Acts 22:16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
When an innocent man is killed, God avenges the land that received innocent blood…..
Paul, a Jew, needed a baptism to repudiate the curse upon the nation that invited such wrath, even as Peter preached….(Acts 2:38)
See Deuteronomy 21:6-9
A Christian receives spiritual baptism (Romans 6) into Christs body, but that is different than the Jewish message…..
A Kingdom of Heaven will require a baptism (like Jesus did in Jordan)…..to fulfill all righteousness (nothing similar to Christianity), please rightly divide?
Peter said “save yourselves from this untoward generation”……
Those that turned their backs on Gods remedy….Noah was perfect in his generation (he responded to Gods voice)
Job was “perfect and upright”,
but Saul actually hunted down believers who would come to be known as “Christians” Acts 21:26