Little Lights: Baptism

In the Old Testament, fathers were instructed to circumcise their sons eight days after the baby boy had been born. It was a sign of the covenant that involved blood. It reminded the parents that blood needed to be shed to save their children from sin. Back then in the Old Testament, they were still waiting for the Messiah to shed that blood. Now we live in the New Testament. Baptism has replaced circumcision as the sign of the covenant since Christ has come. He has shed His blood. He has...