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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
The blood has a certain purpose in the process. But there is more.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 1 John 5:8
The water and spirit are essential to salvation. |
John 3:3,5
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Only the
Acts 2:38 fulfills the requirements of the birth of water and spirit required for entrance into the Kingdom.
In the typology of the Tabernacle we see the foreshadowing of the blood at the altar, the water at the laver, and the manifest presence or Spirit of God, behind the veil.
This pattern is echoed in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus and our identification through repentance/death/blood, water baptism/burial and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. All three are typified in the Old Testament, fulfilled in Christ and obeyed as we follow the commands of Peter.
These three "bear witness' and these "three agree in One."