Dr. Walter
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Anti- what? Oh "TYPE"! Now what could that possibly be????? a FIGURE! (1 Pet. 3:21 "antitupos" translated "figure"). FIGURES don't "convey" they "portray" a truth. Sacraments "convey" but figures "portray." Hebrews 10:4 says "NEVER" took away sin so the language in Leviticus "for his sins" did not "convey" but it "PORTRAYED" the remission sins, while faith in the coming Christ (Acts 10:43; Heb. 4:2) actually "conveyed" forgiveness of sins.
Romans 6:2 uses the Aorist tense to point back to a completed action in time past - justification as in the case of Abraham BEFORE he submitted to the "sign" of circucmsion (Rom. 4:11) or justification by faith where the beleiver identified with the death of Christ for sin (Romans 4:24-25). Romans 6:4-5 visibly manifests this identification in baptism. Baptism "portrays" ("likeness") what was legally "conveyed" in justification by faith.
Romans 6:2 uses the Aorist tense to point back to a completed action in time past - justification as in the case of Abraham BEFORE he submitted to the "sign" of circucmsion (Rom. 4:11) or justification by faith where the beleiver identified with the death of Christ for sin (Romans 4:24-25). Romans 6:4-5 visibly manifests this identification in baptism. Baptism "portrays" ("likeness") what was legally "conveyed" in justification by faith.
Ah, like the Trinity, you mean? Oh dear...
You are familiar with the concept of an antetype, aren't you?
You're being selective with your proof-texting again and coveniently ignoring the passages that point to baptismal regeneration which I quoted - care to engage with them?
Again, you've mangled the typology here - baptism doesn't just portray truth, it conveys it: the believer is buried and resurrected with Christ in baptism - read Romans 6 again.