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SO, if baptism is a cleansing rite, to be performed by a Nation of Priests, and according to the Abrahamic Covenant, ISRAEL is His Nation of Priests, then what good is baptism to Gentiles?...

Another thing mikvah is used for is adoption into Israel. You seem to see Israel as different from gentiles. There are not two things. There is one thing - Israel. The prophets have always said that she is to inherit the gentiles... she is to go get them and bring them into the covenant.

And btw, I DO believe with you about the baptism of fire - And I do believe that it is the fulfillment of what 'one baptism' is. Mikvah (water baptism) is far more utilitarian, used for many things (not done just once, or with one purpose, though spiritual cleanliness is the theme). Every time one goes to enter the temple, for instance, one must first enter the mikvah, and one is given a white robe when one comes out. That should ring a bell or two...

I am very serious about one not being able to understand baptism without knowledge of the mikvah.

THIS is why very few people understand water baptism for today. They quote Scripture, but it's Scripture from the Kingdom Gospel, FOR THE NATION ISRAEL. That is why Christ SAID "Go NOT into the way of the Gentiles" (Matt. 10:5), but ONLY to Israel (v.6), and "But he answered and said, I am NOT sent BUT UNTO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL."(Matt. 15:24). He was sent to ISRAEL FIRST. Once THEY had accepted Him, THEY were to go to the Gentiles with the good news of salvation. But they didn't. They continued to reject and reject until God finally blinded them and temporarily set them aside in Acts 28. Yes, Gentiles could be adopted into Israel, if they became proselytes, or blessed Israel. Either way, in order for them to approach God, they HAD to go through Israel. And it will be so again, one day.

So why do Gentiles practice water baptism today?