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Diego beat me to it. Yes, the entire Hebrew Nation was submerged in the Red Sea. That was their Baptism. It is also very important to note that they continued to sin after that immersion and continued to be saved. I'm not an Eternal Security subscriber because there did come a point where God was going to take them all out, too.

TC, I am eagerly waiting your response to my "sola scripture" exposition on the Sabbath. Can you please prove to us once and for all which scripture repeals the Sabbath or moves it to the first day of the week?

Another theme that recurrs in your postings is:

Once the temple was destroyed the 7th day Sabbath lost it significance in and around Judea. Of course the church was already following the lead of the apostles by meeting and worshipping on the first day of the week.

I recall you referencing that the Temple was destroyed in AD 70, so then x, y, z...

I would like you to consider the following verses:

Mat 27:40 and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

Mar 14:58 "We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

Mat 27:51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook; and the rocks were split,

Most theologians regard the death of Christ and His Resurrection as the point in time when animal sacrifices came to a halt. Yes, the Romans destroying the temple was prophesied, but it was already obsolete at the time.

It is clear that the NT authors kept the Sabbath as well as other feast days after Christ. Were they sinning? Did the Holy Spirit smite them as it did Aaron's two sons with the incense?

Furthermore, this is Diego's forte, but I am going to kick it off, the article you posted says definitively that Jesus was resurrected on Sunday. I would love to see the scripture that says that, too. It seems to me that 3 of the gospels report the resurrection to have been late on the Sabbath, and the third uses a pretty tough verb conjugation to say definitively that it was on Sunday. The general rule of thumb is that when the Bible seems to contradict itself, one ought to lean on the volume of evidence.

I apologize if anyone has already responded on this theme. I actually had to go to work today (gasp) and have been away from the thread.