Yes, and it is all about Christ, who fulfilled the Law and established the frame through which the entire OT is to be properly understood.

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Add MI and IL to the list. Also hearing rumblings that WA and WI are considering similar laws. worth covering and helping mount more resistance to these laws. This trend is accelerating and happening largely under the radar.

This is a great introduction to the topic: https://canonplus.com/tabs/search/videos/4266

Yes and amen. I would only add that baptism is also *more* than a demonstration to the world. There is a deeply covanental element and, as Peter states, it acts as an appeal to God for a good conscience, both of which are why children of believing households should be baptized.

Some of this comes down to how we are defining terms. What does one mean by "save"? Because those who go out of their way to say that "baptism doesn't save" directly contradict Scripture: "Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ" 1 Peter 3:21 Also, what does the person mean by "essential"? Essential for what, exactly? I find that so often this is to do with what one believes about the nature of the Covenant, what one believes about regeneration, and probably what one believes the relationship is between the Old Testament and the New Testament.

This is why I think going down conspiracy rabbit holes is so addicting. I'm not using conspiracy as a pejorative, nor saying it is always a waste of time, but I do find that people who go deep often have this thirst for secret knowledge and the power (or perceived power) that comes with knowing (or thinking they know). Ironically, it is the thirst for secret knowledge that drives satanic elite circles to do a lot of what they do, and the same thirst that drives scores of people to try and uncover what the elites are doing.

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Antichrist is anyone who denies the lordship of Christ. So he isn't just a contender, but he also isn't unique among sinners.