<br />
Exo 12:22 Take a sprig of hyssop, dip it in the bowl containing the animal's<br />
blood, and wipe the blood on the doorposts and the beam above the door of<br />
your house. Not one of you is to leave the house until morning.<br />
Here the dipping of hyssop and wiping on the doorpost and the beam covers<br />
the whole house with blood of protection. Heb 11:28 translate it as<br />
sprinkling.<br />
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