Baptism
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perished. Though they were all saved by grace, their bodies were scattered in<br />
the desert. <strong>Baptism</strong> did not do them any good. Yet Israel was saved through<br />
water and not by water in the historical context<br />
What is the correct symbolization of being baptized with the Holy Spirit?<br />
<strong>Baptism</strong> is a symbol of the baptism with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is<br />
always spoken of as being poured down, descend, being filled and anointed. It<br />
is never spoken of as immersed into. In describing the falling of the Holy<br />
Spirit on the apostles on Pentecost, three times that baptism is referred to as a<br />
pouring out of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1619, 33). In fact, it was "distributed<br />
and resting on each one of them" (2:3). Its falling in such a dispersed manner<br />
looks more like sprinkling or aspersion than immersion! In other references,<br />
the falling, pouring out, and receiving of the Holy Spirit are all related to the<br />
baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:4447; 11:15f; Titus 3:5). The giving of the<br />
Spirit, which enabled disciples to know the truth, was called an anointing<br />
rather than a burial (1 John 2:20, 26; John 14:26). The pouring out of the<br />
Spirit spoken of by Joel was identified by Peter as the outpouring, falling, or<br />
baptism (Joel 2:28; Acts 10:44; 11:15-17).<br />
Rabbi Akiva says in Mishna:: "Happy are you, Israel. Before<br />
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