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Originally Posted by rdp
And I should remind YOU that I Tim. 2 & I Ptr. 3 was addressed to this "city" in a very literal sense. Ever heard of the Golden Rule of Interpretation?
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Then using the Red Sea as a type of our applicability of water baptism was also "poor biblical interpreation" & "unfortunate" ! Poor Paul, what was he thinking??????????
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Actually, we have permission to use the Red Sea as a figurative type of baptism, since the Apostle has already done so in
1 Corinthians 10:1-2.
The "Golden Rule" of using types and shadows
Also, Paul was not saying our Baptism is literally the same as miraculously passing through the Red Sea -- it served as a metaphor (obviously) of their new life away from Egypt (the place of slavery and bondage).
People can get carried away with types and shadows until they begin forming doctrines BASED on types and shadows, rather than types and shadows serving as illustrations for teachings BASED on Scripture.
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