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“Why do you have cows in your basement?”
I was, at first, taken aback by the question but then chuckled with amusement. “That is a good question,” I remarked, “How many do you see?”
He counted, and then looked more carefully until he could estimate questioningly, “twelve?”
“Did you know that twelve was a Hebrew number meaning ‘government’ or ‘authority’? For example, twelve apostles, twelve tribes, etc.?”
“Oh, I see, but why cows?”
I corrected him, “Those are oxen, but any male horned animal could have been used. As sacrificial animals, they represented Jehovah.[1] Do you believe that baptism is vital as the entrance ordinance to God’s kingdom?”
“I am Christian. Yes, I think that Christ taught that it was essential,” he replied cautiously. We remembered John 3:5 together:Share
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