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Originally Posted by mfblume
One cannot be baptized into His death until after Christ had died and resurrected. All before the cross are saved by the same blood of Christ that occurred in time and space two thousand years ago. All had to show a faith that worked by way of a shadow dependent upon the cross in order to be saved by the atonement once it occurred. Such a shadow corresponds to our repentance and water baptism.
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So then, you're saying that baptism is NOT essential for salvation because:
"ALL before the cross are saved by the same blood of Christ..." and,
"All had to show a faith that worked by way of a shadow dependent upon the cross..."
They were all saved by faith in the
coming Messiah. We today are saved by faith in what that Messiah did approximately 2,000 years ago.
Right?