Ellen Gould White über: "What does the term 'being baptized for the dead' mean in 1 Corinthians 15:29?"

The provided documents contain no direct exposition or definition of the specific expression “being baptized for the dead” from 1 Corinthians 15:29. The texts instead focus on the biblical meaning of baptism as a symbol of dying to sin and the resurrection to a new life in Christ. It is emphasized that believers are baptized into Christ’s death through baptism, so that they may walk thereafter in the newness of life.

Baptism as Covenant and Symbol of Resurrection

»Through baptism you have made a solemn vow. In the name and presence of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit you have solemnly pledged to belong to the Lord... Do you not know that all who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? So we are now buried with him through baptism into death, that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we also may walk in new life. For if we have become one with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be so in his resurrection.«

1 - Ellen Gould White, Manuscript Releases, vol. 6 [Nos. 347-418] (6MR 25.3)

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The Resurrection of the Dead at Christ’s Second Coming

»You believe that the dead will be raised. You have been baptized in the faith of the resurrection of the dead... When Christ, the great Giver of Life, comes in the clouds of heaven to raise the dead, there will be a terrible earthquake. The trumpet of God will sound to the farthest corners of the earth, and the voice of Jesus will call the dead from their graves to immortal life.«

2 - Ellen Gould White, Manuscript Releases, vol. 8 [Nos. 526-663] (8MR 233.3)

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