Dear Daddy William @mhm-philippines,

I really am enjoying your series on baptism.

Those who do not hold to the doctrine of baptism by immersion, do not know the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith.

A mikvah is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.

Immersion in the mikvah has offered a gateway to purity ever since the creation of man. The rabbinical belief is that after being banished from Eden, Adam sat in a river that flowed from the garden. This was an integral part of his teshuvah (repentance) process, of his attempt at return to his original perfection.

Before the revelation at Sinai, all Israelites were commanded to immerse themselves in preparation for coming face to face with God.

In the desert, the famed “well of Miriam” served as a mikvah. And Aaron and his sons’ induction into the priesthood was marked by immersion in the mikvah.

In Temple times, the priests as well as each Israelite who wished entry into the House of God had first to immerse in a mikvah.

On Yom Kippur, the holiest of all days, the High Priest was allowed entrance into the Holy of Holies, the innermost chamber of the Temple, into which no other mortal could enter. This was the zenith of a day that involved an ascending order of services, each of which was preceded by immersion in the mikvah.

Shalom, Bro. Steven @lastdays