"What has brought about this change? Ultimately the answer is rooted in Christology. The person and work of Jesus, the new covenant head, requires a change. As we progress across the canon, we move from type to antitype, from covenant heads such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, and David to Christ; and with Christ, we have change. This is the reason why it is not correct to view the church, as paedobaptists do, as simply the replacement of Israel, a kind of “renewed” instantiation of it."
For those who are wrestling through and/or would like to better understand the issue of paedo or credo baptism, this gives a wonderful explanation.
Written by Stephen J. Wellum, Baptism and the Relationship Between the Covenants.
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