Passage of the Day - December 30, 2012

Genesis 9:8-17

⁸ Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, ⁹ “Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; ¹⁰ and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. ¹¹ I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” ¹² God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; ¹³ I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. ¹⁴ It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, ¹⁵ and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. ¹⁶ When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” ¹⁷ And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

We have seen several verses of what baptism is, but it is unclear whether or not baptism applies to children and infants, though.  We will start with a walk through passages in the Old Testament to see if we can glean anything from them regarding God, covenants, water, and infants.  I will take different passages and not try to over -interpret them.

After the Flood, God established a covenant with Noah that extends to all mankind.  This did not only apply to Noah and his children, but also yet unborn generations, and we are still under this covenant today.  You will note that this covenant was established using water (The Flood being the precursor).

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