The Reformed Olive Press

Baptism in the Bible In scripture, we have a two-fold problem with believers who ascribe to the infant baptism position. Paedobaptists tend to Christianize the Old Testament and Judaize the New Testament. Paedobaptists never consistently practice the same kind of “household baptism” they claim that is found in the New Testament. Below are some passages that explain why that the New Covenant consists of only Elect believers. Jeremiah 31:31-34  “‘The time is coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.  It will not be like the covenant   I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt,  because they broke my covenant , though I was a husband to them,’ declares the LORD. ‘This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No

  The Curse of Canaan: Noah’s Drunkenness and Its Connection to 1 Samuel 19 In this blog, I will argue that Noah was not physically naked or drunk in his tent. He removed his outer garment similar to David, Peter, and Isaiah. See 2 Samuel 6:14, John 21:7, Isaiah 20:2. I cannot prove this, but I speculate that this outer garment was a piece of the ark’s covering (Genesis 8:13). Perhaps it served as a garment of authority- functioning like a pre-High Priest and/or pre-Kingly garment. When Noah removed his garment, he was humbling himself before God similar to Moses taking off his sandals in Mt Sinai or how the High Priest took off his linen garments before entering the Holy of Holies (Exodus 3:5, Leviticus 16:23). Noah’s tent was the pre-Holy of Holies at Mt Ararat. Noah then experienced this trance-like vision and lay down similar to King Saul in 1 Samuel 19. While he was in this trance-like state, I believe Ham entered Noah’s tent without permission. Ham mocked the presence of God,