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which assures that “[God] saves us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy—through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”

You no doubt know that baptism is the sign of the new covenant, instituted in the New Testament. But its roots lie in the Old Testament, where we find the recurring theme of safe passage through the waters of death to new life on the other side. The first is the flood story of Genesis, in which Noah and his family are sealed inside the only boat in the history of shipbuilding that was completely unsinkable. By God’s hand, they pass safely through the waters of death.

Noah, Moses, and the nation of Israel would all sin grievously on the far side of those cleansing waters, yet God would persevere in His promises to them. He would uphold His covenant with both disobedient individuals and disobedient nations. Pay attention, because that is some serious assurance of salvation. God is not a man that He should change His mind. He does not save with His mighty arm only to un-save with it at the first sign of faltering faith.

I wish someone had told my friend that. I wish she had been encouraged to be slower to re-submerge and quicker to recollect. If we were better at connecting the Old Testament to the New, perhaps she would not have thought that her single story of faltering faith was enough to shatter the faithfulness of God.

jenniferwilkin Question: Many times in your Gen and Exod studies you state Moses writes knowing he will not be around for the Israelites when they enter the P.L. Was this revealed to him before Num 20:12? If not, then is it safe to say he wrote his Pentateuch all after 37 years of wandering?

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