{"id":10614,"date":"2017-04-08T08:11:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T15:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=10614"},"modified":"2017-04-08T08:11:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T15:11:57","slug":"origins-of-the-baptism-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/08\/origins-of-the-baptism-ritual\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biblical Origins of the Baptism Ritual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/08\/origins-of-the-baptism-ritual\/baptism-7707910-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10615\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Baptism-7707910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Baptism-7707910.jpg 696w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Baptism-7707910-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Acts 2:23,<i> Be baptized.<\/i><\/b> (Also see notes at Matt 28:19.) The term <i>baptism <\/i>in Hebrew is <i>tevilah<\/i> meaning \u201cimmersion\u201d which occurs at a <i>mikveh <\/i>meaning \u201ca gathering of waters.\u201d For those coming from a Christian background baptism is something that occurs at the beginning of a believer\u2019s spiritual walk and involves baptism (immersion) in water for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16; Rom 6:3\u20136; 1 Cor 15:29; Gal 3:27; Eph 4:5; Col 2:12; 1 Pet 3:21). Yet the Paul the apostle talks of <i>baptisms <\/i>(plural) in Heb 6:2. Evidently, in Jewish thought immersion for the remission of sins is but one of many such ritual immersions.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, in the Testimony of Yeshua we not only read about baptism for the remission of sins, but the baptism of repentance of John the Baptist (Acts 1:5; 10:37; 13:24; 19:4); baptism (immersion) of the Set-Apart Spirit (Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5; 8:16; 11:16); baptism with fire (Matt 3:11; Luke 3:16). Here we see the four types of immersions spoken of in the Testimony of Yeshua.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of ritual immersion for a variety of reasons stems from commands in the Torah relating to ceremonial washings signifying spiritual and physical cleansing (Lev 14:1\u20134, 7, 9; Exod 19:10; Lev 8:6; 15:5, 8, 10\u201313, 16\u201318, 21; 16:4).<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the prophet Ezekiel speaks of YHVH sprinkling his people to cleanse them from their impurities, which is a picture of the new spiritual life of which immersion is e a type (Ezek 36:25).<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'The Biblical Origins of the Baptism Ritual',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/08\/origins-of-the-baptism-ritual\/',contentID: 'post-10614',suggestTags: 'Acts,Baptism,Immersion,Mikveh',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acts 2:23, Be baptized. (Also see notes at Matt 28:19.) The term baptism in Hebrew is tevilah meaning \u201cimmersion\u201d which occurs at a mikveh meaning \u201ca gathering of waters.\u201d For those coming from a Christian background baptism is something that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/08\/origins-of-the-baptism-ritual\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[64],"tags":[415,695,1030,696],"class_list":["post-10614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-readings","tag-acts","tag-baptism","tag-immersion","tag-mikveh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Biblical Origins of the Baptism Ritual | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/08\/origins-of-the-baptism-ritual\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Biblical Origins of the Baptism Ritual | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acts 2:23, Be baptized. 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