Did Adam and Eve get baptized?

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1. My understanding is that baptism is a physical ordinance and has to be performed on a physical realm with physical people. The verse was translated that the “and he (Adam) was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the water, …” initially when you read the word Spirit one thinks of perfected matter without physical substance, but if you continue to read that” (Adam) was carried down into the water,” this word carried involves at least two people or it probably would of been translated that Adam entered the water…and then next few lines are the kicker…”and was laid under the water, and was brought forth out of the water”… this definitely depicts at least two people. The only person at this time who had a physical body other than Adam and Eve was God Himself. My speculation is that God performed the baptism of Adam. Sometimes don’t you wish the scriptures could go into a little more detail.

   Now even though the John the Baptist, Peter, James were resurrected beings, being that they were killed during their ministry and John was translated or transfigured like the three nephites and all three had “Physical” bodies to lay their hands on Joseph and Oliver to confirm the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods respectively. The baptism by fire I don’t believe has to be performed with physical beings. We read “,and the Spirit of God descended upon him, and thus he was born of the Spirit, and became quickened in the inner man.” Now God could of laid his hands upon Adam and given him the Gift of the Holy Spirit but this verse sounds a lot like what Christ had happen to him after he was baptized by John the Baptist…the Spirit descended like a dove upon Christ. Or another example of the Gift of the Holy Spirit being given to the apostles on the day of Pentecost, John 20:22…And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Anyway, I would like to hear others opinion on the subject.

   Thanks,

   Bret

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2. There are many things that we still do not know. We are trying to figure things out with limited information and knowledge. I am sure that when we go to the other side these things will become crystal clear.

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3. (Student of Medieval English here)

   In Medieval theology, no-one is actually baptized until Christ harrows hell (i.e. when his ‘man-head’ is killed upon the cross). Everyone goes to hell before the harrowing of hell; hence why Christ must die as a man so that his god-head can pass into the underworld and defeat Satan. In medieval images of Christ’s crucifixion, when Longinus stabs Christ and has his sight restored, Christ’s blood runs into the earth below. There are often bones beneath the cross or underground which become coated with the blood of Christ, thus they are symbolically cleansed or baptized by his blood. This ties into the early medieval notion that Adam is actually buried upon Calvery where Christ is actually crucified. Furthermore, this is where the power of Christ’s blood in transubstantiation becomes important. Sorry to post on an old post, but interesting to see these questions coming up!

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